What did you do this weekend?
Target had all of the FRIENDS seasons' on sale this last week. I had 6-10, so I thought I'd buy them one at a time. So, I watched Season 5 all weekend. Justin even watched a few. I forget how much I LOVE FRIENDS!
That's just a couple of clips... trust me, I've laughed ALL weekend long!
Man, I miss that show!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
How to appeal to women shoppers
Have you been to DSW?
I'm not a HUGE shoe girl (mostly because I like nice shoes, and can't afford a lot of them) but I could always use another pair (or 2 or 3).
Some stores just really know how to (1) appeal to women, and (2) have a sale.
I hate going into stores claiming that they're having a huge clearance sale only to find it's one or two racks in the back and all of the good stuff is still full price.
Not the case at DSW. I've never bought a pair (except for one for Justin) that wasn't in the clearance room (yes, it's a room) and today I went in looking for a new pair of tennis shoes.
Oh boy!
Here's how they appeal to women...
Right on the receipt it shoes you how much you saved on the 'compare price' and the 'clearance' discount. I tried calling Justin after my trip today, and didn't quite the reaction I was looking for.
Me: So.... guess HOW much I saved at the store?
Him: How much did you spend?
Me: No... guess how much I SAVED at the shoe store.
Him: $50.
Me: Nope... (smile) higher
Him: $200
Me: (sound of the air leaving my voice) well... you could have at least worked up to it. I'm going to hang up now and call a girl.
I called my old roommate Yvette and got JUST the reaction I was hoping for.
So... instead of going to a sports store and spending $70 or more for a pair of Adidas cross training shoes, I went there and got all of this...
Teva sandles
Original Price: $21.94
My price: $3.07
Mion sandle/water shoe
Orignal Price: $39.94
My price: $8.39
I'm not a HUGE shoe girl (mostly because I like nice shoes, and can't afford a lot of them) but I could always use another pair (or 2 or 3).
Some stores just really know how to (1) appeal to women, and (2) have a sale.
I hate going into stores claiming that they're having a huge clearance sale only to find it's one or two racks in the back and all of the good stuff is still full price.
Not the case at DSW. I've never bought a pair (except for one for Justin) that wasn't in the clearance room (yes, it's a room) and today I went in looking for a new pair of tennis shoes.
Oh boy!
Here's how they appeal to women...
Right on the receipt it shoes you how much you saved on the 'compare price' and the 'clearance' discount. I tried calling Justin after my trip today, and didn't quite the reaction I was looking for.
Me: So.... guess HOW much I saved at the store?
Him: How much did you spend?
Me: No... guess how much I SAVED at the shoe store.
Him: $50.
Me: Nope... (smile) higher
Him: $200
Me: (sound of the air leaving my voice) well... you could have at least worked up to it. I'm going to hang up now and call a girl.
I called my old roommate Yvette and got JUST the reaction I was hoping for.
So... instead of going to a sports store and spending $70 or more for a pair of Adidas cross training shoes, I went there and got all of this...
Teva sandles
Original Price: $21.94
My price: $3.07
Mion sandle/water shoe
Orignal Price: $39.94
My price: $8.39
kelly & katie flat
Original price: $29.00
My price: $12.18
Aidas Running
Original Price: $69.94
My price: $29.37
Yeah! Who wouldn't like spending $50 and having it printed on your receipt "YOUR SAVINGS 172.94"
I Hope They Call Me On A Mission...
So I have some news. MY BROTHER IS GOING ON A MISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully you can perceive my excitement! I know we are taught that jealousy is bad, but I sure would love to be going on a mission again. He's been called to Leeds England. It's good to have another Elder Lafeen roaming the world. Way to represent. Of course the English will most likely be able to pronounce our name. Unlike the beloved Brazilians that had some struggle. Ewder Lafim was my name for two years, and what a great two years those were!
Way to go bro!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
A post while I wait (or weight)
Okay... I wrote a post yesterday, but I seem to have temporarily misplaced our camera. (I know I had it at my parents on Sunday, so it can't be far.) So... I don't want to post about our mini vacation down south ('down south' for Utahns happens to be St. George or Vegas) until I have the pictures. So, that will be coming shortly.
I wanted to check in with my New Years Resolutions and maybe make a confession or two.
