Birthday Eve

It's true, it's true -- tomorrow is my birthday!  I'll be turning the big 3-4.  Quite an accomplishment, right?  Haha.  I decided to start the celebrating a little bit early and stopped by two of my favorite thrift stores this week and then went and got my hair did this evening to really jump start the festivities.  The result?  I got a ton of really nice, new clothes for super cheap, thus negating the amount of money I spent on my hair.  Because that's how that works, right???  Haha.  In all honesty, though, I was very excited about my thrift store finds this time around because I found a bunch of really nice, name brand skirts and purchased them for a mere 2 bucks apiece!  Score.  Total score.  We're talking Banana Republic, Gap, J. Crew, Ann Taylor, and a couple of from Old Navy for only 2 dollars each.  And lest you think that is a crazy {unnecessary} amount of skirts for one person to wear -- who will really only be wearing them to church -- I'll let you in on a little secret.  I actually purchased all of these as external motivation to help me lose the last little bit of weight I need to reach my ideal goal.  They're sized incrementally smaller and smaller and I'm hoping that the idea of wearing some of my favorites of these will help me to make better choices when it comes to eating all those treats that inevitably get left lying around the house.   {And even if I never make it to the very smallest of these sizes, it's not really a big deal because the skirts were dirt cheap.   And I can always sell them on eBay for a profit.  Hahaha!}

Roughly half of these were purchased at St. Vincent dePaul's on a day when all skirts were half off, and the rest were found today at the Goodwill where I also received 50% off because it was my birthday week.  Woo hoo -- I love me a deal!  My solo shopping spree today was made possible thanks to Ethan and Sophie being home sick.  Ish.  Ethan woke up this morning complaining of a sore throat and stomach ache, and Sophie was quick to jump on that bandwagon as well.  It was certainly nothing very serious, but I figured they should probably stay home just in case and once I got the breakfast mess cleaned up, I left Ethan in charge while I made a quick trip to the store and totally lucked out with all my finds.

The rest of the day was spent with me folding loads and loads of laundry and the kids watching lots and lots of TV.  Jane's asthma has been flaring up this week, and she was needing pretty regular breathing treatments throughout the day, so I kept her home from school, too, and she joined the couch potato crew in trying to win a world record for least amount accomplished in a single day.  Hahaha.  Once Grace got home from school, all 5 of them were certainly gold medal contenders.

My day was finished off this evening with a leisurely trip to the hair salon while Scott had the honor of feeding the kids dinner and getting them all in bed.  I think I'd like to make this a Birthday Eve tradition.  :)

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And that's a wrap!  Stay tuned for a recap of the actual birthday itself.  In a first, Scott is taking the day off of work in order to spend it with me!!  Now if only, there are no sick kids in the morning...