So last night, after our traditional Friday night dinner of Mexican food, Caroline decided she wanted to spend the night with Mimi and Bops.
All of a sudden, P and I found ourselves child-free on a Friday night.
We celebrated by going to HEB, where he bought some Golden Mini-Oreos in honor of his thirteen pound weight loss this past week, and I bought the new InStyle and some Dreyers Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream because I haven’t lost thirteen pounds in the last three years and so why start now?
After HEB, we came home, put on our pajamas, and I spent the next three hours ordering pictures off Shutterfly. I haven’t placed an order for pictures since Easter of ’07.
FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE pictures later, I finished my order.
Can you say ONLY CHILD?
We spent the rest of the evening watching bad movies starring Ashton Kutcher and flipping through the channels 892 times.
I don’t know how we manage with such a full social calendar.
Anyway, here are a few notes of interest that may or may not interest y’all.
1. Beth Moore is coming to San Antonio on August 22-23 for a Living Proof Live event. It’s not too late to register and if you are anywhere near San Antonio I cannot stress enough how awesome it will be. You should seriously make the drive.
2. There is a really great giveaway on LifeWay Allaccess right now. We’re giving away ten copies of Vicki Courtney’s book, “Teen Virtue Confidential” which just won a Christian Book Award.
3. I hate to tempt skincare fate by revealing this information, but I have been using the olive oil/castor oil mixture to clean my face about two to three times a week for the last month and my skin has never been more clear. I am a fan.
**Edited to add that on the days I don’t use the oil cleansing method, I wash my face with Cetaphil. I also use my L’oreal Microdermabrasion kit twice a week.
4. I still haven’t bought any new sheets because I’m waiting on a Bed, Bath and Beyond coupon to arrive in the mail because I’ve decided to try these Pure Beech sheets and I must receive my 20% percent off.
They came highly recommended by several trusted sources, so I’m going to give them a whirl. I’ll let y’all know what I think.
5. I saw this darling jumper by Miniboden and could just picture how cute Caroline would look in it with some brown boots and a brown turtleneck. When I showed it to her, she looked at it and told me, “I don’t do brown”.
I think I’m going to buy it anyway because I am an optimist. Or just in denial.
6. I’m pretty sure that some creature from the phylum rodentia went under our house to breathe its last breath. The smell is seriously causing me to gag just a little.
Can’t wait until the temperature reaches 108 later today. That sucker is going to be ripe.
On that cheery note, have a happy Saturday!