[o] Slept in
[o] (but not too late!)
[o] Breakfast at 933, got to visit with people & get shoe advice from Aurelie
[o] Shoe shopping: success! Tried on a couple of pairs, ended up buying the exact same pair as Aurelie, which have lasted her over two years at Starbucks. Comfy, black, not ugly, slip-on, skid resistant.
[o] Pants shopping: lucky! Walked into JCPenny's, spy a pair of cargo khakis on a rack. They look too short...hold them up...perfect. Length. They're on sale! What size are they...MINE? Try on: PERFECTION. Got the exact pants I wanted, normally selling for over $40, for TEN BUCKS.
[o] Purse shopping: Got talked out of a new bag by Ryan and his awesome spatial knowledge. Being talked out of buying a thing I have an addiction to may not sound good, but it was helpful in a bunch of ways: no money spent, logic wielded in a way my brain can agree to, don't feel like maybe a different purse would work. Also helped me decide to use my damned lunchbox already, which will lead to healthier lunches at work!
[o] Grocery shopping: Got plenty of yum things and healthy things and things for tonight's dinner.
[o] Ice cream on the way home!
[o] Breakfast for dinner later on!
[o] Movie night with Ryan while fixing the damned comforter and duvet cover so it'll stop driving me crazy!
[o] GOOD DAMNED DAY! :D
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Freedom!
Today was a very short day, only 5 1/2 hours, and yet it felt like it lasted FOREVER. Fortunately, Ryan and I were still able to go out after I got home. His father sent me a gift card to Eddie Bauer for Christmas, and I got myself a wonderful sweater and very nice pair of corduroy pants, both of which I am extremely happy with. As a matter of fact, I'm wearing the sweater as I type. It's red, wool, and extremely warm!
I have tomorrow and the next day off, which I am ridiculously pleased about. Asking Boss Lady to give me two days off in a row was one of the best thing I've ever done, it's going to feel like a freaking vacation! Also, since I got out at 6 tonight and don't go in until 5:30 Sunday night, it's almost like three days off in a row, all with Ryan. Squee!
I am extremely tired and ready to curl into bed with a good read, so it's going to be a short entry tonight. I will certainly post one last time in 2010, though, I promise :)
I have tomorrow and the next day off, which I am ridiculously pleased about. Asking Boss Lady to give me two days off in a row was one of the best thing I've ever done, it's going to feel like a freaking vacation! Also, since I got out at 6 tonight and don't go in until 5:30 Sunday night, it's almost like three days off in a row, all with Ryan. Squee!
I am extremely tired and ready to curl into bed with a good read, so it's going to be a short entry tonight. I will certainly post one last time in 2010, though, I promise :)
Monday, December 27, 2010
The Important Minute Details In Life.
I would love to show the picture I took today, but Tumblr is in the middle of a tizzy and won't upload or post anything, so...grr.
My day was both lazy and very accomplished. I cleaned up the bedroom and the living room of Christmas scraps, put the presents in their new homes, did every dirty dish in the house, washed all the new clothes, and took out the garbage. I also made a new Excel money document for 2011, all nice and neat and ready to go.
Ryan and I went grocery shopping when we got home. We left with a small list: dish soap, giant binder clips (for my novel), travel packs of tissues, granola bars, and a 12-pack of Brisk. We first went to Target so we could also return some small items, then made the mistake of going to the movie section, where we not only found Beauty & The Beast but the Fantasia pair of movies...all on Blue Ray, all on sale. Ker-snag. After striking out in the office supplies, we made the second mistake of going to the cooking section, and walked away from there with a knife block, electronic food scale, and silicone spatula. Got the dish soap and tissues and other small items, checked out...
...and went straight to Meijer with the remaining three items on the list: giant binder clips, flour sifter (they didn't have any at Target?!), and Brisk. We left with Brisk.
