Meet My New Best Friend

I was able to get this baby on sale for only 101.91 plus tax!

How you ask me?

Well, Amazon had them on sale for $239.99, and then there is a rebate of $30. PLUS, when I cleaned out Barrys truck, I found a crap load of change. And I mean a lot. I took it to Coinstar where you can get free coin counting if you pick certain gift cards, and I picked an amazon one. With the change from his truck, I was able to get $108.08!!!! I also picked up a matching hand mixer in the same color for only $20. (not a KitchenAid, but the same red none the less).

I havent used it yet, but I plan on it soon. Ive been lusting after one of these for 10 years actually, and finally purchased one. I havent had a new mixer in almost 5 years, so I am so excited to use this one.

Ill let you all know how it treats me!! I need to think up a good name for it. Any ideas?

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Worst Kid Event Ever

Today I met some friends, and we took our kids to the Christmas Tree Forest, which is put on by the hospital here in town.

Never again.

It was an awful, stressful afternoon.

The only good parts were seeing Jason and his family, and Polly and her daughter. I dressed all the kids in red as well because I suspected that Santa would be there and I wanted to get pictures of them with him. Thankfully those turned out, for the most part, but it was hot, crowded, and tiring. A had TWO melt downs, and managed to smudge her cute Santa face painting in the process.

The afternoon was capped off with junior booty dancers. Now, Im not against dance classes, and I think theyre great for kids. But the costumes? OMG they were way too sexy for little girls! Even the teens! I was not impressed at all. And lets not even get started on the dancing....yikes! Since when does hip gyrating and revealing clothing belong at a Christmas event where were looking at Christmas trees? Wow PSP, you really outdid yourself this time!

We had had about enough at this point, the kids were cranky, it was really loud, and my back hurt from everything I was carrying around. We said our goodbyes to Jason and Lindsay, and then I took the kids into the lobby to try a few more pictures. That was just as bad! I took the photos as best as I could, but A would NOT look at the camera, so I had the boy hold her face still, but that didnt work at all. V looked bored in most of the pictures too. Having enough of that crap, I just decided to call it a day.

When I got home, I noticed that E and A both had smudged faces from their face paint. As was from crying and rubbing her cheeks, but E looked like she had eaten dirt! Oh well, it will make for a nice photo collage on the Christmas card, and well laugh at it later, lol.

At least it was a nice distraction from reality, and kept us occupied for an afternoon. The last couple days have been full of activity, and I am thankful for that. I havent had to do too much grieving lately, though Thanksgiving was pretty hard for me, especially since I didnt hear from any family either except from my sister and mom.

Now that Christmas is looming, I cant help but wonder how we are going to feel this holiday season. Will it be hard for us on Christmas, or will we be ok because we will have family there? Honestly, Im not not as worried about Christmas as I am for our 10th Anniversary, which is four days later. I plan to have us out all day, doing something.

I just dont want to have to think about it.

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