This weekend I had some much needed therapy. After a rather rough week of constant fighting with the babies, ickie sickie colds for Heaten, Shenzie, and myself (the 2nd in 2 weeks), and general blah I spent the entire afternoon Saturday shopping (after sleeping in until 9:30 while Jeff took the babies to the park). There is shopping and then there is SHOPPING. I went SHOPPING. Most times I go shopping I find one or two items that I want/need. Sometimes I go out with the intention to shop, but I come home empty handed due to the stores having crap and more crap of which I want none.

All of the stars aligned for this shopping spree. I first went to Till*y’s to find a pair of Dickies pants for the winter. I did not find any pants that I liked, but scored two tshirts from the sale rack. One DC shirt and one Volcom shirt (both black, my clothing color of choice). I then went to Ros*s and hit the mother load of cute clothes. I purchased a black Billibong hoodie with a fun sherpa-ish hood, a black Roxy tshirt, a black long sleeved tshirt, two adorable long sleeved shirts for Shenzie, and one Calvin Klein outfit for Heaten which included brown cargo pants, a cream long sleeved tshirt, and a camo hoodie (you know how much we love our camo around here). Next I headed to Tar*get where I found some cute brown low rise flared leg pants(none of those tight skinny pants for me, I HATE THEM), a pair of skull pj bottoms, two skull tshirts, one black one dark gray, a couple of extra birthday presents for the babies (we already finished shopping for them, but I couldn’t resist the growling Dinosaur and Elephant), wrapping paper, and the rest of the gifts for the goodie bags for the babies birthday party this weekend.

My bounty:

I had also bought Shenzie the cutest pair of brown “suede” boots for winter, but got the wrong size. I have been checking their kid shoes every time I go to Tar*get which is often but the size 6 is on backorder. But once again the stars aligned and they had one pair of size 6’s left. Yay!!

And then those freaking stars aligned again and on my way to the checkout I saw this beauty:

I bought a new baby snack bag not too long ago, but it has no outside or inside pockets so when I take it to the park my keys, gum, chapstick, and phone get lost in baby gear. This one is perfect! Big enough to fit both sippies, two snack traps, pouch with two diapers, wipes, and hand sanitizer, and my wallet. Plus it has an inside pocket for my stuff as well as two outside pockets perfect for keys and phone. 1974 - the year I was born….coincidence that it was on the clearance rack just begging for me to buy it? I think not, thank you stars!

I then went to Starshmucks and got a Venti White Chocolate Mocha, soy milk, extra espresso shot. I rarely get Starshmucks anymore and when I do it is always a grande. Talk about a BIG treat!!! And to top off a perfect shopping day I rolled down my windows (even though it was still a very hot 93 degrees outside), blared some of my favorite music, and screamed along while speeding up the street. Ahhhhh, to be young and carefree again (if only for a couple of hours).

I got home with my many packages to two crying babies and a very tired Daddy. Having a free day away to play and just be me, no Mom involved felt great! Getting a much needed break from the constant crying/whining I hear all day felt great! Coming home to my wonderful family recharged and rejuvenated felt great! Thank you wonderful husband for a much needed break!!!

To top the night off we ordered Chili’s and watched Season 4 of Entourage which has one of my Tv boyfriends Adriane Grenier. A perfect end to a perfect day.