More Jan 1 Thrifty Finds

I took these pix of the New Year's Day thrift store buys but they never got transferred to the computer until today. So, here you go, twenty days late. LOL The PJ's are Suzy's, the shirts are Emily's. These are not all the things I bought, but just the ones that ended up getting photographed.

Suzy's fashion show

Michele requested pictures of my thrift store finds, so here are a few. All I bought were clothes, so I hope you like a fashion show, Michele! The clothes have already gone to the laundry and been put away. I think so anyway. So most of them were not handy, but Suzy was a willing model, so you will see her first.


I bought pants to go with this shirt, but they were too big. I've set them aside for the future.














When I saw this skirt, I knew she would love it. It's black with red sparkles. So, I looked for a dressy red shirt to go along with it.











This pair of pants was the first thing I put in my cart. She adores stuff like this. I didn't know if she'd already have a shirt to match, so I found a plain pink one. Her eyes got big when she saw the pants!














This outfit is too big, so we'll put it away for next fall. Hopefully it will fit well then. You can't tell with her arms up, but the sleeves are about 4 inches too long. It's crocheted, so there is no way to modify it at all. The pants are too long as well - black with a hot pink pinstripe. Of course, the ribbon should be tied. She loves the long swoopy sleeves.





She was happier than she looks in this photo. lol The jeans are new and she loves this kind of fluttery top. It's lined, if I remember correctly, so nothing itchy will touch her skin. She can't stand itchy stuff inside her clothes! I will have to cut out all the tags.


I also bought her a pair of cotton winter PJ's with The Little Mermaid on them, the tight-fitting kind, as well as a pair of summer pajamas. I think they have that monkey on them. Jack? No, not the POTC monkey Jack. lol

Monday Musings

The clothing is now tidily tucked away in 3 dressers in the back room, conveniently near the washer and dryer. Except for, of course, the mounds of DIRTY LAUNDRY that were playing hide and seek with us in corners, under beds, and just smack in plain sight upstairs. That is mostly awaiting laundering, although a couple loads made it onto the line to take advantage of the sunny day. Upstairs remains only the PJ's, undies, socks, and some church clothing. Hopefully.

Got the COBRA info in the mail today. OUCH. Gotta decide what to do about health insurance.

Wrote 1272 words this afternoon before getting stuck on my major conflict. How to finagle it just so??? Can't figure it out yet. Gotta do it yet today. ::::bangs head:::: Nope, nothing yet. ::::bangs head again::::

Have a roast in the slow cooker and some potatoes boiling on the stove. In just a few minutes we will eat a satisfying dinner and then move on to bath night. No other plans tonight!

Watched three movies this weekend - Speed Racer (FINALLY! - reviewed at Mirkwood), What Happens in Vegas (kinda funny and romantic, but I am not real fond of either Cameron Diaz or Ashton Kutcher), & Then She Found Me (Colin Firth and Helen Hunt in a "what else can go wrong" sort of R-rated romance - liked it! Cried!). I would love to review both of those, as well as Penelope, which I watched some time ago and would recommend. Also read a book by Tess Gerritsen - The Keepsake (a suspense thriller). I've been starving for some media input! lol I'd love some movie recommendations from NEW DVD releases.

I am feeling better, maybe 90%. Bob is not quite himself either, but he has been working on scraping paint today. He also went out to the farm and picked some veggies and taters from the garden. David and James STILL have coughs, which is quite annoying. I keep thinking I should take them to the doctor, but then I think - well, they'll just tell me to give them an antibiotic and I don't really want to. I should increase all of our immune system remedies - Vitamin C, orange juice (in my opinion, the BEST home remedy), echinacea, garlic, etc...

I posted my Daybook over at Cornerstone.

Soccer Report, Illness, Clothing Situation

Weather Report - Sunny, seventies. Perfect.

Both kids had their pictures today before their games. Noon games meant pictures between 11-12 instead of at 8 am thankfully. Suzy couldn't find her uniform this morning and that was VERY stressful since it was picture day. That was the impetus for something else, as you'll see below.