We have spent most of the day and night debating on colors for a KitchenAid Stand Mixer, which we've decided will be the bulk of our Christmas-money present to ourselves. Ryan has been wanting one for months now, more and more as he gets deeper into his cooking hobby, and he keeps running into the problem of No Stand Mixer when looking at recipes to play with. At the moment we're torn between a lovely orange (Persimmon!) and a beautiful blue (Blue Willow! Ryan says it sounds like a ninja assassin!), with stray thoughts toward a very retro green apple and a gorgeous purple (Boysenberry!). Even the roommates are torn on it.
We finally came to desperate measures.
Sameh: Horace, do you like the blue?
Horace, in Ryan's arms: [silence]
Sameh: Horace, do you like the orange?
Horace: Meow!
Ruth: Oh-ho-ho! We have our answer!
BJ: Horace, do you care at all?
Horace: ...[wriggles his way out of Ryan's arms]
Sooo yeah. That's where we are now.
Tomorrow is back to work until New Year's Eve, then I have that day AND New Year's Day off, which will be very nice. :)
And, since Tumblr has decided to be nice while I wrote this up, here is my picture of the day Christmas cookie!
Good night :)
My day was both lazy and very accomplished. I cleaned up the bedroom and the living room of Christmas scraps, put the presents in their new homes, did every dirty dish in the house, washed all the new clothes, and took out the garbage. I also made a new Excel money document for 2011, all nice and neat and ready to go.
Ryan and I went grocery shopping when we got home. We left with a small list: dish soap, giant binder clips (for my novel), travel packs of tissues, granola bars, and a 12-pack of Brisk. We first went to Target so we could also return some small items, then made the mistake of going to the movie section, where we not only found Beauty & The Beast but the Fantasia pair of movies...all on Blue Ray, all on sale. Ker-snag. After striking out in the office supplies, we made the second mistake of going to the cooking section, and walked away from there with a knife block, electronic food scale, and silicone spatula. Got the dish soap and tissues and other small items, checked out...
...and went straight to Meijer with the remaining three items on the list: giant binder clips, flour sifter (they didn't have any at Target?!), and Brisk. We left with Brisk.
We have spent most of the day and night debating on colors for a KitchenAid Stand Mixer, which we've decided will be the bulk of our Christmas-money present to ourselves. Ryan has been wanting one for months now, more and more as he gets deeper into his cooking hobby, and he keeps running into the problem of No Stand Mixer when looking at recipes to play with. At the moment we're torn between a lovely orange (Persimmon!) and a beautiful blue (Blue Willow! Ryan says it sounds like a ninja assassin!), with stray thoughts toward a very retro green apple and a gorgeous purple (Boysenberry!). Even the roommates are torn on it.
We finally came to desperate measures.
Sameh: Horace, do you like the blue?
Horace, in Ryan's arms: [silence]
Sameh: Horace, do you like the orange?
Horace: Meow!
Ruth: Oh-ho-ho! We have our answer!
BJ: Horace, do you care at all?
Horace: ...[wriggles his way out of Ryan's arms]
Sooo yeah. That's where we are now.
Tomorrow is back to work until New Year's Eve, then I have that day AND New Year's Day off, which will be very nice. :)
And, since Tumblr has decided to be nice while I wrote this up, here is my picture of the day Christmas cookie!
Good night :)
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Zip!
I'm writing this one kind of late, so here are the highlights:
[o] legs still hurt, especially right one. Both feel like I've done hundreds of lunges, which, I assure you, is not the case.
[o] got Ryan some new shoes and insoles...although the shoes had to be ordered and won't be in until Thursday or Friday. Still! Non-feet-hurty shoes! Yay!
[o] I got a watch that doesn't make my wrist feel like it's being stung by bees! Yay!
[o] got some Christmas shopping done! WAY early! Woo!
[o] watched a few episodes of Dexter, I'm almost caught up with Ryan on season one. Great show on writing, story, and psychology.
Tomorrow is Halloween, Samhain, and my last day of freedom before the official start of NaNoWriMo. I am excited for all three of these things. Sadly, I wasn't able to find the exact candy I wanted to hand out to my customers, but I still found a good variety pack, so I'm looking forward to being the candy fairy! Whee!
