Bad Week/Good Day

The whole family has been sick this week.
Abby was sick last Friday and Saturday.
Phoebe was sick last Saturday and Sunday.
Phoebe came home sick from school on Tuesday.
Abby was sick Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday and today.
I was sick Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday and a little better today.
Perry is starting to get sick today.
Fun times throwing up, diarrhea, fevers, body aches, and I have a major sore throat.
That's the bad part of the week.

The good part of the day was that I got out of the house and bought me a new vacuum.
I know....such a thrill.
Well it is a thrill when the old vacuum refuses to pick up anything anymore.

I got a coupon in the mail from Kohl's for 30% off anything.
I went to Kohl's and saw that the one I wanted was on sale. Bonus points!
But they were out of them. Figures.
I drove to another Kohl's and yay, they had some in stock.
So with their 15% off sale, and my 30% off I got my vacuum for 45% off! ( No s#*t Sherlock.)
I got a total of $91.00 off my vacuum. Plus, I got $20 in Kohls cash to spend next week.

It's a Bissell. Bagless! How cool is it to see all the dirt and crud that comes out of your carpet?! Yup, it's gross. But I love it. Now if it could only do laundry.

Shoes and Shopping

This morning my dear MIL took my girls and me shopping for the girls Easter outfits. We went to The Children's Place, and boy did they get some cute things. Grandma spoiled them pretty good today. They each got an outfit, (skirt, top, sweater, headband, leggings) and a pair of the most darling shoes. I can't find the camera so I took a quick video.



Did I not tell you they are adorable?
I had a 15% off coupon that expired 6 days ago, but they did not let me use it. Booo to them. I let them know I was not impressed with that service.
Then we went to get an Aunt Annie's pretzel. Yum!
Off to Sears to get some sandals for the girls outfits. To cute too!
Then they wanted to look at Build-A-Bear outfits. I said no buying because I usually get them an outfit for their Easter baskets. They said OK. Grandma said otherwise. She let them each buy a top for their bears. :o/

When we got home we went Geocaching with Perry until sunset. Which by the way was so gorgeous over the lake. The sunset, not Perry. :oD
We ate at a fun restaurant that was kind enough to stay open for us. They closed at 8, we got there at 7:50, but they welcomed us in with no problem. They were a sweet older couple that went out of their way to please their customers. Brought us homemade popcorn, took our picture for the wall. Brought us Easter cookies during our meal. Now that's service! Makes us for sure want to go back. All that and the food was great too.

I was gone pretty much all week, and the house is a wreck. How can that be? I guess the cat had a wild party while we were out.

Church tomorrow and Perry wants to do more geocaching. sigh. He needs to get back out on the road so I can get the house back in order. HA!

Happy Sunday!

These Boots are made for Walking

The girls and I did a little shoe shopping today.

Phoebe needed a nicer pair of dress shoes so we found a pair at Kohl's.
Then we hit the mall, which just so happened to be at the best time in Green Bay Packer country.
We went when the Packers were playing the Vikings. Big rivalry and even bigger today since Brett Favre left the Packers and is now playing for the Vikings. So most of the state was watching the game which made for a quiet mall. OK on to the shoes.

After a pretzel and some sniffs at Yankee Candle, we found us at Stride Rite. The girls begged for some boots, and since they were on sale plus I had an extra 20% off, I still stalled in buying them. The girls tried them on, looked pretty cute and begged some more, so I finally said OK.

I won't mention that Abby decided to walk out of the store when I was paying for these and decided to go lie on the couch that was just outside the door. The worst 30 seconds of my life when I noticed she was gone, until she popped up from the couch. I think she now gets it how dangerous and frightening that was.

Phoebe's boots
Abby's boots
I found some cute shoes for me too, but I didn't want to pay $79 for them. I'm keeping my eyes peeled.

-steph-

"Eye" laughed so hard.

Kohl's has 90% off, on some of their clothes. Naturally, I had to check it out. I ended up buying a cute sweater @ $4.40. My sister is borrowing it for tomorrow. I never even got to wear it myself. A summer shirt @ $5.99. She's too big to borrow that one. A super cute black blouse @ $4.40. And a cute, cute, jacket @ $7.90. That's my kind of shopping.

Today, the sweater borrower and I went back to check stuff out for her to wear, (and me to borrow). She found a pair of jeans and a shirt. No need for me to borrow.

We were looking in the underwear and bra section and I found some under garment that is supposed to suck in everything from your gut to your flabby arms. I told her to try it on, since she's always looking for longer sleeves to cover up her flabby arms. She said no, so I said I would try it on. Holy tight and can't breathe Batman.

I was laughing so hard just trying to get it on. Finally I wiggled in to it, but I was still laughing so hard, I couldn't see myself in the mirror, through my tears.

My sister said it looked good, and I must admit it did shave a few inches off my body and arms, but I couldn't see wearing it all day, since breathing is more important to me than looking slimmer.

Now I have to try to take it off. More laughter, more tears. I thought for sure I would have had to buy it, with me in it.

Finally it's off, but not without my eye breaking a few blood vessels. See!

Actually it looks more red in real life. (and not only is it red, but I'm also now blind from the flash of my camera.) My children are getting grossed out looking at it, so I told them to quit looking at me. They're not. They must like getting grossed out.

But, hey, what's a red eye when one can get 90% off their wardrobe? Small price to pay.

I'm heading off to bed to read. With my good eye.

Jackpot!

I just got back from shopping with Abigail, and got a lot of nice stuff for not a lot of money. Gotta love that. The Children's Place is having a great sale on winter stuff. Everything from jeans, to sweaters, dresses, shirts, skirts, shoes, pajamas, coats, sweatshirts, vests, belts....cute, cute stuff, all for only $5.99 apiece. Oops, excuse me, the pajamas were only $4.99.

This is my haul. Total regular price...$85.50. The price I paid...$29.35. Saved..$56.15. Cha-ching!

I wanted to buy Abby a winter coat for next year, but it just didn't seem warm enough. If we lived in a warmer state, I would have snapped it up in a heartbeat. So cute. Silver/gray on one side, and it could be reversed to different colored hearts on the other side.

If you have a Children's Place near you, I'm not sure they would have the same kind of sale, but it's worth checking out. If anybody sells on E-Bay, this would be a great time to stock up on this stuff for dirt cheap, and possibly make a few bucks. Or a lotta bucks.


I also bought the movie "Fireproof". Can't wait to watch that.

I found some other great stuff, but I will keep that to myself for a few days. In honor of my 100th post, I will be having a giveaway. Ooooo...clap, clap, clap. And with the tens of you who read me, you have a good chance to win. This post is #94, so it won't be too long to wait. That is, if I have anything to say to blogland. I will post a picture of the goodies for my 100th post, and if it looks interesting enough to keep, or you know someone who would love it, then enter. Yay, I love to give. Stay tuned.