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One of the good things about this new job is all of the shopping that I get to do for it.  I needed a whole new wardrobe for my new job.

When I worked in the plant, I wore Nomex (those fire-resistant jumpsuits) and steel-toed boots every day.  I had one suit and a couple pairs of khakis to my name.  I wore sweatpants, shorts, t-shirts or tank tops underneath my “blues” everyday.  I had no slacks and just a few nice shirts that fit.  How in the world was I going to manage to work in an office with that kind of a wardrobe?  I would have to wear the same thing every third day!

So, after I found out about the job I talked to HH.  I explained the situation to him and surprisingly he understood.  He told me to go and buy whatever I needed to get me started for the new job even if it meant we had to take the money out of savings.  I immediately went out and went shopping.  I got shirts, slacks and of course…SHOES!

I know that I will have to do some more shopping and I should have done it all in the first place since I had my shopping pass from HH but I couldn’t help but feel a little guilty about spending all of that money.  I hate feeling guilty over shopping.  It is one of my favorite things to do.

So, my bestest friend is having a baby.  A little boy to be exact and he is due a week after Z’s birthday.  Of course, me being such a good friend and all, I told her offered to throw her a baby shower.  I love to plan stuff and I am anal super-organized.  Naturally she accepted my offer and ever since I have been in a party planning whirlwind.  The shower is August 1st.  I started planning it about 2 or 3 months ago.  She had literally just found out she was pregnant and what she was having.

This is how crazy organized I am.  I have an Office Live site for us to collaborate on.  That way, she could add addresses as she found them, I could show her the cute shower games I had picked out to play, we could work on the menu and she could see the agenda.  Within a month of her agreeing to let me throw the shower, I had the menu prepared, decorations/theme picked out, all the crap ordered except for the favors, the games chosen and a checklist for me so that I wouldn’t forget to do something.

I remember my showers, my parents are divorced so I had multiples, there wasn’t a theme and there weren’t any games.  I love themes and I love shower games and luckily so does my friend.  My showers were just about the presents.  I didn’t set them up that way, the people who threw them did.  Don’t get me wrong, I love presents as much as the next person but it would’ve been nice to have a reason to socialize with each other.

Since the shower is starting to get closer, I am starting to get in a panic.  I still haven’t mailed the invitations.  I haven’t put the favors together.  I haven’t bought any of the food.  And now my HH wants to put me the family on a budget.  How am I supposed to cater fix all of the food that I had planned while I am on a budget?  As if being on a budget wasn’t bad enough, my friend is inviting 35 people.  I don’t think I could do tuna sandwiches for 35 people + me and her on a budget, much less the spread that I had come up with.  I’m stressing about it but it isn’t like HH has already made the budget.  Right now it is just a thought since we keep spending all of our money.  I personally think that our $700+ electric bill has something to do with it.

The holiday season is oficially here. That is why I have been so distant. My in-laws were in town for the past week so HH and I have been busy entertaining and such. Thanksgiving went off without too much of a hitch. Everyone left our house stuffed and sleepy. With only one more holiday left this year, it looks as though it will have been a great year with lots to be thankful for. My only hope is that christmas is as good as the rest of the year has been. The holidays have always been a very stressful time for me and all I can do is hope that all continues to go well.