Suzy's game went well, but the other team scored twice and we didn't score at all. So, it ended 0-2. Suzy was not on her best game today. I have to work on the team PASSING and not just kicking the ball without looking where other players are. It's a very hard skill to get in the U-8 level. Heck, even in the U-10 level, they still need to work on this. So, it's probably a hopeless task, but we'll get to work at it anyway.

James said his team won 3-0. I think. He played 3 quarters and sat out the last. The kids' games ended at the same time today, so I didn't see any of his game.

Bob didn't go to the field today. He wasn't feeling well at all, even got sick to his stomach. I think he overdid it yesterday with painting while we were gone to the Renaissance Festival. (He primered maybe half of the house? I haven't gone all the way around to look. lol) He doesn't pace himself very well. Tends to go to the very end of his strength and then be good for nothing for 3 days. He CANNOT do that with the painting, as we have to make the most of the fall weather. It's killing me to see this beautiful day and nothing happening on the house.

I am not feeling that good either. Just a general malaise and a killer headache. Just took a nap which helped, but not much. At least my appetite isn't impaired. lol But I am not any good for painting either.

We were invited to a fall party today, but we aren't going. Too sick, too much to do, too messy of rooms.

I have several things to do yet today, despite the ill feeling - plan the Sunday School lesson (and hope my headache eases up enough to teach it), go up and get all the clothes out of the kids's rooms (see below), and write. I am sure there's more, but my mind is blanking out.

The kids rooms - what can I say? I am SO tired of it always being messy up there. We used to have the kids' clothes all downstairs in dressers by the laundry and I LOVED it. But we ran out of room back there and the kids had room upstairs, so the dressers went up. But in all that time (2 years now? 3?) they have never gotten a handle on keeping it clean. It is a constant source of stress, irritation, and problems. The uniform missing this morning was the last straw. (Despite it being clean, it was located in a basket of dirty laundry.)

Upshot? The clothes are coming back down. It is not worth it to me to have to constantly be after them for the clothes, to never be able to go upstairs without getting upset over the mess, to be always grounding them because the rooms are not clean. If the clothes are down here, they can't be all over the floor up there and it is that simple.

They'll have their PJ's and underwear and sock drawers up there. That will be a little inconvenient but there isn't room back by the laundry for everything and so SOMETHING has to stay up there. That's all though.I am determined.

Now to summon the energy to get it that far.

And I am HUNGRY!

Off to find food, summon energy, and get something accomplished!

Thrift Store Haul

Thrift Store Haul

Spent two or three hours at the thrift store today with David, Emily, and Suzy and came home with the following:

David
-2 pair lounge pants (pajama)
-1 fall jacket, reversible
-2 church shirts
-1 pair church pants

Emily
-1 pr winter pajamas
-3 dresses
-1 pr jeans
-2 pr pants
-2 t-shirts
-3 long sleeve shirts

James
-1 pr church shoes

Suzy
-1 pr church shoes
- 1 dress for next summer (she has plenty of fall/winter dresses already)
-2 sundresses (or jumpers) with tees to wear underneath
-3 t-shirts
-1 skirt with tee to match
-1 pr pants

For myself I got a dress that I hope to makeover into a Renaissance Festival dress. We'll see if I can actually accomplish it or if it even works, but I saw it and it screamed "COSTUME!!!" at me. If I don't use it, I'm sure someone here will eventually.

On the way home, we stopped at a couple garage sales. Our finds: a fake plant with lots of greenery and hyacinths in a basket (just right for the top of my bookshelf; it's been nagging me to put something on it), some 7x7 Creative Memories page protectors (I think I have one of these albums), some girl toys, and, best of all, a VERY nice bike for Suzy for $20. She's happy. It is slightly big for her, so by next year it should fit her great and will fit her for 2-3 years, I imagine.

Great bargain day!

Sorting and Recycling

Watched 2 movies last night while sorting a HUMONGOUS pile of clothes. Oh my gosh. It took literally hours. I've gotten the boys to try on and pick what they want and put it in their drawers. Emily is half done and I'll finish her and do Suzy tomorrow.

We're off to a field trip at a recycling center and I'm going straight to work from there. Bob will meet me some place to get the kids.