That it was a very busy weekend. Friday night Tom and I went to Gary and Erica's for supper. We have been wanting to go over to check out there newly remodeled basement and for me a few maternity clothes that Erica had. It was kind of a last minute thing since we didn't really plan it until Thursday night, so we decided to grill out steaks. We brought our own steaks and decided to bring a dessert as well. We didn't have time to make anything so we stopped at Hy-Vee for some Oreo fluff, it was delicious and I knew Taylor would like it. We dropped Brandon off at work at
The Moracco and down to Hy-Vee we went. We had to stop back at home because we didn't bring a cooler with us and thought we probably should and I grabbed a few small pumpkins off our pumpkin patch, more pics on this to come, to give to Taylor and Ryan. I thought they, well Taylor, might enjoy one.
The steaks were cooked to perfection and Erica make hashbrown casserole and a green bean casserole, both were to die for. After dinner we sat around and talked and once the kids were in bed, we headed down to the basement. It was beautiful and a lot of what they did is exactly what we want to do so we got the name of the contractor they used so we'll give them a call one of these days to get an estimate. First we have to call Spahn and Rose to draw us up an outline of what we want, we have an idea of what we want but we need it down on paper. I'll be so excited to get it started so when the baby comes we will have an extra room for Micayla or Brandon so the baby will have his/her own room as well. First we have to start with the window wells, that's a must to make everything legit. Only if we do one room I would be fine with that but if we start me might at well finish. Well we will see, it all depends on $$$$ I hate that word so I'll just use dollar signs. We only have 6 more months until this baby is born. OMG that is crazy!
Tom and I left Gary and Erica's around 10:30, I was exhausted and still had to pack for my trip to Schaumburg on Saturday, so we headed out and headed home. I think we could just talk and talk with them, they are such great company and they are wonderful with there kids. I couldn't believe how good they went down for bed. LOL
Saturday morning I was up at the butt crack of dawn as some people call it. LOL 4:45am for me, just like I was getting up for Jazzercise but instead I hoped in the shower to wake myself up. I was driving us, Me, Shelly, Julie, Judy and Linda, to Schaumburg for a Jazzercise district meeting which started at 10:30. The tog/clothes shopping started at 9:30 so we all like to check that out. We met at Hy-Vee at 6:00 and were on the road by 6:15, not too bad. It only took us about 2 1/2 hours to get there and only one potty break. The meeting however we pretty boring, they didn't have any "real" food, all they had was snacky food like fruit and yogurt, string cheese and later they brought out cookies and soda. This momma was HUNGRY! We didn't really eat any breakfast on the way because we thought we'd have had more food there but nope, so all I ate was a few piece of zucchini bread before I left home. They also had apple juice and water. The meeting lasted until 3:00 or so, the last 45 minutes was a Pure Muscle class that we all participated in. I wasn't really into it but did what I had to do to get through it. It's a specialty class Jazzercise is offering, it's a good class.
After the meeting we went to check into our hotel, usually we'll go back home, but this time we decided to stay the night and do a little shopping. Once we changed we headed out for dinner. We were all starving by then. We decided on PF Changs, it was yummy, however the dinner I ordered I probably wouldn't order again but everything else was great! Since the restaurant was in the mall we decided to stay and shop at the mall. We hit a few stores such as Pandora, a few girls have these bracelets and so do I know but I didn't have mine on at the time, but Shelly got her's cleaned and it looked brand new again, amazing. Across from that store was Coach! I've been eying a Coach purse for a while and I told Tom I might buy one, he didn't really say much so I looked and of course found the cutest one and fell in love. I did not buy it right on the spot, we ended up going to a few other stores. I wanted to hit Motherhood but there wasn't exactly just a Motherhood store, they had one in Macy's so off to Macy's we went and as we were entering the store there was another Coach purse just like at the Coach store but with 25% off! Cha-ching. LOL Again we were there for maternity jeans but had to check it out and again decided to come back! I finally found the Motherhood/Pea in a Pod store. I found the perfect jeans! I'm so happy with them and I had 4 mothers there to give me a ya or a nah and they all liked one better than the other. It was so cute watching them. There was another girl next to me in the dressing room and she looked like she was going to pop so I asked her when she was due or how far along she was and she was only 26 weeks however she was carrying twins, 2 boys! She didn't look like she was having fun trying on clothes, I think she was trying on bra's and we all know that's never fun! I know soon I'll be looking for one. So I bought me a pair of jeans, I still have a few pairs coming from Old Navy, the ones I got the other day were too long so I ordered the short style and I will take these others back to the store.
So after Macy's we headed to NY&Co. Julie found a few pairs of pants and she got a 50% off so she made out. She's tall and has a hard time finding dress pants and she made out and had luck with 3 pairs of pants. She was the big spender as of that point. I guess it was a game. NOT!
After the mall we headed to Crate and Barrel but they were closing at 8:00 so we didn't do much shopping there. We headed over to Home Goods and The Container Store, I bought a few things at the Container Store but nothing at Home Goods, I was still dwelling on the Coach purse I liked so much. After those 2 places we decided to head back to the hotel, it was about 9:30 but first we wanted dessert! We found a baskin Robbins, the ice cream was delicious. I had 2 scoops of Snickers ice cream. We headed back to the hotel and I think I was sleeping by 10:45 I was exhausted! And I had to think/dream about this purse. When I talked to Tom he was surprised I didn't buy it so that told me I might as well just buy it because it will be the last big thing for myself before the baby comes.
So Sunday morning, we all decided to head back to Macy's to get this purse, heck it was $75 off! We first went to Denny's for breakfast, I had Moon Over My Hammies Omelet and it was so good. The mall opened at 11:00 and we wanted to be on the road around noon, Shelly had to teach in "an hour" actually at 5:45 that evening. It's a saying we always use to the person who has to teach the next class. So when we got to Macy's the 25% sign was not there. I had a feeling about this, I guess it was a One Day Sales, we all know about these, so thanks to my 4 mother's with me, we talked to the clerk who was head of that department and she gave me the discount! Yep that's right, I bought the purse! I really wanted a wallet/billfold to go with it, but I couldn't see spending just about as much as the purse itself cost. However, I almost did just bite the bullet. I went back to Coach because Macy's didn't have any wallets so we headed back upstairs, thank God they were close to each other, to look at the wallets. I just said "whatever" and went in line to buy it, however the long wait I had made up my mind, I put it back and said I can find something else! So off we went. The girls didn't know what I was doing but Shelly figured it out, they made me think about it too long, and I guess the clerk at the store was shocked that I left. Sorry!
So I was the big winner in the shopping game! LOL and a proud owner of a new Coach purse!
That night when I got home I went up to Mom and Dad's for BBQ Chicken, it was yummy! I was exhausted and back home and in bed by 9:00!
For some reason my pictures I took on my phone are not sending. I'm trying to email to myself but it's not working, once I publish this post I will probably get them in my email so if I do, I'll post my pics.
