Ugh. Our staycation is over and I’m a sad panda.
Our morning started like every other typical Sunday – a trip to Target where we always seem to travel through a time warp; we were in the store for nearly two hours. Luckily we didn’t spend all that much – only $60 which included groceries, a new sweater (on clearance) for yours truly, and some cool LED Christmas lights they had on sale for $8 which we strung across the top of our blinds on our patio door. All our Fall decorations are still on display along with the new Christmas lights. Classy.
After dropping off the groceries at home we decided to grab lunch at Red Lobster. They have a 4-course meal that is pretty good, although I swear it was $14.99 last time we had it and now it’s $16.99. Either way you get soup, salad, a full entree, and a mini dessert. The dessert is perfectly sized, though, in my opinion. I got the brownie ala mode which was awesome. The warm chocolate mixed with the creamy vanilla is the perfect combination. My soup was the creamy potato which was just ok but I loved my entree which included a skewer of pineapple grilled shrimp, four jumbo coconut breaded shrimp, rice and broccoli. Yummy! Between a $4 coupon and $26 left on a gift card our out of pocket cost was under $10. Gotta love that!
After lunch we stopped at a place called Savers. It’s like Goodwill except better organized. I actually found two shirts I liked which only cost me $10 total. Gotta love cheap clothing! Why pay full price when your money can go further on previously worn clothes? As long as they are in good shape I don’t mind that they aren’t new. I always wash them thoroughly before wearing them anyway.
Tomorrow begins what I’m anticipating will be the single most stressful three weeks of my career. Suffice it to say I’m dreading it. My apologies to anyone whom I work with who may stumble upon this blog but it’s the truth. I’m looking forward to a more laid back 2013 and will do whatever it takes to make that happen…