Listen up!

If you aren't a fan of Jim Gaffigan, then you aren't a friend of mine. *nose up*
http://www.jimgaffigan.com/
His new special came out this week on Comedy Central and I continue to love the man more each day.

Unexpected Guests

Do guests stop by your house unannounced or at the last minute (e.g., "Hey, we are near your house and wondered if you are home.")? We live in an area where people often drive past on their way to someplace else, and are right off the highway, so it happens with reasonable frequency. I've become quite adept at the five minute spiff up.

My tootsies

I had an hour long pedicure yesterday. I guess my feet WERE in that bad of shape. I took my niece and hers was done about 20 minutes before mine. The good news is it was a fantastic pedicure, the tvs were good, the chairs were devine (super massaging) and the women were thorough. All for $30/pp.

It was her birthday present from us, and it was my early birthday present from Chris. Yay!

Carnage and Such

I went on my work trip to San Angelo. We were invited to a Rotary Club lunch and had to sing Home on the Range. If it wasn't so ridiculous, I'd have been irritated. We were shown amazing hospitality during our trip. So much that I realized how much I value my independence on trips. We ate at a Mexican restaurant where the owner's son is married to Virginia from Hell's Kitchen Season 2(?). I remember her as the finalist who I never expected to go far, but she was in the finale.

I then stayed at Chris's work partner's house upon return. I am so glad I'm not a single party girl at the age of 36. And while I'm into some good smut talk occassionally, there was far too much nasty lingo flying all night long.

When I went home, I arrived to the boys making breakfast at 11:30 a.m. There were three big bowls of different chicken wing sauces, all sitting there for the last few days, cheese sauce that had been simmering for four days and other misc. food and dirty dishes. The furniture was moved and two patio chairs were moved inside for additional seating. Then there was the malty smelling four-season room. Chris was pouring a pitcher of beer from his new beer fridge tapper when the doorbell rang. He left the nozzle flowing and went to answer the door, got distracted and about two gallons of beer ran all over the carpet. And I don't have to clean any of this. :-)

Parties

It's a festive time of year!

Saturday I had my annual girls night out. We met in the afternoon for shopping, had a room with a heart shaped hot tub (*giggle*) and hit the town. There was a cool bartender show (juggling, flames, etc.) even.

Sunday we did our annual St. Patrick's Day funfest, as that is when the Shamrock Shuffle and Parade were. Me and a few others walked, two of our friends ran. Chris and a friend waited at the bar for us. :-) It was a fun day, as usual.

Wednesday I leave for Texas and men invade my house for the NCAA tournament. There is a gallon of nacho cheese sauce, a gallon of jalepenos, a gallon of Frank's Red Hot, a giant prime rib, a box of 20 brats, about a million chicken wings and more in our house right now. Chris also has his beer tapper up and running. He converted a chest freezer over to a two headed tapper. There sits a 1/4 barrel of Leine's and two five gallons of homebrew. I return on Saturday, but am not going home. I'm staying in Madison with a friend. I'm a little scared to come home on Sunday to the carnage.

On a bright note, Chris and I went shopping for the non-institutional sized party food last night. He suddenly realized how even when you try to stick to a reasonable list and price compare, groceries add up. He said he'd be "complaining a lot less about my grocery bill for parties."

Blind Date

Let's say you got hooked up with someone, hadn't talked yet, just some quick emails to schedule a date for a cocktail.

What would you reveal in the first 15 minutes?
a) How to pronounce your name
b) Your job
c) You spent time in a military prison for going AWOL
d) You are in the middle of a divorce which you just recently filed for
e) You've only had one serious relationship in your life
f) Your biggest lifelong dream

I mean, I haven't dated for awhile, but the answers are not c-f, right? 15 minutes seems a bit too soon.

$1.97

I have a tenuous relationship with JC Penny's. I sometimes find nothing, sometimes many things. And the customer service/cashier peeps suck. But, they have a large selection of items and as I said, I sometimes hit paydirt.

Yesterday I went in to buy underwear. 99% of my underwear purchases come from Target, Walmart, Kohls or Macy's, so it was my first venture into JCP underwear. I like their bra selection, so I figured the undies would be fine. In reality? Not so much for what I was looking for. But that's ok, it wasn't dire. I decided to look at the sales racks. I found my favorite style of work pants in a new color for me (dark gray) at 50% off. Then I glanced through the "75% off or more" rack. I found two shirts that I liked (not loved) and they were in winter/spring transitional fabrics and colors. For $1.97 each, it was enough for me to buy them.

So, if you have a JCP and need some shirts that you'd like (not love), go check out their super duper sales racks.

Now, I need new athletic shoes, but my allowance won't stretch far this month with lots of social engagements. It'll have to wait until April.

Mental Exhaustion

On a bright note, my hair is now a lovely shade of Feria's Bronze Shimmer. Chris's pennance for the gray hair comments? He's in bed for the third day with a horrendous cold.

I took Thursday afternoon and Friday off work to catch up on school work. You'd think I'd still feel like I had a long weekend. Nope. I just sat at a different desk (library and home), doing different things (school work). I did, however, get to lunch with my dad on Friday. It had been a long time since I saw him. We also had a fun dinner at a friend's house on Friday. She had her 15 year class reunion recently, so I looked at the book and LMAO and rolled my eyes at people's updates.

Oh-we watched The Constant Gardner this weekend. Interesting. I'm not really sure how I felt about it.