Author: Andi

Nothing in particular is bothering me. I'm just feeling off. I have felt more off recently than I have felt on. I wonder if that is because of all the life changes. I am sure that's all it is. But I'm tired all the time and just want to sleep and stare at the wall or read a book. Basically, I'm just feeling overwhelmed with things and it's causing me to feel off.

There are some changes I want to make, I just don't know if it's something than can be done right now or if it's really worth it at this time. I don't know if making more changes right now will make things better or worse. I am torn.

I just do my best not to let things bother me. But some days it's hard and I feel like I might just blow up at someone. So I put on my headphones and go into my own little world. It usually helps. I'm happier in my own little world when I am at work.

I know that was random. I probably should have just deleted this post. Oh well.

*UPDATED* to add: After I was pointed to the loldogs, I did some more looking at the lolcats and came across this picture that was fitting for this post.

Poor Chuck wasn't feeling well this weekend. He woke up Saturday with what was most likely food poisoning. I was happy to stay home and take care of him Saturday instead of going shopping, but he sent me on my way. (He still had Paige and Brian at home to help him out if he needed anything.) I ran to the store that morning before I went shopping and got him some 7up and when I got home, I saw that he had marked the bottle as his.

He put his name on the bottle along with a picture of a skull and bones. 🙂 I thought it was a clever and thoughtful way to keep everyone else away and keep them from getting sick (in case it wasn't food poisoning).

So, even when he is feeling sick and miserable, he is still looking out for others and finds ways to make me laugh! 🙂

For my birthday, Chuck got me the best present. My friends kept telling me what I great hubby I had! He gave me money to go on a shopping spree with some of my best friends. He coordinated it with them and set us loose. I had a few rules I had to follow. I had to buy things for myself. I had to spend all the money. I was not allowed to put something back that I really wanted just because it wasn't on clearance.

So yesterday, we went shopping! It was very successful.

We met at the Mall of America at 10am (when they opened) and went shopping. We hit a ton of stores. Now, Chuck picked these friends for a reason. Not just are they three of my favorite people, but also because of their fabulous shopping abilities. These girls know how to shop and I am pretty sure that between the 4 of us, we had a coupon for just about every store we went into. That was quite impressive! So even though I bought things that weren't on clearance or on sale, we had coupons to make up for that. I have learned how useful those coupons you get in the mail can be.

I spent all the money and was only $6 over. Not too shabby considering all the stuff I bought. All the girls were very proud!

So here is what I bought.

After shopping, we went back to my friend's house, set out all the clothes for the above picture and then they wanted me to try it all on! I don't think I tried on EVERYTHING, but it was pretty close. A couple of the pictures are just showing a different necklace. 🙂 I have uploaded all the pictures into this gallery if you want to see them. We took them all with my phone so they aren't the best pictures.

The last picture in there is a blue dress I loved, but couldn't bring myself to pay $250 (on sale) for it. But I wanted to try it on anyway. So the picture was as close as I will get to owning it. Which is fine, since I would maybe wear the dress once.

We had a wonderful time and this was a fabulous gift! My friends have decided we need to do it again soon! I might just need this gift for EVERY birthday! 🙂