Wednesday, I finally got my free Cricut cartridges in. I had mailed in my rebate around the first week of December, so it took a little longer than the 6-8 weeks that the rebate said. Oh well, one can't complain about FREE, right? So anyway, I got My Community and Printing 101. I haven't had a chance to play with them yet, but the My Community cartridge has tons of cute stuff on it. I see lots of possibilities!
Friday was Brandon's pioneer day, so he didn't get home until 7:30 or 8:00. I decided to be productive while I was here alone, so I tackled the huge task of cleaning up my scrapbook table. Over the past weeks, it has become the landing place for tons of stuff. You could barely see the table underneath! And I had bags from two different trips to Hobby Lobby that hadn't even been unpacked. I even did some reorganizing of my supplies. Here are before & after pictures. Much better, no?
Saturday morning, I got up early and got ready for a big day of shopping. I was at Jeannie's by 6:30, and then we headed to Debbie's. Just a few minutes after 7:00, the three of us were on the road heading for Memphis. We were looking forward to a day full of shopping & good deals!
Debbie had printed off a list of consignment & thrift stores, along with their addresses. Jeannie brought their Garmin, and that helped us find all the stores we wanted to go to. It was our own little adventure!
We went to six different stores and found great deals at almost all of them. Among some of the things I got were a raw silk floral skirt by Jones New York ($3), a corduroy Fossil purse ($15), and a Pierre Cardin blazer for Brandon ($6). Unfortunately, Brandon's blazer didn't fit, but I will find someone who can wear it. Anyway, I came home with bags of stuff, all of it practically new. Yay!
For lunch, we ate at Moe's Southwest Grill. Debbie & I had never been to one before, but Jeannie had just been telling me about how good it was a few days earlier. After eating there, Debbie & I both agreed with her! I loved the fact that they let you choose what toppings went on your burrito and it was made fresh right in front of you. And the salsa bar was awesome!
Anyway, we shopped all day with the exception of a quick lunch at Moe's. We had planned on having a nice dinner on our way home, but when we reached Corinth and got into the turning lane to pull into Ruby Tuesday, we saw how busy they were and then realized - it was Valentine's Day. Drat! Oh well...we were tired and went on home.
It was 7:30 when we made it back to Tim & Debbie's. Jace & Zane had spent the night with Lee & Rachel, and so we picked them up. Talk about two tired little boys! I was right there with them too! Brandon had already left for work when I got home, so I heated up some leftovers, got into my PJs and hit the couch. It was nice to crash after running around all day, but I sure did have fun! :)
Sounds like ya'll had a good time. And some good deals!
ReplyDeleteYou've definitely been busy!! What fun! Your before and after photos are great :)
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