Lucky 15 is Closing

Looks like our server was down for a bit after the power cut out yesterday morning. The situation has been remedied, however.

Sadly, Lucky 15 is closing its physical store space:

I did, however, enjoy kid-in-a-candy-store-esque shopping this morning when Greg and I went to Lucky 15. I bought a lot of stuff and didn't hold back much. Also sadly, I got there too late to snag a Japanese screw hole punch. Instead, I got a Crop-A-Dile, which apparently punches holes and sets eyelets. I'd like to sit around and ogle my new stuff for the rest of the night, but I need to get working on my Accounting.

I'm Craving the Yellow Dandelion Overlay

I should be reading/studying.

Instead, I'm craving the yellow dandelion clear overlay from Hambly Screen Prints and thinking of how good it would over some dark blue cardstock:

Summer Sale Acquisitions at Stein Mart

Lots of summer sales going on right now! Went to Old Navy and Stein Mart today. Flip flops at Old Navy were $2, so I couldn't pass that up. At Stein Mart, lots of shoes were 50% off, so I bought a couple pairs for work:


Nine West slingback pumps
(I had to go with a size 6, which is about a half-size larger than I usually wear in dress shoes, so I'm kind of like, I don't know if the extra bit of the heel sticking out in the back looks bad or not)


Anne Klein open toe pumps
Now I just need to make my way to Gap since they've got a sale going too.

Communism is Trendy Now?

Why is it trendy now to sport items with Communist figures/logos/references?

Diaz's bag with Maoist slogan raises ire


I thought history has established that extremist political ideologies = no good.

(By the way, I do like the name of this Yahoo! gossip page - "omg!")

Philadelphia Training and Stephanie's Appendicitis

Spent this week on a business trip in downtown Philadelphia for training.

Had a pretty busy week with class being thrown into the mix. I had class Monday night, so I actually flew out of Phoenix at 10:15 pm and got into Philadelphia at 5:55 am Tuesday. Everyone else got in the day before, so I was like, Oh man, I'm going to be dead tired. To be honest though, I got a full night of sleep Tuesday night and was still dozing off Wednesday afternoon. Don't know what that says about the training . . .

Thursday night we had free, so Stephanie (co-worker that I went to training with) and I planned on doing some shopping. Since Stephanie felt sick earlier in the day though, she took a nap after getting back from training. By the time we made it out that night, it was 7:45 and most of the stores were already closed, with the rest closing at 8:00. For being in the middle of a nice downtown shopping area in a big city, I thought stores closing 8:00 or earlier was ridiculous. I did spend 15 minutes in H&M, but that was only long enough to get Greg a shirt. I expect H&M shopping in San Jose.

Anyway, Stephanie being sick actually turned out to be appendicitis, so she was out of training for most of the day Friday because she went to the hospital. She had to stay the weekend and ended having surgery, so that's a major bummer. I can't imagine being away on a trip only to come down with something that requires you to have surgery almost right away. At least her husband flew out Friday, so she's not all alone.

I still flew back last night as planned (there was nothing I could do for Stephanie : ( ). I also have a bunch of work I need to do/make up/study for class.

Side note: Guys and long fingernails do not mesh. I saw a guy on the plane with fingernails almost as long as mine (when I grow them out). It was not groovy. I was just a notch below being grossed out.

Oregon Roadtrip Pages

Now that I can't scrapbook as much, I want to even more.

I went to the little UA alumni scrapbooking get-together last Saturday and almost got two pages done and now I have a hankering to finish the pages:

We Poked a Hole in Our Painting

Greg and I bought this painting today:


But we poked a hole in the canvas trying to get it out of the car. Bummer.

Scrapbooking Hiatus

:(

I have officially put my scrapbooking on hiatus by clearing off my desk to make room for school work. I should've taken before and after ("happy" and "sad") pictures of my desk. I did have one last scrapbook hurrah today when I went to the scrapbooking get-together at the Phoenix UA Alumni office. They have those every month though, so I think I will continue to go to those.

I was hesitant to start a summer class prior to moving into our new house because now I have to dig out a bunch of school supplies out of our boxes, like a binder and a hole punch. Boo. I'm looking forward to the new house because I can have my cake and eat it too with having a work space (the office/den) and scrapbook space (my craft room).