Time for an update...
As I haven't updated in nearly two weeks, I thought it might be time.
Last Friday Grandma injured her back vacuuming, and spent the weekend in bed. And I spent the weekend, and yesterday, running 5 million errands. Not fun. I got up at 9 yesterday to start them all. I got into bed around 1:30 or so last night. I expected to be exhausted, yet I didn't fall asleep til around 5:30 or so. I had no idea why until earlier this afternoon. I was mixing myself some more ice tea in a pitcher, when it occurred to me that I drank an entire pitcher yesterday. Don't give me that look. It was hot. You would have drunk that much if you'd scrubbed 2 bathrooms and the foyer as well as the kitchen. So that's the probably cause of my insomnia. She is much better though. She got up today, made coffee, breakfast, and her bed. She even went to Adoration.
In other news….
Erin will enjoy this. So, when I was out running around like a chicken with its head cut off, I decided I should buy myself a nice treat. I purchased a bottle of pretty, sparkly pink nail polish. So last night I removed me old polish and decided to put my new color on. Now, any one who's seen me paint anything should know how this will go. I can't help it; I just make a mess. I decided to break down on the mess by putting cotton balls between my toes. It made the mess ten times worse. For starters, it was a very full bottle, so every time the brush came out, it was saturated with polish. The cotton balls only served to get stuck in the wet polish. I really don't recommend trying it. After my morning shower, I did manage to get most of the polish that went amiss off my toes.*
I had some lovely retail therapy today. Don't you just love it when you can buy a pair of underwear and save about 10 bucks? I decided I needed a new bra, as most of the ones I bought in January now have the under wire poking out. That hurts man. So I walk into Lane Bryant and see jeans in all kinds of cool washes and styles. I think to myself, well I do have a coupon, and if I find a pair of jeans that are actually different from my other pairs, I can get it. So I looked around and selected 6 pairs to try on. I also told myself to make sure they really fit well. It's really amazing that you can try on 6 slightly different pairs of jeans, all the same size, and have them fit totally different. The upshot of all this is that most of the jeans were too baggy in the leg, too long, or a bit too tight in places. They didn't fit perfectly, so I did not buy them. I was quite proud of myself. I did get a nice top. It's hard to describe. For those of you who've seen my pink top, it's similar in style, but gold in color. Gold isn't a color I'd usually buy something in, but it's a cool top. It's patterned and has some green and a bit of blue and a pretty plum color in it. It has an empire waist with a sequined and mesh band around it. It should be nice to wear in the fall. I did get a bra and a pair of underwear. Now that I think about it, I'm wondering why I didn't grab a pair of matching underwear. I had a coupon for $25 off of 75, and the shirt and bra only came to 65 something. So I snagged a pair of panties and brought the total up to 80 something and then saved about 10 bucks and essentially got a pair of underwear for free. To cap it all off, for spending 50 bucks I got another "Real Women" card to use in September, now giving me fifty bucks to spend there. I plan to buy jeans. However, I will try on my own jeans before I go, to see how they fit. I think I now have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to jeans.
This post has already become exceedingly long. As Julie says "Katie's on a rant about something…."
* Word was giving me a ton of shit with this sentence. Apparently, Grammar Check doesn't like you to end a sentence with a preposition.
Last Friday Grandma injured her back vacuuming, and spent the weekend in bed. And I spent the weekend, and yesterday, running 5 million errands. Not fun. I got up at 9 yesterday to start them all. I got into bed around 1:30 or so last night. I expected to be exhausted, yet I didn't fall asleep til around 5:30 or so. I had no idea why until earlier this afternoon. I was mixing myself some more ice tea in a pitcher, when it occurred to me that I drank an entire pitcher yesterday. Don't give me that look. It was hot. You would have drunk that much if you'd scrubbed 2 bathrooms and the foyer as well as the kitchen. So that's the probably cause of my insomnia. She is much better though. She got up today, made coffee, breakfast, and her bed. She even went to Adoration.
In other news….
Erin will enjoy this. So, when I was out running around like a chicken with its head cut off, I decided I should buy myself a nice treat. I purchased a bottle of pretty, sparkly pink nail polish. So last night I removed me old polish and decided to put my new color on. Now, any one who's seen me paint anything should know how this will go. I can't help it; I just make a mess. I decided to break down on the mess by putting cotton balls between my toes. It made the mess ten times worse. For starters, it was a very full bottle, so every time the brush came out, it was saturated with polish. The cotton balls only served to get stuck in the wet polish. I really don't recommend trying it. After my morning shower, I did manage to get most of the polish that went amiss off my toes.*
I had some lovely retail therapy today. Don't you just love it when you can buy a pair of underwear and save about 10 bucks? I decided I needed a new bra, as most of the ones I bought in January now have the under wire poking out. That hurts man. So I walk into Lane Bryant and see jeans in all kinds of cool washes and styles. I think to myself, well I do have a coupon, and if I find a pair of jeans that are actually different from my other pairs, I can get it. So I looked around and selected 6 pairs to try on. I also told myself to make sure they really fit well. It's really amazing that you can try on 6 slightly different pairs of jeans, all the same size, and have them fit totally different. The upshot of all this is that most of the jeans were too baggy in the leg, too long, or a bit too tight in places. They didn't fit perfectly, so I did not buy them. I was quite proud of myself. I did get a nice top. It's hard to describe. For those of you who've seen my pink top, it's similar in style, but gold in color. Gold isn't a color I'd usually buy something in, but it's a cool top. It's patterned and has some green and a bit of blue and a pretty plum color in it. It has an empire waist with a sequined and mesh band around it. It should be nice to wear in the fall. I did get a bra and a pair of underwear. Now that I think about it, I'm wondering why I didn't grab a pair of matching underwear. I had a coupon for $25 off of 75, and the shirt and bra only came to 65 something. So I snagged a pair of panties and brought the total up to 80 something and then saved about 10 bucks and essentially got a pair of underwear for free. To cap it all off, for spending 50 bucks I got another "Real Women" card to use in September, now giving me fifty bucks to spend there. I plan to buy jeans. However, I will try on my own jeans before I go, to see how they fit. I think I now have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to jeans.
This post has already become exceedingly long. As Julie says "Katie's on a rant about something…."
* Word was giving me a ton of shit with this sentence. Apparently, Grammar Check doesn't like you to end a sentence with a preposition.