Hi, ladies. I just got up and am still feeling kind of muddle-headed. I've a headache that started last night and just seemed to hang round to greet me when I got up. Other than that...I'm semi-ready to face life.
Jill, your weekend sounds like it was really nice. Gotta love sitting around a restaurant table and enjoying conversation with the family. And when they buy you goodies, WELL!
Aimee, hope you're having a good day raking in those bucks. We popped into Value City (a local discount chain, kind of like TJ Maxx or Marshall's, if you have those). I found a pair of nice Gloria Vanderbilt jeans on sale. They're 16's, still, so yay.
We went to Target after having coffee. Boy, they have NICE clothes! They all ran a little smaller than the brands at Wal-Mart and VC, but I should be able to wear them in a couple months. They were closing in a half hour, so I just tried the 16's and 18's I'd grabbed initially - didn't want to take the time to try larger sizes.
I am going to be a dangerous woman when I reach goal and can begin building a permanent wardrobe!
Kimberley - we did rake in some serious coin for the company yesterday! We did 172% of our daily budget, and were run off our feet in the process! I'd say we earned every penny of the time and a half they paid us. It's good shopping though, 99% of the things on the sales floor in my store are 40% off the sale price, people are buying shorts for 10 bucks and tank tops for 9. And considering our summer weather is just arriving, it's good all around! I love target! Everytime we go to the states, I insist on going there, my fav pj's are from target, they also have cheap shaving cream! heh.
I have the day off today, and plan on enjoying it! I have to do some icky banking business.. but otherwise I have an empty day, and it's VERY sunny out ! Well I better go make my appointment! I'll be back later!
I got a fish! My manager from Ruby's is moving to California, so I have adopted her blueish-purplish-reddish beta in a Megarita glass. His name is Pinch, and he is my new cubicle buddy at the office They say they can go up to 3-4 days without food, so I hope he will be okay on weekends assuming I feed him right before I leave on Friday and first thing on Monday morning. Of course, he's already 2 and 1/2 years old, so I don't expect he'll be my buddy for very long, but he will be my buddy nonetheless
I'm still getting listings ready for eBay. I tell ya, I can't look at the time it's taking to get them ready, or the actual monetary profit will be depressing, LOL.
Hope you're enjoying your sunny day, Aimee. It's sunny here, too, and HOT. I'm holed up inside working on the eBay stuff. I'd rather be gardening...Or even, dare I say it, cleaning.
Congrats on Pinch (what a funny name!). Bettas are easy to care for. You can read a good bit about them at this link. It's pretty entertaining reading, too.
I was out this evening running errands, then went and had coffee...not much going on! I wish our buddies hadn't dwindled away like they have. We'll tough it out, and maybe they'll return after summer wraps up.
Yes, definitely quiet on here--my apologies for not posting at 6am yesterday as per usual Well, TOPS tonight--I don't think I lost anything. When I weighed on my home scale this morning, it was the same as my home scale last Thursday morning, so I think I really stayed the same. However, last week, all I had to eat all day Thursday was a few small handfuls of trail mix before my TOPS meeting (because I was so busy cleaning and preparing for my family's arrival!), whereas today, I will eat and drink like normal, so I will probably be a bit higher according to the TOPS scale. Oooh well--c'est la vie. I will lose again next week!
My darling Pinch is doing well--he's very intrigued by the glass rocks at the bottom of his bowl. I think maybe he see's his reflection in them and thinks there's something down there. I know that you shouldn't keep reflective surfaces near a betta's tank too much because it stresses them out, so I would think maybe the shiny beads are a bad idea, but he doesn't get all puffed up and agitated--he just kinda pokes around in the rocks. Besides, he's already 2 and 1/2 years old and has been in the same bowl with the same rocks the whole time, so it's obviously not been to harmful in the past. He's much perkier now that he is acclimated to his new home, too. He was quite sedentary (thought to be dead on multiple occasions) the first day I got him, but now he's used to his new water and is quite feisty--he'll even nip at my finger if I stick it in the top of the water
Last time I did a partial water change in my aquarium, using the siphon tube to clean the gravel, I had a particularly curious tiger barb pecking away at a freckle on my arm. Either he thought it was food or it was a good target for his aggression. Bettas are such gorgeous fish with their irridescent scales and long fins. If I didn't have fin-nipping tiger barbs, I'd get a betta for our tank. Hmmmm...I have a little 5-gallon setup with a built-in pump still. Maybe our office needs one.
Here's Hattie and a betta we had a few years ago. He got a terrible case of ich right after we got him, and he went kaput. One evening he was fine, next afternoon he was covered thick with ich cysts and gasping at the bottom of the bowl. Never even got him into his permanent home -- What a bummer that was!
Hey! Phew, it's HOT here! I've been missing the heat because I've been working so much, but today I got off a little early and got to witness it all! Today would have been better spent at the beach I tell yah!
We are getting ready to do a fall setup in my store, and it's pretty stressful for all the stores, we are suffering from a lack of employee's. Why would people bother with working a hard retail job while making 8 bucks an hour when they could be making 9 bucks an hour as a cashier at a grocery store. I'd prefer a higher wage, but I just don't have the time to look for another job, I'm too busy surviving!
What should I have for dinner? I'm feeling pretty lazy, does someone want to come cook for me heh.
Jill - Goodluck with your weigh in, let us know how it goes!
Kimberley - Tomorrow is your weigh in! I am looking forward to hearing about you losing that pesky birthday weight...
Well I better go make my appointment! I'll be back later!
We'll tough it out, and maybe they'll return after summer wraps up.
