Monday, Monday

Today was the best Monday in quite some time! I'm definitely getting used to four day work weeks now that this is my third short work week in three weeks!! 

I went to Florence this weekend and it was so nice to have a relaxed weekend and to not have to rush back to Brentwood after church and visiting Grandaddy on Sunday. We had a nice family meal Saturday evening and I certainly enjoyed my Sunday nap. 

Today, I was up early (Emma woke up before dawn), but I didn't really mind since I had plans to shop at one of my favorite stores. My friend, Becky, and I drove to Memphis to shop at the Williams-Sonoma Outlet. I love Williams-Sonoma and I love outlet prices!  We looked around ooh-ing and ahh-ing at everything in sight for over two hours before selecting our purchases.  I bought several things, but I'm most excited about my new piece of Le Creuset. I've been eying this piece for a while and even convinced Becky that she would regret not buying one as well!  I guess I'm a bad influence!! :)

After laughing over our shopping cart full of purchases that we barely got off the sidewalk (Why there was no ramp I'll never know), we went next door to Pottery Barn. There were many pretty things, but nothing that I had to bring home. I didn't find a bargain rug for my dining room, so I may just have to pay the Pottery Barn delivery fee!

My friend, Molly, lives in Memphis and recommended several nearby restaurants. We decided on Swanky's Taco Shop which happened to be super close and super good. I'd definitely go there again. I'm so used to eating quickly and making it back to work in under an hour, so it was refreshing to have time to enjoy our food and talk. Not like we hadn't been doing that nonstop since we left Tuscumbia!!

We made one more quick stop to check out the sale items at Soma. We both love their pajamas and the 50% off sale made our purchases that much sweeter!

Before I knew it, it was time to head back to Alabama. Thankfully, we just hopped on Highway 72 and chatted the miles away. I really should have a sore throat from all the talking!!

It's so much fun to spend time with someone you share so many interests with and makes for such a fun day! Now, I can't wait to cook with my fun new finds!

Finding an Easter Dress...

...otherwise known as go shopping during your lunch break and don't be gone for over an hour.

I bought a dress on sale at Marigail's back in January that I was saving for Easter. However, I didn't realize Easter was so early when I bought the dress. Since its going to be cold and rainy, my unlined dress simply will not do unless I want to be laughed at while simultaneously freezing to death. I'll save this dress for a warmer day...if it ever decides to warm up and stop SNOWING!

Anyway, I decided last night that I really needed something else that would be more weather-appropriate. I searched online at my go-to store, Banana Republic. There were several things I thought I might like, but most of the dresses were not available in-store in my size. I also thought about risking it and waiting to go to Marigail's before closing on Saturday, but decided that was a bad idea.

I don't know what possessed me, but I decided to check out the Anthropologie online store. I found several things I liked and narrowed it down to my favorite dress which also happened to be in stock. The traffic gods shined on me and I made it into the store within 10 minutes of leaving the office. I immediately asked to try on the dress that caught my eye online, but unfortunately they didn't have my size. I tried on the size above and below what I needed before deciding to try other things. I probably tried on about 5 more dresses and liked two of them--my biggest complaint with the others was the length. I'm a bit too old to be wearing dresses that hit WAY above the knee!

I ended up buying the two dresses I liked that were in-store and ordering the one I really loved that wasn't available in my size. I'm hopeful that it will arrive Saturday before I leave, but I know which of the two remaining dresses I will wear otherwise. I made it back to work in just over an hour. Not bad considering how productive that hour was! Ha

I'd never bought anything from Anthropologie before today. I'd only been in the store at Bridge Street in Huntsville and wasn't really looking to buy anything at the time. Everything seemed to be priced similarly to what I would expect from Banana or J. Crew instead of very overpriced, as I'd always been led to believe.

Everyone needs a little retail therapy, right? Anthro definitely helped to cure my Monday blues. Plus, I won't freeze my (in the words of my Grandmother) "tee-hiney" off at church on Sunday morning!!