Weekend with B
I am so tired and sore, but we had a really nice weekend. We headed down to Long Beach with no concrete plans of what we were going to do. B had mentioned a lot of different things, but wouldn't commit to anything. I didn't realize he had some evil plan in store. It was pretty much a spoil my wife rotten weekend.
We started out by going to a Goodwill Outlet. It's a large bin store like they have in Oregon and Washington. We dug through the bins and found lots of great fabric for making dolls. As well as old dolls that I butchered apart for their hands and feet. I want to try making some clay heads with funky hands and feet. B was great and found me like four or five dolls amongst every thing else. They were auctioning off these huge bins and one was full of dolls and toys. I so wanted to bid on it, because it was only $60 and not many people where there, so we probably could have gotten it. But it never would have fit into our little compact car. If you were thinking about bidding on something like that you really need a pick up truck or SUV you can put the giant container into. But I was really happy with the haul we got. After we finished up there we went around the corner to the regular Goodwill store and bought me a skirt, because I was so hot in my blue jeans. It was chilly out, but I always run really hot so I was sweating up a storm. We found a cute black skirt and I manage to get it on and slide my jeans off in a parking garage. LOL
We headed to downtown Long Beach near the pier. We walked around for a bit and decided to go to the Japanese Steak House for lunch. I knew they had sushi, so I was happy I could get some veggi sushi and B was happy because he got a big plate of sashimi, which he loves. It was so nice to see him happy and be able to just eat a relaxed meal together. After lunch we browsed in a used bookstore, but it was such a disaster we didn't stay long and didn't buy anything. You couldn't really find anything, because it was so badly taken care of. We decided to head across town to a recycled art supply store. I had seen it on the internet and it looked like it could be fun. It was a great little shop with lots of stuff. We bought some doll hands, buttons, crayons, skeleton diagrams, and embrodiery hoops. It was a whopping $10. LOL The bag of crayons we got was huge, so the kids are very happy.
After that I mentioned that I'd love to get some art magazines, so B drove way to the other side of Long Beach where there was a Barnes and Noble, because the one in downtown is no longer there. I expected him to drive up, have me hop out, run in, get the magazine, and go. Instead he parked, walked me in, and told me to get whatever I wanted. I looked at him like seriously whatever I wanted?! Anything?! He walked around the whole two story store with me looking at tons of books and magazines. I bought four art magazines. I wanted a book, but couldn't find one that I liked and I wasn't going to buy one just because I could. He never complained or said I was taking too long. I wasn't going to go to the other floor at first, but he insisted just to make sure I didn't miss something I might want.
We decided after that, that I was so tired we would just get snacks from a store, pick up some fast food, and go to the Queen Mary to check in. We went into a Wal-mart and again he tells me to get whatever. I picked out some food and then he took me over to electronics to get a cd. I found some dvds I wanted and they made you pay in electronics for them. B went to the front of the store to get something and pay for the food while I paid for the other stuff. When I got to the register and the dvds were rung up they were twice the price I thought they were. They weren't marked and another clerk had said they were $7.88 when in fact they were $14.98. It would have rung up to almost $70. So I had her put the dvds back and just got the cd. When I walked to the front of the store and found B he said, "Hey what happened to the dvds?" I told him I put them back and he said, "You didn't have to do that. You should have just bought them."
So on the way home today he went by the Wal-mart here and bought me the dvds plus a few more and two pairs of capri pants. This was after we had already stopped at the Art Supply Warehouse. This is a huge store that is the mecha of all art supplies. I thought we would go in and I'd spend like $20 on some brushes I needed. When we enter I got a cart to help steady myself and he tells me to get whatever. I was like what?! He said to just start shopping. So I put these two little tubes of paint in the cart that were $4. Then I spotted this HUGE container of white Liquitex paint. It was $31! So I picked it up and walked over to him and said, "Um...can...I getthisit'sthirtyonedollars?" And he laughed and said, "Yep, put it in the cart." So I said, "Okay," and started to head to the front and I turn around and he's going down the next aisle. So I follow him and he says, "Go on I know you want something else." So finally I was like fuck me I'm going to just start throwing stuff in the cart! So I grabbed this set of ink sticks I wanted that was $24 and he says, "Put that one back. Get the bigger set." I looked at him in shock and he laughed again and said, "Go on put it in the cart. The BIG one." So I put it in and we started just going down row after row. He would walk behind me slowly and I'd put stuff in the cart. I'd tell him prices of things worried it was too much and he'd say, "Just put it in the cart." We went through the whole entire store and he never said, "Hurry up." Or that's too much. When we got to the register the gal rang it all up and it was $250! I said, "Oh my gosh!" And B laughed and pulled out his ATM card and paid for it. I gave him a kiss and said, "Thank you daddy." And the cashier said, "Awwww, you guys are so sweet."
All of this was on top of the order of art supplies he paid for the other day which was almost another $300! When I told him how much that one was going to cost he jokingly said, "Uh! You're expensive woman!" Then told me to get it. LOL When we were in Wal-mart this afternoon I jokingly said, "I'll take one of EVERYTHING!" And he laughed. I love to make him laugh. His whole face lights up. It's so cute. I feel so spoiled and still can't believe it happened. I've never spent money like that on art supplies or on myself just because. He did tease me that I can't complain later when he spends money on fishing stuff or a kayak that he wants to buy. I told him that was a deal. lol
Our room on the Queen Mary was really nice. We had a gorgeous view of the harbor. We had a ton of fun sitting in the huge king size bed eating junk food and watching X-men first class. After a while we started having sex and couldn't stop laughing, because we were worried the people next door could hear us. Every time they left their room it sounded like they were standing in our room. The door was like paper thin. So of course I'm trying to be quiet so no one complains about us and that's just leading to more laughter. We had a lot of fun and then B went up on the deck to smoke, so I took a hot shower. Then we curled up again and watched the rest of the movie then promptly passed out.
