You say you're taking the kids?

My husband took the kids to a baseball game (can you guess which one?--see the bat post), so I was given the night off to do what else? Spend money! Man, work has been stressful lately, my husband's been gone every day, and if I have to discipline my nemesis one more time, I think I might strangle him. Nothing like a little "retail therapy" to make all that go away!

Our Wal-Mart turned into a "Super Wal-mart" this weekend, so of course I had to stop in and say hello. Their clothes may not hold up the greatest, but hello?? $3.50 for a shirt? You just can't go wrong--especially for summer clothes. I don't know who I'm going to offend by saying this, but I have a really hard time with all the kids' clothes today that have sarcastic sayings on them. It p**sses (sorry, probably just offended again) me off to see a little girl's shirt that says, "I like it, you buy it--any questions?" on it. And, of course, don't get me started on all the sarcastic comments about school. Are you encouraging your kids not to like school?? Come on, people. Oops...went too far. Sorry.
Anyway, I prefer the peace, love, "I'm still a little girl who respects adults" kind. That whole group above only had one thing that was over $5.00. Niiiiiice. Don't worry...the boy didn't miss out. He, of course, won't care about these clothes because they don't have skulls, skateboards, or some cool design on them. Mom, however, loves them. I'm a big fan of Ralph Lauren clothing. It holds up VERY well on my ever-energetic son. Even the most active kid needs some "nice" clothes for open houses and such, right?
That brings us to ME! We've lived in this house for over 4 years, and I've never had a lamp in my family room. My best friend (if he actually read this blog) would be shocked! He's been telling me to buy one for years, but I always figured the recessed lighting did the deed. Woops. Was I ever wrong. It was still pretty light in these pictures, but it's darker now. I LOVE the lamp. What's even better is that I got it for $17.00! What's EVEN better is that I don't have to do anything to it!!! No painting, no re-covering the shade, nothing! Woo-hoo!! I simply have to find new nic-nacs to surround it with. Hmmm...

And finally (right now you're thinking "good god, when will it end?") my grand finale. I found this sign at TJMaxx for $10.00. Well, it was actually much cheaper than that. It was technically only $9.99. I don't know if you can tell, but it's a slight shade of blue and chocolate brown which is what my den is decorated in. I had the perfect spot for it. Fits right in, don't 'cha think? Well, there. I'm done. Sorry about the long post. I have no kids tonight, remember? LOTS of time on my hands.