Current Mood : Spendy !
Spent on books : 76c
Spent on leftover Valentine's stationery : $1.89
Spent on doll clothes : $2.88
Spent on Kira/Sandy : $14.00
Busy but lazy day. We had groceries to shop, and work waiting to be done. Didn't get to the closet clean-out, but we can always do that later. We also had a guest this evening, Beloved Hubby's brother, so that was fun. Thank Everything he doesn't mind a semi-messy house either !
I got a late start, since I'm still falling asleep in my chair if I'm not actively doing something. Grabbed a shower and got out just when Beloved came home for lunch, on break between work and getting supplies for work. I have to say, we all love Campbell's new foray into chili - we prefer the less-spicy Roadhouse variety. Big beans, lotsa meat. Great with crackers.
I also needed to mail off a money order payment to Robin, of In The Pink, for my future Kira Xanadu doll. And I wanted to go through whatever was left of the Valentine's Day goodies on sale. So, off we went. Hit the thrift first, but no new dolls or toys. Dearest Son picked out the kids' novelization of Monsters, Inc. - it's been on cable a lot - and I grabbed A Charming Princess Collection, a paperback volume of 23 fairy tales, most of which I've never heard of. I'd have remembered "Rubezahl" and "Mother Roundabout's Daughter". $1.30 for both.
Valentine's aisles had already been reset for Easter, and there wasn't much left at our Mal-Wart. Mostly heart-decorated napkins, a few hundred boxes of classroom exchange cards, and some broken cookies. Dearest was interested in the Cars box of cards, in the shape of a mailbox that lit up when opened. I was looking for a set I might like, when waaaay in the back, I found a Bakugon one, all by itself. He was so happy. And only $1.75. I swayed between a pretty butterfly-themed box and a hearts one, and got the hearts. So we have matching mailboxes now. And they both light up. I'll probably tuck the cards in Dearest's mailbox, and Beloved's lunches.
I also decided to treat m'self, and bought the sort-of Asian-themed print mini-dress from the cheaper side of Barbie's wardrobe. Been looking at it for weeks. Wasn't I surprised to discover that the little print wasn't continued on the back. Nope. While it's bad enough I know to note expect the ribbon to go all the way around, it's kinda chintzy to find that the back is solid lavender. It's not like this design used a lot of fabric ! Well, guess that's a good enough reason to sew instead of buy. Should have a photo of it for you tomorrow.
Hung out with BIL most of the evening. It was great to see him. He helped Beloved with his work supply run, and we talked about nearly everything for hours. Dearest even got him to play Nerf with him, and set up a target shooting range so BIL could try his Christmas gift Vulcan gun. Living room's trashed, but it was a great evening.
After dinner, I decided to try accessing my Blog - and it worked ! I have no idea what's happened these last few days. I could access the Control Panel, and cut/paste the text and photos, but I could not get to the actual Diaries page until tonight. All previous attempts timed out no matter when I tried, or how often. All other websites I tried to access worked, no problem, only problem I had was here. First thing I did was eliminate the double photo on Monday's, since it was the first time I saw it, then came back and got some photos for the last few days. Weird.
Well, Dearest and I have a Haiti fundraiser yard sale to hit tomorrow, and he's all excited since his Mark II Delorean should arrive. I think I'll be happier when it gets here than he will - simply because he'll stop asking me if I saw a UPS truck a few minutes ago. With all the help he's given us around the house, he's already earned more than half his required coupons for it. And I am still so darn sleepy - and there's new fairy tales to read tonight !
Hope your day went well, too - and that Friday's better ! Ours is happily asleep again. G'night, puppy.
