After all...I am my grandfather's granddaughter

In my self-defense, I didn't order the Power Juicer off of the actual infomercial. But I did get it. (from Macy's).

I made my first glass of juice this evening after dinner. It was REALLY good too! Even the boy liked it! I combined 2 oranges, 1 carrot, and a starfruit. (I only added the starfruit because I needed to do something with it before it went bad)

I'm excited - fresh juice!! Yum!

Shopping!!

Things I bought today:

The pattern and fabric for sewing my ring bearer's pillow. Now all I need are two fake rings to tie on there. (no offense Jack)

The flower girl's basket, and all the stuff I need to make a small bouquet inside (except the flowers)

Yarn on sale at the Christmas Tree Shop.

Cadbury mini eggs - the kind that are chocolate with the hard candy shell - my favorite easter candy!

Cape Cod Cinnamon and Sugar Sweet Potato Chips - I haven't tried them yet, but they sound good!

Yesterday's Yard Sales

One electronic instrument tuner - $1.00

One ceramic Mardi Gras mask - $0.25

One ornamental french horn - $2.00

One Mozart CD - $1.00

One bag of 88 granny squares in assorted colors - $2.00

One pocket music dictionary - $1.00

One musical figurine of a girl playing a piano - $2.00

One pair of maracas from Mexico - $0.50

Total: $9.75

Fun day!!

A new world record?

Today I went to 4 Christmas Tree Shops: Shrewsbury, Natick, Saugus, and Salem NH. I eventually found everything I needed.

I was originally just searching for more lanterns to use as centerpieces for the wedding. I picked up 4 light blue round lanterns like the ones I already have, 2 dark blue round lanterns, 1 dark blue rectangle lantern, and 6 small light blue rectangle lanterns. I was one of those people that rearranged the packages of the small lanterns to get all of one color in the package (don't tell on me!!)

At the first store I went to (Shrewsbury) I found these metal off-white shell picture frames that would be great to use for the table names and other helpful things (such as labeling the guest book and the seat cards). However, they had 5 large and 2 small ones, and a BILLION in a seafoam green, which I didn't want. I bought those 7, and drove to Natick, where I found some of the lanterns I bought.

I then went to Saugus, where I didn't buy anything. Which is a HUGE feat for me!!

Then I went to my mom's house, where I called A LOT of different stores in an attempt to find some more frames. I called Salem NH, Pembroke, Somerville, and Nashua. None of them had the frames. Then I called Portland, ME. The lady I spoke to ROCKED! Every other store gave me an attitude. She looked in her store, and then told me that the Salem, NH store had 142 in their store according to the computer. Now wait....didn't I already call there??? Didn't they say they didn't have ANY???

So I went to Salem NH. THEY HAD A TON!!! I don't know if they had 142, but it was probably pretty close. Most of them were green, but I DID walk away with 11 large frames and 1 small one, and there were still plenty of large white frames left. I want to know who's not doing their job over there....

So I was gone for 6 1/2 hours today hopping from one Christmas Tree Shop to another.

Wow.

Some of my Building 19 finds

This pile of yarn is seriously at least twice as big as this now! I went to the building 19 in Worcester and they had more colors than this, so I bought some in blue and pink as well.

Aren't these shoes cute??? I LOVE them!!

I bought some more shoes at the Worcester Building 19 too, I'll have to post pics of them too!

What a great day!

Went to visit with my aunt in York, ME today. We met my cousin up in Portland for her wedding gown fitting, and went to lunch at Ruby Tuesdays with her and her sister-in-law-to-be. Then my aunt and I did some hardcore shopping.

I now have:
a pair of Crocs
freezable plastic beer mugs
some future Christmas presents for someone (I have no idea who yet, but they were on a 70% discount, and I couldn't pass them up!)
2 new Red Sox shirts (pics later?)
1 random shirt (again, on sale)
and....

GIFTS FOR MY BRIDESMAIDS AND FLOWER GIRL! Only a little over a year ahead of time, but I knew what I wanted, and I happened to see what I wanted, so I bought what I wanted. When you know what you want, you know what you want. And I wanted it.

I obviously am not going to share what these presents are, because that would ruin the surprise, but if you are NOT receiving the gifts, and PROMISE not to tell those who are, MAYBE, just MAYBE I will tell you.

But then again,

Maybe not...

my pier 1 finds

The bunny was too cute to leave behind...and he was only $3. The vase is supposedly an Easter egg...but who could tell? It was only $2.50...too good to pass up! So I bought a small bouquet of flowers at Trader Joe's to put inside it. I love bargain hunting!

(I also got some other things, but since they are gifts, I can't post them for fear that the recipients will get a peak!)

Saturday fun

Jenn and I spent the day walking around Boston on Saturday. We went to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, walked around to many stores, around Fenway Park (didn't get into the game though), Copley Place, and the Pru. We shopped A LOT!! We stopped to listen to many street performers, some of whom were musicians, and others were entertainers.

