Girl's Day Out...Are You Wearing Comfortable Shoes?

Saturday was Girls' Day Out. Our cousins from WV came up to go too! We piled into the Escalade at 7:45 AM to head to Columbus. My SIL is a Longaberger consultant so we got to join her for the Summer Preview Meeting. I now have some great ideas for my guest bath I am redecorating!


After the meeting we headed to Easton. We were starving and couldn't wait to take all these "first-timers" to PF Changs...yum!

{Left-right: me, my SIL, Cousin Kim, Niece, Cousin Kayla, and Manga Dork}

After cleaning our plates we visited Archivers to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day! Free make and takes were very popular. I purchased some more great supplies to work with. I committed to "A Page A Day in May" at Scrap Sisters Studio...I can't wait to get to work!

The girls wanted to go to Build A Bear. Each one made a new friend...plus we took a couple home for the littles and Cousin Beth.

Meet Whiskers Meow {for Wild Child} and Pinky Bearymore {for Cutie}.

I fell in love with Victoria Secret's new limited edition scent "Heavenly Flowers." It is a perfect new scent for spring and summer. We also picked up some fruity summery goodies too.

We received this bag and 3 free products for our $75 purchase. The bag is reversible.

Manga Dork shopped and shopped. She brought home lots of cool clothes and jewelry from Forever 21, Delias, American Eagle, Aeropostale, and Hot Topic. Forever 21 always has the best jewelry!

We ended our trip with dinner at Cheesecake Factory...Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cheesecake is awesome!

The Escalade rolled back in my driveway at 2 AM!

I am still in recovery...but it was worth it! Happy Monday! Hope your weekend was a great one too!

I Came, I Went, I Shopped!

Here is my loot from the Memories Scrapbooking Expo in Columbus...{and Archivers in Easton}

The stamp sets that coordinate with the Nestabilities die cuts. Can't wait to play with these. These are the products that made all those paper flowers I showed in the last post.

Dear Lizzy...adorable!

Papers from TPC studios...glitter from PKGlitz...fiber {2 yards for $1}...Jolee's Easter pack

Paper by Cosmo Cricket

Paper by TaDa Creative Studios...love the little chickens!

Nerdy Bird and Cherry Delicious by Sassafras...this is the first time I have seen their products in person...I normally just drool over them online!

Paper by October afternoon.

Our make and take from Purple Daisy.

Paper from K&Co...Las Vegas laser die cute...stamps and white cards from Purple Daisy...card kit from Archivers {free with $50 purchase}

Loved the owl stamps at Inky Antics, but the prices were high on their wood stamps. I found this acrylic set {same images} for $14.95...much better!

Some of my loot from the $1 booth. I saw these same sets for $5 each in another booth! Score!

More $1 loot...

Still more $1 loot. The Raiders helmet is for my BIL's birthday card.

Still from the $1 booth...I am totally ready for the upcoming 2 trips to Disney in the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012!

Still from the $1 booth...told you I bought alot there!

We shopped til we dropped...or at least until we were so hungry we couldn't go on...lol! I love spending the time with my mom, and I am really looking forward to her visit in a couple weeks so we can play with our new toys!

Oh No She Didn't!

Here are the photos from Manga Dork's birthday trip in September...with a fun twist at the end {note a hint of sarcasm}

Outside PF Changs

Forever XXI

C.O. Bigelow

Anthropology

Ahhh...the Hilton

One of the cute phone booths in Easton

The fun fountain

I {heart} Easton

The hotel pool

Max and Erma's Restaurant

We had such a fun time...I was trying to figure out a way to incorporate these photos in a post even though that weekend was several weeks ago.

Well...one of these dear sweet friends has decided to take Manga Dork off her "top friends" on her myspace page...call her a slut (she obviously needs a dictionary)...and tell the other friend that I need to take more responsibility for my 2 babies instead of pawning them off on Manga Dork or my MIL. What?! I understand friends having "tiffs," but come on...why throw me under the bus?! I am sure this teen drama will pass soon...I hope.

btw...the comment about me was absurd...obviously she has me mixed up with my SIL.

Much Better Than A Regular Old Birthday Party!

This weekend we went to the 2nd "Happiest Place on Earth." I took Manga Dork and her 2 BFFs to Easton in Columbus, OH. We stayed at the Hilton and did alot of this...







and even more of this...





and we saw this...



It was a good movie. You can expect the same things you get in any Tyler Perry movie...deep very serious themes with a sprinkling of Madea for some comic relief. My only complaint was that they put performances of songs (3 or 4) that seemed really long. I am not a fan of seeing someone sing a whole song in the middle of my movie. Gladys Knight plays a very likeable character and Mary J. Blige's character just seemed unnecessary.

On the ride home the girls couldn't come up with their favorite part of the trip...everything was just so fun. I am thankful my daughter has great friends. I think the shocker of the whole trip was me coming out of Archiver's with only $3.98 worth of merchandise...I had them check my temperature.

Where is your happy place?
Thank you photobucket for the photos...without you I would be nothing but words.

What a Cheese Ball!

This past weekend while dining at The Cheesecake Factory I was trying to make the decision of what appetizer to get. This is not the easiest of tasks because Dr. Hubby and I have totally different tastes...we decided upon the Spinach dip and chips.

Then today while I was doing some bathroom reading I came across this Tweet from Miley Cyrus in my People magazine...gee thanks Miley...where were you at 2:37 PM on July 12 when I needed you?! He wouldn't listen to me, but I am sure Hannah Montana would have been the leverage I needed to win the appetizer war!

Happy Wife...Happy Life!

Dr. Hubby and I left for our weekend getaway on Saturday. We went to Easton in Columbus, OH. We stayed at my fave hotel... the Hilton!

Here's the view out our window...Easton is a shopping community with a town center in the middle.

We started shopping as soon as we got there. These shoes by Harajuku Lovers cracked me up!

We ate dinner at PF Changs and then headed to the movies. We saw My Sister's Keeper....this movie is like sitting next to the road watching your little puppy get run over again and again and it looking at you with its sad puppy eyes saying "Why are you doing this to me?"...bring your tissues. You could hear sniffling through the whole thing and the person next to me...whom shall remain nameless...Dr. Hubby...shed a few tears too. Jodie Piccoult is the female Nicholas Sparks.

On Sunday (after recovering from the depression brought on by that movie) we slept in and then headed to Archivers! This was great therapy!

We also discovered a new addiction...THE CONTAINER STORE! Oh the damage I could do in there. I got the plastic bin and pencil holder in the pic above. Let's just say next time I am bringing the measurements for the shelves in the scrappy schoolhouse!

After a divine lunch at The Cheesecake Factory we headed across the street to the chalk festival.

Children and artists were busy at work and a man walking on stilts added flair!

I added a quick Dr. Hubby + Scrappy Girl #15 on the pavement to celebrate our anniversary! So romantic!

I love watching the kids playing in the fountain...too bad the age limit is 10!

I found this rug for the scrappy schoolhouse at TJMaxx ($7.99).

How could I resist this magnetic plaque with the quote from NJ Housewives! After this trip Dr. Hubby should have a very happy life!

This post is dedicated to Dr. Hubby and his amazing patience while I spent almost 2 hours in Archivers. I love you sweetie!