Ramblings

I found out last week that my (in-progress) thesis paper was selected for Baylor's graduate scholarship forum and I ended up with an unexpected $100 in my pocket. I decided that I would of course deposit it into our savings account. Then, a few days ago I was taking a shower and accidentally squeezed a little too much shaving cream into my hand. I immediately started thinking about how I could go about saving the extra so that I could use it next time... I mean, shaving cream isn't free. This incident brought to my attention what a ridiculous level my frugal tendencies have reached. I later committed to frivolously spending the $100 "scholarship" money in order to restore some balance to my spending habits.

Today I went to Old Navy and spent the entire $100 on winter clothes for Kolby and I. I bought 4 sweaters for him and 3 for me (How? I still kept to the sales tables... baby steps, right?). At the front of the store I found two sweaters that I thought were surprisingly stylish, tried them on and loved them, and later returned to the table of sweaters only to notice that the mannequin modeling one of the sweaters was a man and that it was in fact a table of Men's sweaters. That explained the funny look the saleswoman in the dressing room gave me when I asked for a smaller size, and my short-lived self-esteem boost of needing the smaller size in the first place. This confirmed (once again) that I should never go shopping by myself.

In other news, we spent a wonderful weekend in Arkadelphia, AR visiting our friends Tyler & Erin. We had so much fun catching up, chatting about their upcoming wedding, introducing them to the glory of Arrested Development, and playing several rousing games of Blokus. Once again Kolby and I were reminded of how blessed we are to have such great friends in our lives.

We're now in the home stretch until Thanksgiving break, and then in one month we'll be on a plane headed to Australia for Christmas!!!

 

***Oh, and I bought those sweaters anyways***