Things I bought while out on Saturday:
-a pair of sunglasses
-a barette for my hair for my wedding day
-an ENORMOUS duffle bag at REI (way cool store) to put our tent into, since we can't get it back into the bag it came with
-envelopes for bridal shower invitations (I bought the invites for real cheap at a flea market, but they didn't come with envelopes)
-a Bridal Shower Game book
-2 pairs of gym pants (one of which was only $2.99 - yay clearance racks)
-a bottle of bloody mary mix for the boy that I bought at Cheers
-a new laptop bag, since my old one barely holds my laptop and cord, forget anything else
-and a few other various items that I can't quite seem to remember right now

Things I ate on Saturday:
-Dunks for breakfast
-Indian for lunch
-Cold Stone Creamery for a snack

We were gone for 12 hours. It was great. :-)

mmm....yummy....

The Roche Brothers near my apartment now has an OLIVE BAR!!!!

Ok...I had to limit myself....I could have EASILY spent $15 on olives....

(I also have to limit myself on how fast I eat them....)

SO YUMMY!!!!

100th post!!

woohoo! 100th post!!

Anyways,

tomorrow the Harvard Town Band is playing at the Whitney Field Mall at 7:30...come see us!!

I went to Fashion Bug yesterday to buy a gift card for someone else's Christmas present, and I walked out with a bunch of clothes for myself!! Ugh...

I also thought it would be a good idea to go to Walmart...yeah, I was wrong on that one too.....WAAAAAY TOO BUSY!!!!! I stood in line (behind a student and his mom) for over 15 minutes!! At least I had someone to talk to while waiting in the line!

So my advice to you is....

STAY THE HECK OUT OF WALMART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fishy Update

Petunia is still alive and somewhat well. She is swimming around in her new home. I bought the vase at Crate and Barrel, and the sea glass at Foster's Clam Bake. I think she likes it. If you look really hard, you can see her swimming in there.

This website makes me giggle

You have to check out uncommon goods, it is hilarious.

I especially like this: I can't read

I love random stuff!

and I thought I was doing so well....

I started my Christmas shopping INSANELY early this year....like over the summer...and here it is Nov. 7, and I am thinking I have A LOT more to go...namely my boy...they're the worst to figure out...

UGH

Flea Market Finds

I know this is late in coming, but here's some of the things I bought at the Harvard Flea Market last weekend...

An awesome framed print that I bought for $4, it's going to be hanging in the dining room one of these days.



Free yarn kicks butt!!



I also got some alto sax solo books, and a piano book for $5 total. A pair of hand towels for the bathroom for $1. The rest of the things I bought were Christmas presents for people, so I can't post them. If you are interested in seeing them, let me know, and I can email them to you. :-)

I need...

I HAVE to find a way to stop SOMEWHERE to get this tomorrow....

Things I buy with yet a purpose to use them

Not that I need it yet...but I bought a caketopper that arrived today. I absolutely love it! :-)

It is absolutely adorable. I like it cuz I think it looks like me and Mike.

All I need now is a ring... ;-)

No, I did not take these pictures....they were better than the ones I took.

Our other yard sale find

Not bad for 50¢, huh????

Pampering myself....

Tonight I went to Alyson's house for a Pampered Chef party. A little wine, some chips and dip, and a chunk of change later, I came home. I bought myself a mandoline (the kind you cut things with, not the kind you play), a new ice cream scoop that uses the heat of your hand to get the ice cream out easier, and a baking stone for the stove. I also picked up some cookie cutters for Jenn!

I had a lot of fun, my wallet hurts a little, but it was fun!

We found it!!!

For a whopping $15 (I still think we should've talked them down to $10 Mike!!!!) Mike and I bought this new cabinet at a yard sale today. It's the right height and the right color to match the coffee table.

It's actually an old children's wardrobe. The right hand side used to have a dowel for hanging clothes on. Mike removed it so we can try and fit some shelving inside.

The reason for the new cabinet? Glad you asked... Mike wanted the tv to be higher so that the sound wouldn't sound like it was coming from so far above the tv when we are watching it. I wanted the tv higher so that when Mike sits next to me on the couch, I don't have to be constantly moving in the opposite direction of his head to see the screen. :-)

I think we have made a good purchase here. :-)

Saturday Scavenger Hunt

Yesterday, Mike and I went on a hunt for a taller stand for the living room tv. With Mike's new speakers, the sound is coming from above the tv when we watch it. (I don't notice a huge difference, but it's driving the boy crazy!!)

We were out at several different stores for several hours (the whole day, pretty much). We didn't find what we were looking for (short of spending $350 for it).

Normally, this would annoy me. However, we had so much fun, it didn't matter.

After shopping at a number of different stores, we decided to stop for a late lunch/early dinner around 3:30 at the Picadilly Pub. I haven't been there in years, and I forgot how good it is. We both had a caesar salad and lobster bisque in a bread bowl. We split this peanut butter pie/cake thing for dessert.

Then we continued our shopping. Eventually, we ended up at Jordan's Furniture off of Rte. 9. They have a Bose store inside, so of course, we had to stop there. ;-) We sat through a demonstration of the newest home theater system (ONLY $4000). It was corny, and made me laugh, but you have to be impressed by the sound those little speakers put out. At the end, the salesman was there to answer questions. No one was really asking any, so Mike decided to ask one. (I still have no idea what he actually asked). The look on the salesman's face was hilarious. He did a great job of answering it, but you could tell he knew something was up. Mike ended up chatting with him for a bit afterwards. The poor guy probably thought Mike was some secret shopper sent by HQ or something.

So we're off today to some yard sales, to see if we have any better luck there.