Today was the third and final day of my sewing weekend. I turned off the alarm this morning instead of getting up right away so when I woke up I thought it was really late...it was 7:30am. Wahoo!! I can't believe I am starting to wake up before 8am all on my own, I thought it would never happen! Anyways, I was planning on taking Willow to the dog beach this morning but when I got up it was raining :( So no beach and no run today - poor doggy was so bored today. I was kind of tired of hand stitching the hexagons for my mom's table runner so I decided to go do a little shopping and errands first. I drove over to JoAnn's only to find...they didn't open until 10am (and I got there at 9am). How annoying! I never realized how late stuff opens on Sunday. So I drove home, put on some British movie with Britney Murphy and sewed until lunch. After lunch I set back out on my errands. Or maybe I should say my mass shopping spree!
- First I went to JoAnn's and got supplies for my next craft swap. I also picked up some replacement sewing needles, new thread (was out of white) and some clearance remnants (probably didn't need these but I couldn't resist). I ended up buying too much stuff, I spent $60 so I might take a few things back
- Then I went to Bed Bath & Beyond to get a few things to reorganize my kitchen...more on that later...
- I headed to the mall to spend a few gift cards and to look for a dress to wear to Nate and Kayla's wedding. I'd say I did pretty good. I used a Gap gift card to get a new pair of jeans and a shirt (total cost after gift card $10). I bought a cute dress at Charlotte Russe (no gift card, $30) and adorable brown wedges to go with at Payless ($20). I'm so excited and surprised that I was able to find a dress and shoes. This is the first time I've ever bought a dress with a belt and the first time I've ever bought a pair of wedge shoes (payless has a ton of cute wedges that are all $15 - $20 right now). Look out everyone...Ashley's getting fancy, lol
- And finally the most exciting part for me...I bought a PURSE and TWO WALLETS!! I've never been excited about purses before. Normally I think they are a pain in the butt and I've never been particularly attached to one before (or found one I "had to have"). I had a $100 gift certificate to Dillard's so I was walking around looking for clothes. First of all, did you know that every item in Dillard's costs over $50? Seriously, almost everything is expensive...I was so frustrated. After walking around in there for what seems like an hour, the only thing I had found that I wanted was one clearance top and one pair of cute pajama shorts. Right before I was about to give up, I decided to browse through the purse section to see if I could find a new wallet. Well what I found was AWESOME! These are perfect for me, not too big but totally cute. And they are soft leather. And they perfectly hold exactly what I want. And I only spent $10 more than what was on my gift card. This is the first time I've bought a purse that cost more than $15 (usually I go for Target clearance). I love it so much I wanted to just carry it around even at home, LOL. Hopefully as I continue to use them throughout the week, I will still think they are as functional and awesome as I do now.
The colors didn't come out great in this pic but the purse is navy and the wallet is a pretty coral. So obsessed. And yes they are all Fossil.
Ok that's enough for tonight; sadly I have to go back to work tomorrow. Although that's probably not a bad thing since I think I had an estrogen overload this weekend...countless chick flicks...lots of sewing...fancy new dress and shoes...purse and wallets...lunch with Liz... Now that I think about it, I don't think I interacted with a single guy while Ryan was gone, lol. Even the cashier at circle K was a girl. Whew that's a lot of girl time. Might be a rude shock when I go to work with all guys tomorrow, haha.
Ok that's enough for tonight; sadly I have to go back to work tomorrow. Although that's probably not a bad thing since I think I had an estrogen overload this weekend...countless chick flicks...lots of sewing...fancy new dress and shoes...purse and wallets...lunch with Liz... Now that I think about it, I don't think I interacted with a single guy while Ryan was gone, lol. Even the cashier at circle K was a girl. Whew that's a lot of girl time. Might be a rude shock when I go to work with all guys tomorrow, haha.
