Hot date

Last night I went on a hot date with....myself. You may recall that my usual Dream Date (husband) is out of town for a long while, so that leaves me on my own. I decided on Tuesday that I would get a babysitter for last night just so that I could GET OUT OF THE HOUSE by myself for a few hours. Is it wrong to admit that I totally had been looking forward to 6:00 pm last night (when I picked up the sitter) all week? I didn't go far, just out to the local shopping center to do a little shopping; an activity that would be made torturous for all involved if I'd taken Maren along. It was a successful trip: 3 pairs of new shoes, a few new lacy-frillies, and dinner without having to clean up after anyone but myself! I was home by 9:30 pm since all the shops close at 9:00 but it was 2.5 hours of heaven. Well worth the price of the babysitter! I think I'll be doing the same thing next weekend as well. Maybe I'll take myself out to a movie.

Last weekend I found out that a local thrift does 50% off most things in the store every Saturday morning. It's not a thrift I usually visit because I find the prices to be a little high, but 50% off makes it completely worth it! Here are some of my finds this morning: 1) Making Memories magnet handle set. This company makes neat little rubber stamp alphabets that have magnets on the back, so this is the handle and metal plates that you use to put the stamps on. 2) Old Bingo cards from a very old Bingo game. These are for art projects. I have lots so I'll probably be sharing the wealth in swap and goodie packages for a while! 3) Very old Goody Magic Reader. This nifty little thing is a box with a lid that opens up at a 90 degree angle. Inside the top lid is a sheet of mirrored plastic and included are a whole bunch of cards that have a question on the top and then the answer is printed below, but it is upside down. The trick is you read the question, then put it up to the mirror to see the answer reflected back correctly. It really is charming! The date I found on it is 1929. This could be a fun little art project, as I think you could print up your own cards and manipulate the text in Word so it prints out backwards or upside down or whatever. A fun little find!

Maren loves to watch Sesame Street but her favorite part of the show is by far the "Elmo's World" segment at the end. Lately when it's over, she has been asking me for "More Lala?" I found these Elmo DVDs so now she can have precisely that! The other one is for me: The complete first season of Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and it was only $3.50! That one has me crazy excited. I loved that show when I was a kid and I can't wait to watch it all over again!

And now it's time for bed. I have to go change all the clocks in the house before I head upstairs. In the next few days I have more thrift finds to share (mostly from last weekend...I bought a lot!) and a little Easter blog giveaway! Have a good night, and don't forget to SPRING FORWARD!