Nails, Shopping, and Dinner...a Great Day!!

Today was a GREAT day...

This is Tracy, she does my nails every few weeks. She is such a sweet, shy lady and I adore her. She has been doing my nails for years, and she does a great job!

Beautiful!

Then, I headed to the Mall ALL BY MYSELF! I had some Pretzel Bitz and walked around...I tried on some clothes, but didn't buy any! At home...my carpet was being cleaned. Oh happy DAY!!

The bookstore in the Mall was closing, so everything was on sale! Yippee! I browsed for a long while and ended up buying a Fashion book. Why? Because I wanted to!

I left the Mall and had about 30 minutes before I needed to pick up Nathan, so I stopped at World Market. I could walk around in there for hours. I spent a lot of time in the chocolate aisle

Finally, I went to dinner with Mom and Auntie Beverly who is visiting from New York!! 2 of my favorite people...could it get ANY better??! I had Shrimp Scampi...delicious and garlicky!

My dinner dates...aren't they beautiful!! Beverly is Moms oldest sister.

To top it all off...Tiramisu and Lemon Sorbet with Berries!! Wow, what a great unexpected day. I am blessed and thankful!

San Clemente Farmer's Market

Yesterday morning, Darrell and I walked through the San Clemente Farmer's Market. I just love going there. You can see the ocean and buy great organic produce at the same time!!

Baby veggies...so cute!

Beautiful fresh cut flowers. I didn't buy any flowers.

To top it all off...a homemade pork tamale with fresh Mango salsa. What did we buy? A dozen organic Fuji apples, 3 avocadoes, 3 ears of corn, and a dozen brown eggs.

How Is Nathan Feeling??

BETTER!!! Finally!!!

We went the doctor today for an asthma re-check and because his fever was still over 102 last night, but he was improving slightly. The Dr. told me he "most likely" has the H1N1 virus, but they did not test him because they are treating him already. And Nathan is done with Drs. and tests! Thanks for the prayers and phone calls, especially to Aunt Donna and Grammy!

Above is a picture of the jeans we picked up today (after being tailored) at Nordstroms today. Thanks Grammy for the beautiful jeans. You spoil him...oh you spoil both of them really badly!! We love you!!

Washy Washy...

My washer and dryer finally died. After 16 good years of service, they finally could not be repaired anymore. I got to know the appliance repairman and his kid. He had repaired the dryer 4 times in the past year and a half. The washer was leaking and he couldn't find the problem. I am so practical (some would say "cheap") that I did not want to spend money on new appliances. Finally, after a $600 electric bill and 4 hours of drying a load of towels...and they were still wet...we bought new ones! Aren't they beautiful? You know I live a dull boring life when a new washer and dryer make me so happy!!

What Happens in Vegas...

My Mom, Nathan, and I spent the week-end in Vegas. Actually, we were in Henderson, which is just outside of Vegas. Mom and Larry have a condo there, so we decided to hang out for a few days. We didn't do much...which was wonderful!! We swam several times as it was 100+ degrees. HOT HOT HOT! Mom and I taught Nathan how to dig through sale bins...

We had a pretzel during our Outlet Mall adventure...

Only in Vegas...taxi's line the curb outside of the mall.

A portrait of the three of us. Kind of looks like we're being abducted or something...

The Bowling Grammy. She kicked our butts...

Check out this form. Is he bowling or dancing ballet??

Glow in the Dark Mineature golfing. Nathan's favorite thing.

Golfing with the flash turned on. Even though it took us a L-O-N-G time to get there and to get home, we had a fantastic time.

Mexican Market

I LOVE stopping by the Mexican market near my school. I usually see some of my families shopping. I could spend an hour looking at all of the stuff and practicing my Spanish. These are some of the spices. The store is not very large, but they have every spice I have ever heard of. This is only about 1/3 of the total spices they carry.

And, tons of dried chiles...also dried shrimp, corn, fruit...

An entire wall of tortillas. When we bought them yesterday, they were still warm!!

Last night Mom and Larry came over for dinner. We had Carne Asada and Carne Pollo...muy bien! They have a beautiful meat counter and everything is priced great!!

Anyone for a "Skin-On Pork Foot?" Uh...yuck! They also have whole Beef Tongue and Boiled Pork Skin. I cannot bring myself to try that kind of stuff. Even though I'm a Kansas girl, some animal parts just should not be eaten!!!

The produce is yummy...and all the signs are written in Spanish!

It is fun to visit the Mexican market and our dinner was delicious!! Adios Amigos!

Spending Gift Cards

The finale to Nathan's Birthday celebration...a day of spending his gift cards. He had such a great time picking out things to spend his "money" on. Some things that I would not have chosen for him. He is a very particular kid and knows exactly what he wants and likes. Here he is with some of his "loot."

Trying to decide...We went to Target, BestBuy, Sports Authority, Toys R Us, Borders, and the bank to cash some checks. Okay, enough birthday until next year...

Christmas Bargains!

I stopped by Target this morning. Check out this gorgeous Advent Calendar! I've always wanted one of these, and had my eye on this one in particular last month (I love Mercury Glass), but it was $40. I didn't want to spend that much, but today I went down the Christmas Clearance aisle and there it was...75% off. My heart started racing as I snatched it up and put it into my cart. I also got some too cute Christmas ornaments and cards for next year. SO glad i stopped by...did you get any great Christmas bargains.

Shopping and Boobs?!?

Happy Day-After Thanksgiving!! We are in Henderson, Nevada, next to Vegas for Nathan's baseball tournament. In keeping with tradition, my Mom and I were up and shopping this morning at 5:45! I am close to being finished with my Christmas shopping...ya-hoo! Such great bargains today, I didn't pay full price for anything, and mostly everything was 50-60% off.

We are staying at Sunset Station, it is a beautiful hotel. There just happens to be a "Hooters" Restaurant in the Casino area. Kyle's friends have talked to him about "Hooters", but we've never been...until today. Hey, the food was good...really good.

Okay, now we're off to baseball games. He has back-to-back games at 5:30 and 7:30, then games tomorrow and maybe Sunday. We're gonna freeze our butts off tonight!!

Hope you and Yours had a great turkey day!

Wordless Wednesday #11 ~ 99cents Only Store

Love the 99cents Only Store. Some of my latest purchases...

"Home" Sign...Cheap!

I bought this "Home" sign last week at Big Lots, formerly Pic-N-Save. I had not been there in a LONG while and stopped in to get Halloween favors for my class. They had some nice stuff...even furniture! This sign is metal and beautifully distressed, I didn't do anything to it, just sat it in the window sill. Guess how much it cost? $14.