The Rest of My Retail Therepy

Crewcuts (by j.crew)  marked down to $4.97.  With an additional 40% off.

Middle Sister wore this to church today with the ruffled skirt from the previous post.  With black leggings and her UGGs.  She looked adorable :)

t-shirt for both girls to share.  Little Sister wore it yesterday with a long sleeved shirt under it.

Wondering what those flowers are gonna look like after it goes through the laundry.  Maybe I will remember to hang it to dry instead of putting it through the dryer.  That would help.  A little touch-up with the iron will put it to rights too I'm sure.

t-shirt for me.  (all the clothing came from j.crew and was on the 'additional 40% off rack' :):):)

2 more t-shirts for me.  I wore one this afternoon on our hike.  So very comfy.  I'm happy.  Wishing they would have had more colors.

scarf for me.  my color - my price - happy me!!!

cowhide rug from IKEA.  This thing is HUGE!  And so cool. 

It's for my brother-in-law.  House-warming/anniversary/birthday/ gift.

Can't wait to give it to him.  I'm pretty sure he doesn't read here but if he does guess he won't be surprised!

More 79 cent bowls from IKEA.  I was too impatient to wait till they were through the dishwasher to take a pic.

Cups for the little girls.  Same impatient story as above.

The bird art is a placemat.  Set of 4 from IKEA.  $2.99

I will be using a couple of these at our upcoming garage sale to put the tags on as they come off the clothing.  Thought it was time to replace the old Thomas the Tank Engine ones for something fun and a little more my style :)

And my one and only purchase of the day that was not really necessary or needed.

I've looked at these different places for years and I really like them.  Not sure why I just do.

The Teenager thinks they are creepy.  Middle Sister thinks it's cool and tried to talk me into giving it to her.  For now I'm keeping him.  I think he looks cute in my sewing room.  Might add a scarf or something just for fun.

And that was it for this time!  It was a very fun day - I saw lots of things I would have liked to buy.  But I was on a rather strict budget since I was buying the cowhide rug.  I went planning to get that so I didn't buy the boots, shoes, dresses, sweaters, jewelry, etc. that I was very tempted to buy.

I need to get some sewing done so I have some cash to go back!!

Have you bought anything fun lately??

Play Dough Art

Middle Sister got play dough for Christmas.  While at Grandma's she made this.

This is a cave in the middle of the ocean.  And an Indian girl in her boat.

The yellow ring is a life preserver.

Close-up of the Indian girl.

And her cave home.

This one was made more recently here at home.

It is a cave home in the Arctic.  The little boy to the left is building a snow fort.

The river to the right empties into the ocean.

Middle Sister with her art.

Close-up of the boy playing.

Do you see the polar bear to the left?  I hope he is far away from that little boy playing!

I love all of Middle Sister's trees! 

Do your kids play with play dough?  What do they make?

Middle Sister's Art

Middle Sister started drawing last year.  She would pause the DVD and draw what she saw on the screen.

I was astounded when I saw this one, one of her first.  May of 2011.

Can you guess which Disney character she was drawing?

I love how she did this one with the cat showing just the top of his head at the bottom of the picture.

This is one of her own.  She loves Indians.

Another one that she drew from looking at the TV screen.

Know which Disney movie this guy came from?

And another one of her own.  She just this evening was going through all her pictures, 3-hole punching them and putting them in a 3-ring binder.  I grabbed a few of the best ones and scanned them.  The top one is my favorite.  I finally just asked her if I could have it.  I'm so afraid something will happen to it as she goes through them over and over!  I'm going to frame this one I think.