Glad you had a good day shopping with your dad. Sorry to hear the road were bad. People seem to forget how to drive in snow.
Work was busy yesterday. I think everyone came out because the roads were cleared and the snow reminded them the Christmas is coming.
The schedule for Thanksgiving is posted. So far I'm scheduled for the event but someone I work with wants to switch so I'd work a mid instead. I don't really mind but it's up to our assistant. I have to leave for work soon.
Have a good day.
Liz
Yah - the roads weren't good - just glad I made it out of there alive... It was dicey several times.
Yes - everyone is in full-on Christmas shopping mode here. I hope you are able to switch if that's what you want to do.
I hope you have a nice weekend Liz.
Looks like a fun trip with your dad! He looks happy with those crab legs!
Give us some ideas of what he wants/needs for Christmas, Santa wants to know!
Yes - he was so excited to eat crab... He had lots of leftovers to take home... Not sure I could eat crab as leftovers, but he didn't seem to mind.
Hmmm... Ideas for my dad for Christmas... Well, I can say that I am having a hard time with ideas for him myself. I always tell everyone to send him Agave Nectar... He loves that stuff and eats a lot of it. He could use a new baseball hat - or two - whatever theme, he likes almost anything. I noticed his hat was pretty icky the last time I was there (before this) - his head is a bit bigger, so bigger rather than smaller if they happen to be sized.
Otherwise, gift cards to eat out are always good... He LOVES to eat out anywhere he can sit down and eat - and we always go out to eat whenever I go up there. I am trying to think of other things, but it's super hard to buy for him, because we purchased all new stuff for his apt. when he moved and replaced most of his clothes at that time too. Thank you Stephanie - whatever you want to do for him would be greatly appreciated.
Love the Frozen bag! Her eyes look FANTASTIC!
Glad Alli didn't have strep. I hope everyone is feeling better.
It sounds like you had a great time with your Dad - that's great. He is so cute with his beard and suspenders! He is definitely a Santa look-a-like!
Thanks! I really love how her eyes turned out too - sometimes they are just the hardest to do (mouths too) - so nailing that portion is always a relief for me.
She is getting there - she still sounds awful... I am certain she has exactly what I had a few weeks ago, so it will be slow getting better for her.
We did! I agree - I love the Santa look he is pulling off perfectly this year.
I love how happy your Dad looks. He was obviously enjoying his day with you.
We had a great day - it was so much fun! I love spending time with him.
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I had a fantastic day yesterday...
I love my weekends, because I force myself to never work out... It's so nice just to sit here with my cup of coffee and be lazy 2 days per week. I firmly believe that taking this time off is good for me, it reminds me that this is my lifestyle and not a race.
We started to get snow yesterday morning...
And I had some packages delivered here for the City - so Josh and I had to drop them off at City Hall on our way out of town. Our City Hall isn't staffed all the time, so UPS knows to drop everything at my house... Which will be changing at the start of the New Year.
Then Josh and I ventured out on to the snow filled slippery roads...
First stop was the new outlet mall... We decided to do some Christmas shopping... Both the girls and I love shopping at American Eagle, and we love that new outlet store. I had a great coupon - which we were able to stack on to the clearance discounts that were already there... We got 3 sweaters for $37!
Which is a fabulous deal - usually their sweaters average $50 each.
Josh was making me try on new jackets everywhere we went... I'd purchased myself a new down jacket last year at the Lands End outlet, but I have lost so much size - it looks VERY maternity-like on me this year.
I found one at Eddie Bauer I really liked, but I left it behind. Now is not the time to be buying myself a new down jacket... There is nothing wrong with my one from last year - other than how it looks on me.
We went through every other store at the outlet mall, but we never found anything else for anyone else. Bummer...
From there, we went to Target and
Best Buy... We just looked around, and didn't buy anything at either place.
We were hungry, so Josh took me out to a new burger place - I've eaten there with BFF before, but Josh has never been there. It's called Burger Jones... Just a fun bar/restaurant.
The roads were starting to get pretty slick at this point, and I wanted to get home to see Allison before she went to work... So, we stopped at Home Depot to get furnace filters, and then we went home.
We made it with about 30 minutes to spare, before Gus took Alli to work.
Then Josh and I sat here and watched Christmas movies/napped our day away... Victoria laid on the couch and watched a new TV series she is into on her Ipad.
I texted Gus later in the evening to make sure he still wanted to pick Alli up from work - I didn't want him to feel obgligated to drive on bad roads - but he insisted. She called me shortly after she got off of work to say they'd be late, they were driving really slow and roads were bad - which I knew and I was afraid of. But - they took it slow like good kids and made it home safely. Gus stayed and watched movies with Allison, Josh and I went to bed.
That's all for our day. It was so fun to Christmas shop with Josh - we haven't done it together in years... I kind of hope we go out again today - I love spending time with him like that.
Oh - and as a side note... When we were out to eat yesterday, I caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror, and I didn't recognize myself at all... It was the most bizarre thing ever. I had to back up and look again. I was wearing a pair of the size 10 jeans that BFF has borrowed to me, and it was just shocking to look in the mirror and not see the person I always see there.
I am getting closer and closer every day to my intitial "ultimate" size goal... but the closer I get to that goal, the more I tell myself I'll keep eating and excercising this way forever, because I truly like living this way - so the odds of me staying there - well - let's just say, I wouldn't be surprised if my body decided to continue on.
I hope all of you are having a wonderful weekend! Prayers and Pixie Dust go out to all of you!
D~
Those nasty viruses hang on like it's their job. Well, I guess it is
lol. But glad she got to enjoy her weekend, and hope she continues to feel better each day. It does take a while.
Dan doesn't like to shop. He tends to want to buy the first thing we look at, and I always want to make whatever I get be the perfect gift. So, a long time ago I learned to leave him behind as a sort of "preserve our marriage" kinda thing! HaHa I just grab a girlfriend and make a day of it and everyone is happy.
Part of the problem, I don't think Josh understands - is that the girls only have their hearts set on a couple of items this year - their lists are quite small and (mostly) inexpensive... So, I am trying to be careful to get as close to their requested items as possible - especially when it comes to clothes... I know how picky I was as a teen (even now) about my clothes... Color/fit/style/brand were all important. I don't mind getting them other things that aren't on their list, but if they request something specific, I try to be close to that. Anyways... They requested "Pink" items... Well, any teen age girl knows they are referring to Victoria's Secret Pink brand... but Josh is thinking pink - the color... So, that took a bit of explaining - inside Victoria's Secret. LOL He was a little uncomfortable in there. LOL
Tell her I hope she feels better soon!
Hope all is well today! 
