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??

Packing it up

I pretty much took all week to get my Christmas decor all put away.

The first thing I did was to take it all down and pile it on the dining room table.

I think that was on Monday.

I thought it looked rather pretty and fun seeing it all piled together before I started tucking and wrapping it all into it's boxes.

Lots of glitter.  Lots of white.  Lots of color.  Just LOTS of everything!  I love Christmas decor!

Here is one of the 3 new ones I purchased after Christmas.  At 50% off I couldn't leave it there.

It's covered in Glitter.  It's a star.  It's for Christmas decorating.  It's Wendy Addison! 

What's not to love!!

Another Wendy Addison ornament.  Also 50% off.  I'm sort of sad that I didn't have time to get to this shop BEFORE Christmas!  Imagine the other Wendy stuff that they were most likely sold out of!

Oh well, at half off I got a couple deals:)

And another blown glass ornament. 

Purchased at The Ivy League

Honestly I took all week getting it all wrapped, packed, tucked, and trundled back to the basement.

Stored for another year!  And as time seems to fly faster all I have to do is turn around and it will be time to haul it all out again. 

Let's keep the Christmas spirit and the Love of Jesus alive in our hearts, minds, attitudes and actions all year long!  Blessings to you all.

Decisions and a Baby Shower gift!

This is what I've been deciding over recently! Middle Sister turned 5 in August and Little Sister turns 3 in November. They just got their pictures taken and I had to decide which ones I wanted for 8x10, wallets, etc. We have a fabulous photographer (it helps that we know her well!) and always get lots of great pictures. It was fun and I've got it all decided now so I can forget it till the pictures get here!

This is what I've been working on, 'Sewing a fine Seam!' These little birdies will be part of a mobile I'm making for a baby shower gift (Joni, don't tell!!!) You can see a finished mobile here. A friend emailed me the link to this and I, of course, fell in love with it! Since I have a friend having a baby soon, I knew it was the perfect thing! Now that the birds are finished my husband will have to help me with the rest of it. I'll post some finished pictures soon. (I hope!)

Here the little guys are conspiring for the best roosting spots on the soon-to-be mobile:-) We'll have to hurry before they decide to fly away.