We started out by going to a Goodwill Outlet. It's a large bin store like they have in Oregon and Washington. We dug through the bins and found lots of great fabric for making dolls. As well as old dolls that I butchered apart for their hands and feet. I want to try making some clay heads with funky hands and feet. B was great and found me like four or five dolls amongst every thing else. They were auctioning off these huge bins and one was full of dolls and toys. I so wanted to bid on it, because it was only $60 and not many people where there, so we probably could have gotten it. But it never would have fit into our little compact car. If you were thinking about bidding on something like that you really need a pick up truck or SUV you can put the giant container into. But I was really happy with the haul we got. After we finished up there we went around the corner to the regular Goodwill store and bought me a skirt, because I was so hot in my blue jeans. It was chilly out, but I always run really hot so I was sweating up a storm. We found a cute black skirt and I manage to get it on and slide my jeans off in a parking garage. LOL
We headed to downtown Long Beach near the pier. We walked around for a bit and decided to go to the Japanese Steak House for lunch. I knew they had sushi, so I was happy I could get some veggi sushi and B was happy because he got a big plate of sashimi, which he loves. It was so nice to see him happy and be able to just eat a relaxed meal together. After lunch we browsed in a used bookstore, but it was such a disaster we didn't stay long and didn't buy anything. You couldn't really find anything, because it was so badly taken care of. We decided to head across town to a recycled art supply store. I had seen it on the internet and it looked like it could be fun. It was a great little shop with lots of stuff. We bought some doll hands, buttons, crayons, skeleton diagrams, and embrodiery hoops. It was a whopping $10. LOL The bag of crayons we got was huge, so the kids are very happy.
After that I mentioned that I'd love to get some art magazines, so B drove way to the other side of Long Beach where there was a Barnes and Noble, because the one in downtown is no longer there. I expected him to drive up, have me hop out, run in, get the magazine, and go. Instead he parked, walked me in, and told me to get whatever I wanted. I looked at him like seriously whatever I wanted?! Anything?! He walked around the whole two story store with me looking at tons of books and magazines. I bought four art magazines. I wanted a book, but couldn't find one that I liked and I wasn't going to buy one just because I could. He never complained or said I was taking too long. I wasn't going to go to the other floor at first, but he insisted just to make sure I didn't miss something I might want.
We decided after that, that I was so tired we would just get snacks from a store, pick up some fast food, and go to the Queen Mary to check in. We went into a Wal-mart and again he tells me to get whatever. I picked out some food and then he took me over to electronics to get a cd. I found some dvds I wanted and they made you pay in electronics for them. B went to the front of the store to get something and pay for the food while I paid for the other stuff. When I got to the register and the dvds were rung up they were twice the price I thought they were. They weren't marked and another clerk had said they were $7.88 when in fact they were $14.98. It would have rung up to almost $70. So I had her put the dvds back and just got the cd. When I walked to the front of the store and found B he said, "Hey what happened to the dvds?" I told him I put them back and he said, "You didn't have to do that. You should have just bought them."
So on the way home today he went by the Wal-mart here and bought me the dvds plus a few more and two pairs of capri pants. This was after we had already stopped at the Art Supply Warehouse. This is a huge store that is the mecha of all art supplies. I thought we would go in and I'd spend like $20 on some brushes I needed. When we enter I got a cart to help steady myself and he tells me to get whatever. I was like what?! He said to just start shopping. So I put these two little tubes of paint in the cart that were $4. Then I spotted this HUGE container of white Liquitex paint. It was $31! So I picked it up and walked over to him and said, "Um...can...I getthisit'sthirtyonedollars?" And he laughed and said, "Yep, put it in the cart." So I said, "Okay," and started to head to the front and I turn around and he's going down the next aisle. So I follow him and he says, "Go on I know you want something else." So finally I was like fuck me I'm going to just start throwing stuff in the cart! So I grabbed this set of ink sticks I wanted that was $24 and he says, "Put that one back. Get the bigger set." I looked at him in shock and he laughed again and said, "Go on put it in the cart. The BIG one." So I put it in and we started just going down row after row. He would walk behind me slowly and I'd put stuff in the cart. I'd tell him prices of things worried it was too much and he'd say, "Just put it in the cart." We went through the whole entire store and he never said, "Hurry up." Or that's too much. When we got to the register the gal rang it all up and it was $250! I said, "Oh my gosh!" And B laughed and pulled out his ATM card and paid for it. I gave him a kiss and said, "Thank you daddy." And the cashier said, "Awwww, you guys are so sweet."
All of this was on top of the order of art supplies he paid for the other day which was almost another $300! When I told him how much that one was going to cost he jokingly said, "Uh! You're expensive woman!" Then told me to get it. LOL When we were in Wal-mart this afternoon I jokingly said, "I'll take one of EVERYTHING!" And he laughed. I love to make him laugh. His whole face lights up. It's so cute. I feel so spoiled and still can't believe it happened. I've never spent money like that on art supplies or on myself just because. He did tease me that I can't complain later when he spends money on fishing stuff or a kayak that he wants to buy. I told him that was a deal. lol
Our room on the Queen Mary was really nice. We had a gorgeous view of the harbor. We had a ton of fun sitting in the huge king size bed eating junk food and watching X-men first class. After a while we started having sex and couldn't stop laughing, because we were worried the people next door could hear us. Every time they left their room it sounded like they were standing in our room. The door was like paper thin. So of course I'm trying to be quiet so no one complains about us and that's just leading to more laughter. We had a lot of fun and then B went up on the deck to smoke, so I took a hot shower. Then we curled up again and watched the rest of the movie then promptly passed out.