Patience is a virtue (worth having)

This year my class got me a gift card to Trendz boutique in Leawood. I really like shopping there and I was super excited to get the gift card. I've been pretty busy this week, but found time today to do some shopping for myself. I went to Trendz and ended up finding a really cute sweater, top, scarf, and wintery head wrap. While I was waiting in (the rather long) line, I noticed a lady in front of me who kept huffing and puffing about the wait. She kept checking her watch and rolling her eyes at the check out ladies. I understand it's frustrating to have to wait, but it's a part of life. These girls working at Trendz were doing the best they could to get people through the line as quickly as possible. The fact is, it's December 23rd. EVERYWHERE you go is going to be busy. Deal with it. Anyway, when the lady ended up making it to the front of the line, she starting writing out a check. The girl checking her out informed her that they do not take checks. She got all pissy and stormed out.

Now, I must say...if that lady hadn't been such a grumpy puss, I would have happily offered to add her purchase to mine. It was only a couple pairs of earrings. If she had been waiting patiently like the rest of us, she would have walked out with what she came in for. It just goes to show you, patience is a virtue worth having!

I love a good bargain!

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a die-hard K-State fan. Well, one of my favorite places to shop is Kansas Sampler. For our anniversary, I got James a nice Cornhole set. It's wood and unpainted and I decided instead of painting it, I wanted to put K-State Power Cat decals on them and then coat them with polyurethane.

So I was planning on going to Kansas Sampler sometime soon anyway, but I made it a priority today when my friend Lisa told me they were having a super sale.

I ended up getting over $500 worth of clothing for less than $200. For his birthday, I got James a Royal's shirt, a K-State polo, 4 short sleeve K-state t-shirts, and a long sleeve K-State shirt. For myself I bought a long sleeve Chief's shirt, a Royals t-shirt, a pair of cropped K-State yoga pants, a K-State zip up hoodie, a long sleeve K-State shirt, and 4 super cute K-State t-shirts. I will never have to buy KSU apparel again! Though realistically, I probably will.

These 4 items were what I paid for.

These 16 items were what I got.

I LOVE a good bargain!

Speaking of cowboy boots...

The hubby bought me these yesterday for my birthday!!!

Shopping Spree

I'm a girl and I love to shop. I love buying new clothes and shoes and whatever else I find that tickles my fancy. James and I have been saving money to buy a house so I haven't really been able to shop for clothes lately. Sad, I know.

Well, for Christmas this year I made out rather well with gifts from my students. I got a $10 Starbucks gift card, a $15 Target gift card, a $25 Visa gift card, and a $200 Town Center gift card as my class gift from my very generous class. With all these gift cards, I had no choice...I HAD to go shopping today!

And now...my livingroom is covered in bags. My purchases today included:

• K-State Christmas decor
• K-State t-shirt
• pair of jeans
• 2 sweaters
• 3 pairs of shoes
• 2 bras
• a coat
• 2 scarves
• pair of mittens
• 4 games
• wall calendar
• pair of sunglasses

Again, I don't normally go "all out" like this so I have to say...today was lots of fun!

Things I'm thankful for - Days 13 & 14

Day #13 - I'm thankful for "girl time". I love my husband and consider him my best friend...but sometimes you just need someone to giggle and shop with. This weekend I went to Osage Beach at Lake of the Ozarks with my friend Diane and her boyfriend's mom. We went and watched the K-state game at a lakeside bar and then shopped til we dropped. We had a blast! I'm so thankful for weekends like these.

Day #14 - I'm thankful that I finally got over my "fear" of cooking. Years ago my cooking skills were limited to eggs and macaroni and cheese. Now cooking has become something I love to do and I think I might have inherited my mother's cookbook addiction. Last night I made creamy smothered chicken burritos in my crockpot. Later this week? Potato soup. Yum!

Things I'm thankful for - Day 1

I've made it my goal to write one thing I'm thankful for everyday from now until Thanksgiving. Here goes:

#1 - I'm thankful for days off of work. This sounds pessimistic but I promise it's not. I love my job but it's very physically, mentally, and emotionally draining. Last week was no exception. It was conference week and I put in a 45 hour work week in four days. It was exhausting, but come Friday...I got the day off. What did I do with my time off? Massage and shopping! What else?!? My wonderful husband got me a gift certificate to Par Exsalonce back in July for our 1 year anniversary. I've been waiting for that "perfect day" to get a massage. And boy was Friday THE PERFECT day for it! I went in and got a foot soak, followed by a one hour massage, which was then followed by an amazing steam shower. It was so relaxing! Afterwards I went shopping at Frankie and Jules and then went and bought some new shoes from Off Broadway. By the time I got home, James was home from work. We had plans to go to dinner together at Bonefish. However, we didn't make a reservation and by the time we got there and the estimated wait time was 2 hours. We decided to go to Avenues instead. It's a new restaurant in Mission Farms (where Zest used to be). We enjoyed a nice dinner (next to Gary Lezak) and then ended our night at the bowling alley with our friends Lisa and Jenni.

It was one of those days that was just really nice. Hurray for days off!