Night all!
[o] legs still hurt, especially right one. Both feel like I've done hundreds of lunges, which, I assure you, is not the case.
[o] got Ryan some new shoes and insoles...although the shoes had to be ordered and won't be in until Thursday or Friday. Still! Non-feet-hurty shoes! Yay!
[o] I got a watch that doesn't make my wrist feel like it's being stung by bees! Yay!
[o] got some Christmas shopping done! WAY early! Woo!
[o] watched a few episodes of Dexter, I'm almost caught up with Ryan on season one. Great show on writing, story, and psychology.
Tomorrow is Halloween, Samhain, and my last day of freedom before the official start of NaNoWriMo. I am excited for all three of these things. Sadly, I wasn't able to find the exact candy I wanted to hand out to my customers, but I still found a good variety pack, so I'm looking forward to being the candy fairy! Whee!
Night all!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Slightly Belated
Didn't update yesterday due to rampant busyness. Started off the day with exercise and a shower, followed by laundry (which included jamming one of the two washers with a quarter, >.<), followed by a long shopping trip with BJ and Ryan.
I already knew these two would be tight. They were pretty tight when they just talked online on a regular basis. Then they were able to go clothes shopping together, sharing the same size, relatively same taste, and a VERY heavy slant toward the "metrosexual" side of the scale.
After about 15 hours in the Big & Tall section of JCPenney's, we hit Best Buy, then made a stab at finding a "local" liquor store that sells my beloved framboise. What we thought would be a simple trip turned into a mini-adventure, finding ourselves in a much more rural section of the town (if we were still in South Bend at all, I'm not entirely sure).
We eventually gave up on it for the day and headed home, but I must say, if I have to make a semi-weekly trip all by myself, with the windows down and stereo blasting, down roads with more trees than houses on either side of the road...I'll manage somehow. :D
Ryan and I had decided to make this a stay-in day, with game playing and relaxing and not spending money, but I remembered just this morning that the Beloved Smoothies came in yesterday, and the store will be closed tomorrow. SO! One tiny outing, then a day of relaxing. And laundry. And dish washing.
I'll find something to update about later, I'm sure. Early warning: there's a chance it'll be WoWtastic.
Edit: 11:11 am. Changed up the template and colors! I thought the previous one felt too closed in, and too dark despite it being fairly bright greens. This one, to me, feels more open and bright. Let me know what you think: good, bad, like this color, hate that color, etc etc. I'll go make sure anonymous commenting is allowed so my parents can join in...
I already knew these two would be tight. They were pretty tight when they just talked online on a regular basis. Then they were able to go clothes shopping together, sharing the same size, relatively same taste, and a VERY heavy slant toward the "metrosexual" side of the scale.
After about 15 hours in the Big & Tall section of JCPenney's, we hit Best Buy, then made a stab at finding a "local" liquor store that sells my beloved framboise. What we thought would be a simple trip turned into a mini-adventure, finding ourselves in a much more rural section of the town (if we were still in South Bend at all, I'm not entirely sure).
We eventually gave up on it for the day and headed home, but I must say, if I have to make a semi-weekly trip all by myself, with the windows down and stereo blasting, down roads with more trees than houses on either side of the road...I'll manage somehow. :D
Ryan and I had decided to make this a stay-in day, with game playing and relaxing and not spending money, but I remembered just this morning that the Beloved Smoothies came in yesterday, and the store will be closed tomorrow. SO! One tiny outing, then a day of relaxing. And laundry. And dish washing.
I'll find something to update about later, I'm sure. Early warning: there's a chance it'll be WoWtastic.
Edit: 11:11 am. Changed up the template and colors! I thought the previous one felt too closed in, and too dark despite it being fairly bright greens. This one, to me, feels more open and bright. Let me know what you think: good, bad, like this color, hate that color, etc etc. I'll go make sure anonymous commenting is allowed so my parents can join in...
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