I just heard of this girl from my parents, she is so amazing, you should check out her site!

 

today after church, we swung by starbucks and i bought myself a frappaccino. i dont actually care for starbucks, i miss Stumptown in Portland! but i was craving something creamy and cold coffee like, oh and caffeine. i really dont drink a lot of coffee anymore, because when i do i feel so dehydrated that i have to drink more water than i normally do to keep myself from passing out and that means i will be in the bathroom more than i already am. but besides the pee issue, it makes me a bit jittery. i used to drink 8 shots a day back when i had my own shoppe, but my body was used to it back then, it was like a drug, the more i took, the more i needed and didnt notice the effects so much. it really helped me be a super multi tasker because i got this burst of energy and could do the job of two or three people so i really saved money on help right there.... anyways, so when i drink coffee now it certainly is noticeable. so after we got home i was running around the house doing laundry and cleaning the bathroom and picking up the house and explaining to justin what i was going out to do and i said, wow i can really tell i had coffee, and he said no kidding, you are talking so incredibly fast! but it felt good, i have to admit  (= so i went out and did some shopping. now usually when i go shopping i get so exhausted and tired of walking and faint-ish and frustrated, but today was different. it may be just a coincidence that i had a coffee beforehand but i totally enjoyed my shopping experience. i hit up the dollar store, value village, joann fabrics and lowes. i was more productive than i have ever been out shopping before. and i felt great. maybe that was partly since i didnt try on any clothes this time. but i wasnt tired or frustrated or bored at all..... was it the coffee? if so i think i may have to start drinking more, i could really use that energy every day! i tried drinking caffeinated tea a few days ago to see if it would have the same effect, but it didnt do anything. there is nothing like a couple shots of espresso to perk up my life.

do you ever go shopping at junk stores? i used to get sucked in so easily but i have been making a big effort to not collect more needless stuff that i will never use or that we just dont need, simply because it was so cheap. i walked away from a lot of things today that i would normally have bought and i was very proud of myself. i only picked up this crazy cool sweater for valen jude that i think you all will hate, but i thought it was groovy. do you ever feel like the thrift shops have some sort of power of you? like you buy something and then get out to the car and say to yourself what was i thinking, this is hideous! do you ever feel obligated to buy something when someone is watching you, or you dont want to put it back because you are already at the check out counter? i bought this clock a while back from the goodwill and then i got in my car and said "yuck, that is so ugly" but i felt so ridiculous taking something back at a junk store, i mean who does that? so i reasoned with myself and decided that i was donating my money to charity in a way so it was ok to not return it, but i soon after found it in a box we were going to take to the goodwill... that is so not going to happen again, how silly is it to feel bad and waste money, that is just absurd. i am actually the queen of returning things, but i am not ashamed. if i couldnt leave the store until i was absolutely sure i wanted to purchase something, then i just would either never leave the store or never buy anything. 

do you remember that song from like 1990? well its not worth remembering but that is what i was singing when i was talking to justin about this fabulous hair cut! (=
I was a bit nervous about going to a salon around here that I hadn't heard of or had a referral to, but i found a great place! I actually made an apt at Regis in the mall because I thought that they would probably do a better job than great clips and I didnt really want to spend more than 30 bucks on a hair cut. But i ended up not getting it done there after all. I parked at the very end of the mall because a lady at target told me that was the closest entrance to get to regis, but it was actually the FURTHEST! so i walked in heals all the way down the mall only to realize that i didnt have my debit card with me and only had a check, which they of course dont take. so i tried finding a bank around but i couldnt. so i called when i got home and cancelled and did not reschedule with them. it worked out well actually because i did not have a good feeling about the chick who was going to cut my hair and there was also terrible customer service and i just felt awkward. So i began searching online. i read a lot of reviews and felt like i could take a chance for 40 bucks and go down town to a place called Salon Fifth Ave. The girl who cut my hair actually spoke english and was very sweet. we chatted the entire time. She did exactly what i asked her to do and was very talented for being so young. i brought in four pictures this time just to make sure i got across exactly what i was hoping for and i actually got it and i LOVE it!!!!

well i think i remember putting an egg in those pancakes but i am not entirely sure. so in case you attempt them you might want to toss in an egg just in case, even if i didnt in the first place im sure it couldnt hurt.