Well, Laura needed new clothes. Desperately. So, with Danny safely packed off for a weekend of testosterone bonding with Daddy and Uncle Billy, we girls headed to that beacon that calls to females of all ages--the mall. Now, I should insert a disclaimer here that I am almost ALWAYS immune to this beacon, and I HATE the mall. But necessity called, so off we went.
Yesterday we started at Charlotte Russe. I saw some cute possibilities, but Laura wanted nothing to do with them. She hated everything. I have to agree for the most part--the clothes for junior girls these days are just plain UGLY! We left with 2 turquoise Tshirts. $12 off the $50 gift card. Did only slightly better at Limited Too, crowded in among the elementary school "I wanna be a sexy mama" set. What are these people THINKING?? We found a few pairs of shorts that weren't short--the bermuda style, which is all Laura will wear (thank God!), and a couple shirts to go with. $85. Off to Old Navy. One pair of shorts, one shirt, one gift card used. Total cost to me, $1.50. Now, as tiring as this shopping was, our next stop was the hardest for me. Ruby Tuesdays. For dinner. I don't DO dinner out very often becuase it's just too hard. But I decided to give it my best shot--I was too tired to cook, so there we were. I ended up having salmon (no lemon butter please, just the lemon) with green beans and a baked potato. With BUTTER!!!! Yummy, yummy butter, how I have missed you! Only a small amount, but such a BIG taste! And I did so well, when I came home and entered the meal into my food tracker, all my values lined up PERFECTLY!!! Hmmm, maybe this isn't so bad after all....
Today, following Laura's first golf lesson, which had me standing in the cold for an hour, we headed back to the mall. Two days in a row? I don't think I've been there 2 days in the last YEAR! But JCPenney was having a BIG sale, and we needed clothes!! Our first stop was the "big girls" department, since Mom needed a few shirts. Found 2 nice blouse type ones--just a bit nicer than the usual tshirts. Off to the Junior department, where, wonder of wonders, I actually got Laura to try on a couple of dresses!!! Now, this is the kid who thinks formal wear means clean jeans and a t-shirt without a slogan on it! Well, lets just say that MY itty bitty girl does NOT have itty bitty "girls". And the dresses for juniors are just a LITTLE bit too, um, revealing, for my 12 year old. So no new dress--she'll stick with the one she has. But we found a couple of cute shirts. Then it was up to the girls department for shorts, since the juniors only goes down to 3 or 5, and she's a 0 or 1 (BRAT!!!) We found her 3 pair of bermuda style denim shorts, and 2 pair of denim capris. Very cute. Oh, and 2 new pair of "sun shades" as she calls them, to protect those baby blues. And 4 new bras, which I LOVE becuase they are B cups WITHOUT padding! And I think the next set of bras may need to be, oh dear God it can't be, C cups. How on earth does my 84 pound daughter need C cups? *I* wear a C cup! I weigh 245 pounds--I outweigh her by 160 pounds! And we both need a C cup bra? What is this world coming to????
Anyway, it was a good day to shop at JCPenney, because I got $423 worth of stuff for only $135. 20% off everything, plus buy one, get one for 88 cents, plus $65 in gift cards, and that's all that was left!! Not too shabby!
So again, I'm tired. I really don't feel like cooking. And I get the puppy eyes and the "pleeeeeeeeeeeeease Mommy?????" So off we go to the Longhorn Steakhouse. Now I'd done my research and knew what I was getting. The 7 ounce filet (I only ate 4 oz), with a salad and baked potato. A little balsamic viniagrette on the side, some butter on the potato, and I was in heaven. I DID take 2 bites of the hot, fresh bread (honey wheat?) that was delievered to the table. It was soooooooooooooo good! Laura ate her piece, and didn't want any more, so I asked the waitress to remove it. Once again, I came home, logged the food into my tracker, and the levels were all right on! WOW! I survived TWO dinners out in one weekend without doing any damage! PLUS I did all this lovely mall walking and carrying of clothes and bags. Not a bad workout for an "off" day. I guess what all of this has shown me is that I CAN survive in the "real world" of restuarants and shopping and the stuff that "regular" people do all the time. I don't have to hide in my house where all the food is "safe" and everything is carefully planned ahead. Why? Becuase I've learned so well how to do it, that now I can safely take it out in the world and do it well there too!! All of a sudden, that summer vacation doesn't look quite so scary. And a few more shopping days like this, closer to the summer, will have me dressed and ready to go!
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