Shop 'Til You Drop...Literally

Last night Dan & I had a date night at Cheesecake Factory & after dinner we went to the Dulles Town Center mall to do some Christmas shopping. We should be done with all of our shopping but unfortunately we are not. Even after 2 hours of walking up & down the mall, we still have more shopping to do. :o( When I was choosing my outfit to go to dinner I did not plan on walking up & down a mall for 2 hours so I am really suffering today with blisters & sore feet. A little tip from me to you, do not choose stiletto boots when you are planning to go shopping for several hours. Now you would think that would be common knowledge but not for me. One of my favorite sayings is "when all else fails, look cute". Once I started complaining about my feet Dan said he didn't want to hear it because I picked the shoes I was wearing. Again, no sympathy from the Hubby. The boots that I wore last night are similar to these:
Obviously not exactly the same because these are Manolo Blahnik's & completely out of my price range (but aren't they beautiful?).
Anyway, last night was a successful shopping trip because we got some great deals. I was pleasantly surprised. I still need to do some shopping this coming weekend but I'm hoping that will be easy. You know every year I tell myself that I am going to start Christmas shopping early & I end up waiting until the last minute. Man I hate it when I do that. I hope all of you planned better than I did. Happy shopping!

Family + Work = Fun

Since I missed 2 and 1/2 days of work this week because I was sick, I was pretty behind on the every day stuff that I have to get done in the office, i.e. filing, paying bills, organizing, etc. On Friday I stayed at work until 7 trying to get things caught up but since my boss was still there working, he kept interrupting me & wanting help with the things he was working on. When I got home on Friday night I mentioned to Dan that I was going to get up early in the morning & go into the office to do some filing, etc. To my surprise he said he would come with me to help & that we should bring Lexi. I said OK thinking that by morning he would change his mind & want to stay home & relax. My alarm clock went off at 8:00 a.m. & when I went down to take Lexi potty, he was up & asked what time we were leaving to go to the office. He is such a good husband. :o) We left the house at 8:30 a.m. & stayed until 11:00 a.m. Lexi was so well behaved probably because we took 3 of her toys with us & she ran around the office the entire time playing; so very cute. I put Dan to work alphabetizing & copying invoices that we were mailing out. He did very well & was a huge help to me & now I am officially caught up on all of my filing, bill paying & organizing. :o) My boss ended up coming into the office around 10:00 a.m. & was pleased to see that we had brought Lexi with us. He did try to play with her & her toys but she was a little hesitant since this was really the first time that they met. When my boss saw that I brought Dan in to help he commented that what I was making him do was "spousal abuse"; I informed him that volunteering to help does not fall under the category of spousal abuse & he eventually agreed with me. On our way home I realized that 2 hours of work with my little family was definitely more fun than spending 2 hours of work by myself on a Saturday morning. Hopefully I'll be able to have more "bring your family to work days" in the future. =]

Under The Weather

I am at home again today. I haven't got my voice back yet but I'm hoping tomorrow there will be improvement. I'm not sure how much longer I can stay home; I feel like I'm going crazy. It gets pretty boring. There is nothing on TV, I can't call anyone because I don't have a voice & there is only so much straightening & picking up I can do around the house until I have no energy & have to lie down. I hate to say this but I'm actually looking forward to going back to work; saying that will probably come back to bite me in the ass though. Life gets pretty exciting when you're at home sick. Some things that I have done the past 2 days are: (1) drank my weight in cups of hot tea; (2) taken 4 showers to try & feel better; (3) done some laundry; (4) eatin' 2 packages of original graham crackers; (5) ordered Christmas presents online; (6) taken photos of Lexi being cute; (7) spoken to my boss on the phone at least 10 times; (8) organized my shoes in my closet; (9) changed from my Fall purse to my winter purse; & last but not least (10) swept the living room/dining room/kitchen 3 times. Aren't you jealous? I hope everyone is having a more productive week than I am so far.