After 2-1/2 years... Blingtastic!

I have not had a new purse for more than two years! I figured it was probably time. So i have been looking, Two problems - I don't like to spend a lot of money on a purse. More than $25 is extravagant to me - more than $50 is just out of the question. I can't justify it, I also had a very specific idea in my head of what I wanted my new purse to look like.

Today - I fund my purse. At Marshalls - for $35. It is an $80 bag. I think I won.

Ron thinks I have lost my mind. That's how I know it is cool - he didn't like my new glasses much either when I first bought them... Sometimes a girl just has to go with her gut.

Oh - and I promise. This should be my last post abut shopping for a long while. THanks for hanging in there with me - I just had good shopping mojo this weekend and needed to share! :)

Goodwill Goodness!

Today the Goodwill gods were smiling on me! I made a killin'! Somedays I can go there and walk out empty handed... today made up for that!

First up - I have enough plastic stemware to have a great time out on the patio this summer. At $0.50 a pop - how could I say no?!?!





Next - You will remember that I have mentioned my desire to try to reduce waste... well I picked up these nifty plastic (read as: unbreakable) cafeteria-style trays for the kids at Yi's Summer Camp! We want to try to have more wholesome foods this year - less processed stuff - and reduce waste... I think at 2/$1 these were a great deal - I bought a dozen... (thank you to my handsome model!!)





Even Ron lucked out this trip - not shown is the brand new (I swear - no one ever wore it - you could tell) work jacket by Dickies for $9. Shown is the $20 wallet I bought him for $4!





Finally - I needed an outfit to wear on a sales call on Thursday - not sure why I am going, haven't been asked to go on a sales call for more than six years - but all of a sudden I have to drive an hour and a half to get to the main office and then another hour to get to the appointment. Yippie. But I digress - I needed something cute (read as: not frumpy) to wear so I found this adorable black sweater (NWT) with an empire waist and princess sleeves for $9 and an a-line skirt in black and white also NWT for $5. Pair these with my Prima Crocs (the ones that look like actual shoes, LOL) and I will be good to go. And Clinton and Stacy say no good can come of shopping at the Goodwill! Poppycock!






THAT is some good shopping! YAY me!!!

What about you? What is your best thrift store find ever??

Bowling and Playdoh Fun!

Yesterday, William and I went to visit friends in Burlington, where we used to live... we went bowling. It was great fun, if not horribly embarrassing. Okay - maybe not HORRIBLY embarrassing, but damn close. I can't bowl to save my soul. I suck. No doubt about it... I don't so much care - but when a seven year old beats you with the bumpers up... well - 'nuff said.

Let's talk about Pat's van...

JK...

;)


Here are some pictures (not of the van!)...

Fool's Journey

This week's prompt from Weekend Wordsmith is the April Fool. I have always felt the fool is one of the most misunderstood figures in history. Full of whimsy people often see them as nonsensical. There is a special kind of wisdom in being empty, a blank canvas. In being able to receive the lessons the world has to teach. Shouldn't we all strive to be fools??

I wrote about someone making a career change - leaving that which is "comfortable" if not always pleasant, heading toward the unknown, but following his or her heart...

Fool's Journey

Go ahead - call me a fool.
Leaving that which is comfortable
In exchange for the unknown.

My head is empty of logic
My heart is full of hope and expectation.
With a child's clarity I see the world in
new and different ways.
Fresh. Emboldened.

I see the path before me -
I see the cliff.
I know what you are thinking.
But you are wrong.

This fool's journey
Is a leap of faith.
Go ahead - call me a fool.

Fight the Frump ~ Squeezing into shape.

Very controversial among the zaftique is the issue of shapewear. Maybe you want to call it a girdle. Some say it is best to let it all hang out - and you know what, if you are fine with that, that is great. Be natural - no problem. But my personal opinion is that some bumps are better left unseen. I don't so much mind the actual SIZE I am but there are plenty of ripples and lumpy bumpies that I could really do without. Makes it hard for me to wear a shirt without thinking about back-fat appearing every time I sit down - and a girl's gotta sit sometimes, right?

Incidentally, unless I am missing something - and y'all feel free to correct me here - SPANX is not really for fat girls. Spanx is for paranoid chubby girls at best. I am not talking about something that's largest size is an XL... waist measurement being 35.5 inches max. Sorry - that is lightweight stuff. Not the kind of serious body shaping we are talking abut here.


So - let's talk a bit about shapewear. Depending on your issues you may need (or want) more than one - some recommend having one of each - up to you (again - maybe you don't need or want any - Bravo!) You can learn about each type of shapewear at herroom.com.

I personally like a good body briefer - the one that sort of looks like a one-piece bathing suit. This piece is good to trim and define your waist, control the tummy - gives you an overall smooth shape. The cami and the biker shorts are just not options for me as they get swallowed up quickly by the bulk around my middle...
Worst part of the body briefer is the contortionist you must be when it is time to use the lavatory, ifyaknowhutimean...

Now you weigh in on shapewear (nothing better than a bad pun, huh?!?)... Do you use it or not? When and what kind?

In parting I leave you with an old (vaudeville-old I am told) joke:

A man was changing into his clothes in a golf-course locker room when he suddenly heard some loud grunting noises. Walking around to the other side of the row of lockers, he encountered one of his golf buddies squeezing himself into a woman's girdle. When the man had finished getting himself into the girdle, the first man asked, "How long have you been wearing that girdle?"

The man in the girdle sighed and answered, "Ever since my wife found it in the glove compartment."