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Anyways, this weekend was the first year in probably forever that I didn't at least SOMEWHAT celebrate Halloween. This was largely due to the fact that I had a race Sunday morning, so I spent Saturday night relaxing and going to bed early! More about the race later tho. :) Let's get to the real highlight of the weekend...I spent the day Saturday doing something I love at least equally as much as teaching and running: shoe shopping, of course! Teacher Mom (aka my actual mom) and I spent waaay too much money at Shoe Mecca (aka DSW) this weekend. Oh goodness. You guys, I love shopping. But even more than I love shopping, I love a bargain. Teacher Mom instilled this love in me practically at birth. We stepped into Shoe Mecca with a mission: comfy teacher shoes for Mom and boots for me. After trying on nearly every pair of shoes in the store, we settled on 2 pairs of teacher shoes for mom (that I gave the "not too ugly" stamp of approval) and one way too expensive pair of gorgeous boots for me (that didn't remind me too much of cowboy boots).
What's that? You thought I said I love a good bargain, only to admit I spent more than is reasonable on a pair of boots around which I will likely end up buying full outfits because as of now they go with a total of 2 pairs of pants and 1 skirt in my closet? Oh just wait. After our successful venture through the main floor we entered...THE CLEARANCE SECTION. Does anybody else's heart just start racing when they are faced with a rack of discount shoes all in their size? No? Just me? Teacher Mom and I both fell in love with this unbelievable pair of heels that sadly weren't available in the right size for either of us...
Teacher Mom rocked these. Too bad they were suicide-tight. |
Adore.
Besides my shoe buying adventures and a cold and windy 10K race yesterday, my weekend also included a good 5 hour block of laying on the couch yesterday watching The Office since, you guessed it, I have another cold. This time, though, I don't think I can blame the kids--my sniffly nose started up as soon as I started the race yesterday and hasn't let up since! Ugh!!!What did you do this weekend?
Oh my goodness! Today was nuts. I can only imagine how tomorrow will be... the next five years of Halloweens will be very interesting.
ReplyDeleteAlso -I LOVE The Office. Great choice! :)
I hear ya'! My 5th graders were beside themselves today. We are a low income school also, and YET they celebrate this holiday to the max! I try to look at it as time spent together with a family....ok, I know that's a stretch. Anyway...good luck tomorrow. We're all gonna need it!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you all! Most of my 6th graders came to school less-than-ready (and less-than-willing) to do much of anything. We have a no-Halloween/no treats policy, so we did math twice and waited for the big hand go 'round the clock!
ReplyDeleteGood luck TOMORROW, BlogFriends!
Kim
Finding JOY in 6th Grade
Cute boots, girl!
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, so with you! Thought I might have to peel my boys off the ceiling!
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ahhhh!!! those shoes are tooooo cute!!! thinking of you today....hope the kids are semi "normal" if that is possible ;)
ReplyDeleteHalloween itself was okay. We had a small harvest party after last recess. I brought them cider, donut holes and we had caramel apple slices for a writing activity in the morning. It was low-key and calm.
ReplyDeleteToday..not so much :/
I an not a heels girl but I love love love those boots!
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