November 23, 2012
Black Friday
4:51pm
I was back
to my usual hours this morning, waking up at 4am, having my coffee, and trying
to get online. I finally gave up on getting online, and sewed for a couple
hours this morning, until around 6:30am, when I decided that since it was Black
Friday, I would do a little shopping online.
I called
Mama, woke her up, and asked her to open the door at her home, so I could come
over and get online there. Their fiber was fixed last night late, and everything
was back up and running smoothly.
Brian woke
up, and I asked him if he wanted to go with me, but he was still in the bed,
and decided not to go.
The drive
over was beautiful. It was a calm, still morning, and the sun was making a
crescent in orange. It was really peaceful, without much traffic on the road. I
guess everyone had already been out for a couple of hours.
I got to
Mama’s, and found some Thanksgiving leftovers. I had confetti corn (200) and
pecan pie (380) coffee (300) = 880. I started my Black Friday sales, and found
lots of stuff, and added it to my cart.
Brian
called, and wanted me to come pick him up, and I needed some help deciding what
to keep and what to take out, so I drove home, picked up Brian, and he drove
back.
Mama and
Daddy got up right after we got there, and my cart had been emptied of some of
the things that were in it, so I had to add everything back. Total came to
about $500.00, and nothing was a Christmas present. It was all great deals on
things, but finally, I just decided, to hell with it, and closed my browser. I
need that five hundred to buy Christmas this year.
I can’t say
I’m not disappointed, because I am. All the things I picked out were absolutely
lovely, and I would have loved to have all of them. It hurts my feelings a bit
that I can’t just shop for the things that I want, and not have to worry about
having the money to buy it, and still have some in the bank. I don’t understand
why we have the amount of money that we have, and why we don’t have more than
we have now. I can’t say that we hurt for anything, and we are very, very
fortunate and blessed with all the things that we do have. But, I absolutely
refuse to love money, just to have some, and this morning when I was thinking
about money, and was getting frustrated, a little light shined in my spirit,
and I didn’t worry about it anymore. It’s just on days like this, the biggest
sales of the year, when everyone and their mother is shopping, that I feel like
this. It’s because I’ve never been able
to shop on Black Friday, but I do get to shop all throughout the year. I hate
that I feel like this. And I may yet get the things that I had in my cart.
Maybe I can sell a few quilts, who knows…?
I had 2
pieces of lemon pie (500), some dressing (100). I stop at 100, because I only
had a couple of bites, and then there it was….. the mystery bite of something
that I don’t know what it is, that I have, EVERY…year. When I was a kid, it was
chicken bones in Grandma’s dressing, and it’s been other things. This year it
was eggshells. I think I’m just going to have to start making my own dressing,
because these people aren’t very careful in making it, and I’m sick of the
mystery bite, that has become a tradition in my life.
So 1400
today. Then I had some 4 layer delight (500) = 1900. I got to sewing on Bentley’s
baby blanket, and finished the 5 squares I had left to do. I started getting
dizzy and sleepy, probably because my sugar was acting up from all the sweets.
So I laid down in the recliner, covered up with Mama’s blanket, and took a nap,
until about 2pm, and that was at noon.
When I woke
up, Brian was playing with his new DROID. It had finally come in, but my
material had not, and it was scheduled to arrive as well, and I couldn’t finish
the baby blanket, or Grandpa’s blanket without it.
I had been
wearing Mama’s houseshoes all day, and had absolutely fallen in love with them,
so I decided I would buy something today, and set off online to find me a pair.
Mama insisted I not order them, but I insisted I should, and then she said, I
got you a pair, go get them off my dresser. She bought me purple pair of
snoozies, and I’m wearing them right now. They hug my feet, so they stay on
well. They aren’t too hot, but are just warm enough. I absolutely love them. Thank
you MAMA!
My material
came in, so I cut some strips for my blanket, and then I was ready to go home.
I felt like doing some sewing at home, and I had clothes to wash, and we still
had to run to Family Dollar for detergent, and a birthday present for Maddie,
the little girl next door.
When we got
home, I ate some more 4 layer delight (400) = 2300. I feel like I could eat
something else, but I don’t guess I really need it. Brian and I have plans to
walk today, and we had better get on it, because it’s 5:19pm now, and it’s
getting dark outside.
LSU is
playing Arkansas right now, and it’s a tight game. It always is with Arkansas
though. They seem to play harder against us than they do any other team they
play. But, we won. So that’s that.
I feel like
we’ve wasted a whole day. It started off great, me really getting a lot done on
Grandpa’s quilt, and then…..the shopping, and the eating, and being at Mama’s
all day….for nothing, but internet. And now here it is 5:30, and the day is
almost over.
7:39pm
Well, Brian
and I mustered up the energy to get on the treadmill tonight! He walked for a
mile for 23 minutes, and I walked for 30 minutes, which ended up being about
1.4 miles, because I slowed it down for a cool down with 5 minutes to go.
I could really feel myself working out
tonight, and pushing my body, especially starting at after about 15-20 minutes.
That last 10 was a push, and I started sweating, and I couldn’t help but think
to myself, these are the 10 that really count!
Brian and I
discussed weight lifting, and whether or not we should continue to do that or
not. I’ve had numerous people tell me not to lift until I’m about 10-15 pounds
from my goal weight, but I am so dang hardheaded I didn’t listen. I really
think that’s why it’s been such a struggle to get this weight off, because I’ve
been building when I should be breaking down. The whole reason I started
lifting in the first place is because my measurements were increasing all the
while I was losing weight. I wasn’t happy with that at all. Maybe I just
measured wrong one week. I don’t know. I’m going to think that’s what it was
for the time being, and not lift for this next month. And when and if I lose
the weight easier this month, and my measurements come down too, I’ll be the
first to tell Ashley Winters, Girl, You were RIGHT! I should have LISTENED!
I just got
out of the shower, and I feel much better. I’m wanting to put up our tree
something serious, but I also want to sew. It’s almost 8pm, and I don’t know if
I feel like dragging everything out tonight, because I’ve also got to make some
popcorn garland, and that will take a little bit to string up. I’m not one to
stay up late, I’m the one to get up really, really early. It suits me just fine
to see the sun coming up at 6am, although I wish it would stay up longer in the
evening time as well.
I don’t
know, I think I’m just about to go to bed, I’m so tired tonight. Mr. Sully has
been in the bed for a while now, and I do believe I’m about to join him.
Goodnight!
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