Had a thoroughly fabulous day today! Ok, so all last night the kitty was moving from spot
to spot on the bed and I didn't sleep too well, and Mom dragged me out
of bed at 8:30ish so we could get my car to the mechanic, but after the
mechanic we went to the Orlando Premium Outlets and since the Croc store
had "buy one get two half off" she bought two pairs for herself and one
pair for me as a present!
http://www.crocs.com/p/womens-capri-v-shimmer-flip/202845.html?cgid=footwear&cid=040#q=silver&start=15
^^ This pair, in silver.
Next stop was the Florida Mall and as soon as we walked in we saw A REAL-LIFE BRICK AND MORTAR THINK GEEK STORE!!!!!
We
had the best time, but were very good and did not buy anything,
although I really really wanted the Captain America backpack/shield and
Mom really really wanted the Twitchy Kitty tail.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/iniv/?srp=1 < she wants to wear it in class to express her angst at her students without getting in trouble.
OMG do I ever want to work there.
Then
we hit up Lush (drool), Sephora (I am in LOVE with NARS lipstick
"Cruella" but the shop assistant found me a Sephora-brand dupe that
costs $12, whereas the NARS costs $26), a soccer shop (Portugal jerseys
cost $90...no way, Jose!), Franchesca's where I found the cutest
dinosaur earrings that will be in my Christmas stocking later this year,
a jewelry store called Tous (their stuff is GORGEOUS - http://www.tous.com/us-en/new-arrivals/jewelry/),
and finally after Chinese in the food court for lunch, we went into JC
Penny on the way back to the car and their costume jewelry is 50% off
basically *everything* except sterling silver as long as you buy at
least two pieces. The sterling silver jewelry is 65% off if you buy at
least two pieces!! Mom and I were going nuts and she's gotten half of
her Christmas shopping done now and she's thrilled at the prices she got
on everything, and I went a little crazy and bought a beautiful gold
bracelet and a lovely long gold necklace with dainty little inclusions
here and there.
Then on the
way home we stopped at our favorite International supermarket and I got
a couple Croatian beers to smuggle back to Texas, and Mom got more
boerewors for our braai this weekend. In sad news, they only get
Walkers' crisps at Christmas and Easter now, so once again I am without
my beloved ketchup crisps :(
While we were driving home the
garage called and my car was ready, so Mom dropped me off there and went
on home while I went to our local mall (10 minutes from my parents'
place) to get some tank tops at H&M (no H&M within 90 miles of
my apartment in Texas!) and check our Franchesca's for more dinosaur
earrings so Mom could use them as additional Christmas presents. I did
find another pair, and bought them, and since THEY were having a BOGO
50% sale, I also bought myself a lovely gold ring studded with tiny
zircons.
Then I was all out of energy and definitely out of
money so I marched myself home and I've had a lovely evening watching DVDs and working on a novel. I'm so glad I worked all those extra hours on Tuesday so I fulfilled my hours of the week on Wednesday and get today and tomorrow off from work. Of course, tomorrow I have to buckle down extra-hard at my thesis because I skived off today, but that's alright. Maybe I'll even be inspired and write like ten whole pages!
