Divine Day

Today I got to go shopping with NO kids!! AND my friend S got to join me, with none of her kids either!! She has 3, including a 4 month old. It was divine!! We left @ 130, stopped and got coffee and gleefully pareded in to Walmart. As much as I DESPISE that place it wasn't near as bad with a friend and a mocha!! My mission, fabric for curtains in C'mans room. I'm SO glad S was with me. I realized i'd forgotten the measurements of my windows and DH couldn't find the paper at home. (still can't find the darn thing, see this is why i don't make grocery lists) Then after getting the measurements (DH remembers me telling them to him) I was trying to figure out how much fabric I needed. In comes S. I SUCK at that kind of stuff. I round everything up an inch just to be safe. I can never remember how many inches in a yard, and I certainly can not caluclate anything in my head. The lady helping me?? her head was spinning. She said 'you have me so confused' to which i replied "what do you think I AM??"

We did get it, doggy pattern with a blue backing. Way to go S, she checked out the clearance fabric while the lady dealt with me. I got a dark backing for $1/yard!! It was much cheaper for me to get the fabric then to by already made ones. PLUS i was able to get something fun for a pattern. Who is sewing these you wonder?? Oh don't worry, not I my friend!! My lovely neighbor lady who said just buy the fabric it doesn't take me but one hour to make them and it'll be WAY cheaper then buying. So yes, i will call Alice tomorrow and share the good news that i have fabric just waiting for her:) I'm so excited.

Then we went to the Gap Outlet. I needed another pair of jeans SO bad. My other, and only ones, are so faded. I was so cross!! In one pair I had a size TEN (gasp) and they still were on the tight side. I stomped to the jean section and looked at the lady working there and said this can not be, i will NOT go up another size. I have this exact same style 'boot fit' at home in an eight and they are a little big. She must have seen the look of distress on my face b/c she said 'i'll be right back'. They were paging her up front. I said can't you tell them you are with a customer, and a frustrated one at that. She quickly scampered and came back with this 6'3 girl, maybe even taller. She apparently works at Gap and had just gotten off. She said she special orders hers b/c she needs a 38' inseam. She said the fabric for the jeans are cut in a triangle shape so each waist will fit differently. Try many sizes, and same sizes, of the same style till you find the right one. I did just that. The 2nd pair of the 'lean and curvy' (hahaha gotta love that) fit and they were an eight. I grabbed them and the other shirts i had and ran out. I yelled at the boy manning the changing rooms, 'sorry I left my room in a mess but I got the perfect jeans'.

We managed to get some other bargains on shirts there too. $2.90 shirts and $4.00 blouse. All good!! We left there happy women:) (BFF-E, aren't you impressed with my bargains)

Had a wonderful time just the two of us. No need to worry a/b feeding the baby, buckling kids in, potty breaks, ripping clothes off the rack, screaming, fighting, oh man it was BLISS!! I think it refueled both of us for the week ahead. This might have to happen at LEAST once/month.

At any rate, that was the low down for today. Yesterday I had a purse party and it was GREAT!! The hostess is one hell of a hostess. I recommend she start a blog about entertaining b/c boy can she do it. What a spread of food she had and just tons of ladies. It was really crazy in her house. The kids had fun with my parents although i think they wore them out. We got home early evening on saturday. There was a dead cat laying on the hwy by our mailbox. How lovely. I was scared to see which one it was. BUT it was a stray TOM so not one of ours. But still, DH moved it last night. Oh on the way home I just a/b hit a cat. Stupid thing. I had to slam the breaks on going 65+mph. the van shook, C'man said what happened?? I thought just hit the dang thing, but i didn't want to make a mess of my van. We didn't hit it! My love for cats isn't what it used to be.

Anyway, thanks for sticking with me thru this LONG post. What do you all like, shorter posts, longer? I kind of like frequent short ones. What about you??