Laura Vegas

i just can’t seem to get posting this past week. lol! i feel like i’ve accomplished next to nothing this week … and yet got so much done at the same time. all our extra stuff is starting to wind down … we finish up with choir and softball this coming week. and next weekend is super busy … we have about 10 different things going on.

so i decided to take a day off today. take some time to myself to do whatever i wanted. not be rushed while running errands. i feel like it’s been ages since i could just go out and take my time doing what i needed or wanted to do. and since we have so much going on next weekend … and joe is pretty much gone all day saturday at a golf tournament (not good timing since we have a ton of things saturday) … he was up for giving me a break today. and my parents just got back from being gone for 2 weeks … so my dad ended up giving joe a break by taking sarah out today. alyssa was at her dads today so it’s always nice when sarah gets to do something fun.

so joe took to doing house stuff. he vaccumed and mopped the floors. cleaned the bathrooms. ran the dishwasher and emptied it (i was actually surprised he even knew how to run the thing … which i think he just guessed at because later he asked me where the dishsoap was supposed to go. lol!). he did a quick trip to the grocery store for a few things we needed. he emptied all the trashcans. i think there might have been a few other things … but you get the idea. lol!

and i took off. for 5 hours! it was glorious. lol! and what did i do?

• stopped at michaels … picked up one of the new idea books with my 40% off coupon. also got a couple packs of brads and some chipboard letters.
• went to target. picked out a few pairs of those long shorts … just above the knee. wasn’t sure i liked them. i’m a capri girl … i don’t think i ever wore anything other than capris last summer … and we had high temps of about 115 i think. lol! also got a couple of tank tops … they were polka-dot so how could i not get them? a few things that i needed, but hate to buy … make-up, razors, conditioner, etc.
• stopped at the bookstore … looking for a book, but didn’t find it.
• went to jcpenny’s … where they had some of the cutest tops. i really should look there more often. all under $10 too … can’t get much better than that. found a few pairs of capri pants that i liked better than the ones i got at target … so i will be returning the ones from target later. lol!
• walked the entire mall trying to find the pretzel store because i was starving. finally found it and got some cinnamon sugar pretzel sticks … those things are awesome!
• went to victoria secret. i’m not big on what i wear under my clothes … but i did find some boy shorts (underwear type) that are super cute and comfy to wear. so i stopped to get a few more pairs of those.
• went to beverly’s … a craft and fabric store. found the new idea book from ck on organizing your scrapping stuff … because let’s face it … i love to organize. i know … after my post last weekend i’m sure you think i don’t even need any more ideas. but i do! also found some of the new jars from making memories for their storage center they have coming out. i’m not going to get that … have no need for it with all my shelving. but i saw the smaller jars and though they’d be great to use for some of my embellishments that can get lost in the bigger jars. and they were on sale cheap … so they were a steal!
• stopped and gassed up the car. i had the little car … so it was only $45 to fill the tank. lol! last week i filled the van … $78 people!!! that’s just crazy. good thing i only fill that one up about every other week.
• stopped for starbucks. actually went inside … picked out a new gift card for myself. i have one that i got from being team mom from soccer last year … and occasionly i reload the card. but it had snowflakes on it … wasn’t really pretty anymore with spring here and all.
• went by old navy. we just had one open up in town a while back … but when i went they had no capri pants to choose from at all. this time i found the cargo capris … love those things! and much better than the capris i got at jcpenny’s. lol! also got a few of their graphic tees to wear with my jammi capris … yes, i’m all about the capris!

geez … after typing up all that it sounds like i’m made of money! which i know i’m certainly not. lol! of course … now i have stuff to be returned at like 4 different stores. that’s the kind of shopper i am. i’m all about finding the deals. and i’m all about making final decisions at home … you really have to be looking in your own mirror to really know if you like something, right? i had found a few pairs of capris at 2 other stores a few weeks back … but i like the ones i got at old navy better than any of those. so now i need a whole other afternoon out … just to make returns! lol!

then i came home. joe finished up cleaning. sarah got done swimming. and my parents took us out to dinner … for a mother’s day dinner. alyssa ended up staying at her dad’s an extra night … so i missed having her there with us. but she’s coming home early.  since both joe and her dad work nights (and yes, both at safeway … although at different stores now) … alyssa’s dad will just take her to meet joe at his store after they both get off work in the morning. she’ll have to get up a little early … but it will save us all a little drive time. and some gas money too! lol!

that’s it for now. hope you all have a great mother’s day!