4-22 the mall

i got my tax refund, half went to fixing the car and the rest went to shopping.

while the car was being fixed Toby and i walked to the mall two miles away from the guy who was fixing its house. this was like 1pm or so. I was given a 300$ budget.

I spent 70 or so at meijers the day before. I got two dresses and strapless bras, because i have no idea what happened to the ones i used to own. nail polish, and something Else.

I really want to start dressing more like I'm 30 and less like I'm 14. so i tried to stay away from the juniors sections and stores. I don't understand young peoples clothing anyways. you can show a little cleavage, not the whole thing. and do skirts/dresses/shorts really need to be so short.

Toby also wants to start branching out from just graphic tees. so he had a goal while at the mall. which made him a little less bored.

we went to all the stores that i could see good sales signs in the window. I only shop sales and clearance rack. I don't care about not being on tread, if i can get these 70$ pants for 20$ I'm going for it.

so i got some dressy shirts. but it was hard to find pants in my budget, that fit well. they were all so long or to high waisted. i found some but i had to go to jcpenny's petite section, i went with Capri's for summer. I gave up on skirts to long or to short, it just was not going to happen.

then i wanted some shoes to go with my dresses and also my pants. again sales racks, but 9 1/2 is not an easy size to find. so sears , i get 20% off everything, so i just went with the 30$ sandals, and i felt so guilty. i could have got three more tops for that price. but i only have three pairs of shoes at home so i needed them. and there so comfortable, i love my shoes.

we got Toby, some shorts , tees, and a vest that he fell in love with. but he was feeling guilty taking money away from my clothing budget. I just want him to look good and feel good, so i made him get them.

for more shoes we went to payless. and even those prices were a bit much but way cheaper then mall prices. I got a pair of platform sandals, seemed like they would go with more then heels. and got Toby some shoes to go with his new clothes.

I spent all my money and got way more stuff thanks to being picky about prices

now after all that shopping it was 7pm and the car still wasn't done, but we were done with the mall. Toby's mom picked us up and we drove around with her. then came back to her house. she had this strange young boy with her. so Toby and i sat on a couch and the boy sat on the other. i tried to get some sleep seeing that it was 9 and bed time. but it was so hard and uncomfortable. the car got finished at like 11pm. Toby's dad was dropping off his brother, so he took us to the car. we didn't get home til 12am. and i had to wake up at 3:20am for work.

and yet I'm not in a dead sleep right now. I wish i could sleep with light and noises around, but day sleeping doesn't work well for me

im going to go try to get to sleep now, k bye

im a loser

so its been hard as heck trying to get all the information about this craft fair. i can't even get a call or email back from the orginazer. and my friend some how can, and never gets all of the info or just isn't telling me. this whole thing is a little frustating . she told me that i might need a tent in case it rains, so i guess that it's going to be out in a parking lot. let hope it's not bad out that day.  its also the day of toby and I's anniversary so yea.

i've been crafting up a storm for this things look
i made record bowls , picture frame earring holders, and price cards.
the record bowls are made like this .
the picure frame are made with an old lace curtain. its cut to be just a little bigger then the back piece of the frame. then you can glue it on i just shoved the back on and let a little hang over. it's not pro looking put it gets the job done.
the price cards took the longest. its made with consturtion paper, glue decrotive cutters if you got em. the paper is 12*9 so you can get 3*3 squares yay. glue two colors together. add a little edge to the front piece if you like. I got a stamper from vista printing, so i put my That1girl on the back of all the cards. and the price on the front in the area where your  name is. you can sew beads/ buttons to it. if you have post earrings you can just poke them though and put on the backer. or use a hole punch in the corner and string it to things.

 

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i won a few ribbons at the county fair. unsure what to do with them now

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these are my fav FO this week

not the best vegetarian

thank you reflection for the link.
oxygen magazine
now i just have to find the right weights for me and not be afraid to do it in front of people. because i the fitness room is never empty for long. I really should buy some 10pound ones when I get paid again.

Im mostly a junk food vegetarian. but i love to go out to eat. All you have to do is ask if the food is pre-made (frozen and all they do is heat it up) or fresh. if its made fresh then you can change it up for the same price or cheaper.I went to arby's the other day and got an italian sub, and asked for it with out the meat, all the veggies and tops, an i got it for 1.50 less. Burger king around here makes veggie burgers with morning star mean.red robin, ruby tuesdays, for a 1$ more have there own burgers and there just as big as the real thing.

At home I will buy hambuger helper, and eat it with or with out veggie crumbles. Tacos with refried or whole beans. stir frys, you can buy the canned stuff or frozen vegetables of your choice,rice, and soy sauce. Mac and cheese, with home made or store brought mashed potatoes, and canned,frozen or fresh corn.

I also love boca, and morning star stuff. When i have extra money I go to whole foods, where they have a great selectional of veg*n stuff. An whole foods salad bar oh my tofu so soft and flavored, i love it.

veggie cheese is nasty to me, no flavor at all.
You can get tons of recipes in teen vegetarian books.
heres some vegetarian links
vegetarian LJ
veggie_recipes LJ
vegrecipes LJ
peta 2
Warning: people on the peta2 site are not as crazy as the older peta members but the will scary people for no reason too

Books:
(i get all my books from the library and copy them into a binder

Quick fix vegetarian
better than peanut butter and jelly

(i'm not a vegan, but i really want to be, its way to much work)
vegan freak
vegan vengeance

ok im going to stop now.got hair, knitting, and dog waiting for me