Now, if you know me, you know I'm not a big fan of shopping... unless it's for shoes, or unless I am at my goal weight, and in a size 12. Well, we always park by Nordstrom's, the SHOE entrance. Yummmmmmmm..... We perused the shoes and I probably salivated a bit. Christian was my escort for this mall outting. I promised him that if he was very good, I'd buy him some special cookies. That always worked for me! LOL
We went thru the mall, bypassed the Easter Bunny, who my girls say is just FRIGHTFUL.... and headed to Panera. The girls are so funny, they were afraid I couldn't get anything there. Wrong. I ordered a double order of turkey, no bread, nothing else. Just 4 oz of turkey. And a bottle of water. And a soda. I drank half the water and then put my shake mix in it and drank it up. And I only had ONE taste of Christian's Mac & Cheese, just to make sure it wasn't too hot. LOL uh huh....
Then we walked thru the mall, while Meg & Dyan shopped in this cute baby clothes store. Christian & I sat in the mall and determined which people were boys and which people were girls. He's really into that these days. That and potty functions.
Next, while Meg went into another shop, Christian & I went to the carousel. We paid for 2 rides. The first one, he wanted to sit in the SPINNER.... so, while the carousel goes around, then you spin the spinner and it spins like crazy. Thought my turkey would come up. LOL Then next ride, we went to the top level and Christian rode on the seal. Yes, seal, as in swims in the water.
Next stop, Dillards. They do have a kind of shoe that I love, made by Kenneth Cole. Reaction is the type. I couldn't decide between the sandals with the clear stones, or the turquoise. Christian liked the clear stones, so I bought both. LOL We then caught up with Dyan & Meg, and she ended up finding a great dress to wear to a wedding in a few weeks, on a discount rack! I'm so proud of her shopping saavy! Dress was marked down from $140 to $40. Woo! I love that! And it's a size 4. ugh... I've never been a size 4. Size 9 in high school, and in my adult life before age 30. But never a size 4.
Then we worked our way upstairs to the food court and we bought the before mentioned & promised cookies. Two bakers dozens. They were the little, itty bitty cookies. Meg & I sat with the kids while Dyan shopped for jeans in this store for younguns'. She's been losing weight and needed some hip, smaller jeans. Good for her! And we all ate cookies. Even I did. I had 4, itty bitty white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. Yup, I cheated on my diet. But.... the GOOD NEWS is that I am down another lb and a half today! That makes 10 1/2 lbs total in like 11 days. Woo!
Well, we did have to walk back thru Nordstrom's on the way to the cars. And since I'm nearly out of my perfume, and Norstrom's is the only place in town I can buy it, I picked up a bottle. $$$ Oy.... And then, you guessed it, we walked past the shoes. This pair of converse tennis shoes jumped out and grabbed at me. They are all sparkly. Kinda covered in brown glittery sparkles. I love them! They also had a pair of pink sparkly shoes, but the girls decided that the brown sparkles were more ME. So, I tried them on, and yup, I bought them. Wow.... 3 pair of shoes & a bottle of $$$ perfume all in one day! I never, EVER do that! What's wrong with me??? I'm usually such a penny pincher, especially these days, ya know? Oh well.....
I thoroughly enjoyed my Mall Adventure with Christian, Lily, Kenzie, Dyan & Meg.... and I feel so blessed because of my family.
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And that's my life so far...
1 comment:
Sounds like a lovely time spent shopping! Glad you got to enjoy the girls and the babies :o)
Congrats to you for losing that much weight so quickly, that's incredible!
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