#1. Lose weight. Well... this week should get me started on this one. I've been using my heart rate monitor every day and I think it's helping me push myself. I've set the goal that I'll lose at least 500 calories (when I spin, it's closer to 1,000) a day, and every other day I only do 25-30 minutes of cardio, so the rest has to come from strength training. Which means, I'm pretty sore most days. PLUS... (here's where the confession comes in) Justin and I are trying the RESET program with USANA. (I'm not going to put a link for it, I'm not sold on their products, so I wouldn't want to send people there -but you could search for it if you wanted to)
The program consists of taking the USANA vitamins twice a day and drinking 3 meal replacement shakes and 2 fiber bars a day. And that's it. But, it's just for 5 days.
From yesterday til today the scale says that I've lost 3 lbs, but a lot of that is probably water weight because of how much I'm drinking. I'm not sure how Justin's doing, other than that he's STARVING. I don't think he has as much experience with dieting as I do. It can be pretty hard.
Anyway... if any of you have ever used USANA vitamins, I'd love to hear from you. Good and Bad stuff. We're not sure they can fit into our budget right now, (of for Justin, ever) but I'm a sucker for healthy stuff. So, I'm leaning towards trying to take them on a regular basis.
On to the rest of my list.
#2. I started compiling a list of birthdays. That's all. Maybe today I'll try to go out and buy some cards and stamps. So far we've only had 2 birthdays, my sister and Justin's mom.
#3 and #4 could use some work. We read a lot on our way back from St. George on Sunday, and we're on our schedule, but it hasn't yet become part of our routine, which is what we need.
So... all in all, I'm not doing too bad. Granted... it's the 15th of January, and I posted my resolutions on the 4th, but I should keep them going.
I wanted to check in with my New Years Resolutions and maybe make a confession or two.
#1. Lose weight. Well... this week should get me started on this one. I've been using my heart rate monitor every day and I think it's helping me push myself. I've set the goal that I'll lose at least 500 calories (when I spin, it's closer to 1,000) a day, and every other day I only do 25-30 minutes of cardio, so the rest has to come from strength training. Which means, I'm pretty sore most days. PLUS... (here's where the confession comes in) Justin and I are trying the RESET program with USANA. (I'm not going to put a link for it, I'm not sold on their products, so I wouldn't want to send people there -but you could search for it if you wanted to)
The program consists of taking the USANA vitamins twice a day and drinking 3 meal replacement shakes and 2 fiber bars a day. And that's it. But, it's just for 5 days.
From yesterday til today the scale says that I've lost 3 lbs, but a lot of that is probably water weight because of how much I'm drinking. I'm not sure how Justin's doing, other than that he's STARVING. I don't think he has as much experience with dieting as I do. It can be pretty hard.
Anyway... if any of you have ever used USANA vitamins, I'd love to hear from you. Good and Bad stuff. We're not sure they can fit into our budget right now, (of for Justin, ever) but I'm a sucker for healthy stuff. So, I'm leaning towards trying to take them on a regular basis.
On to the rest of my list.
#2. I started compiling a list of birthdays. That's all. Maybe today I'll try to go out and buy some cards and stamps. So far we've only had 2 birthdays, my sister and Justin's mom.
#3 and #4 could use some work. We read a lot on our way back from St. George on Sunday, and we're on our schedule, but it hasn't yet become part of our routine, which is what we need.
So... all in all, I'm not doing too bad. Granted... it's the 15th of January, and I posted my resolutions on the 4th, but I should keep them going.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Priceless
Miles traveled: 900
2 night hotel stay with a move: $250
Money lost to the slot machines: $23
Hours worked: 1
Spending 2 days in jacket weather with sunshine...
Priceless
Justin and I traveled to St. George (about 300 miles south of Salt Lake City) because I have a kid on my caseload placed there. We spent Friday and Saturday night in St George and went to Las Vegas for about 8 hours on Saturday.
It was a fun, quick trip, even though I felt like we were driving constantly. It was nice to have a little bit warmer weather and there was no smog in St. George, which was a welcome change.
We didn't take many pictures, but here are a few...
2 night hotel stay with a move: $250
Money lost to the slot machines: $23
Hours worked: 1
Spending 2 days in jacket weather with sunshine...
Priceless
Justin and I traveled to St. George (about 300 miles south of Salt Lake City) because I have a kid on my caseload placed there. We spent Friday and Saturday night in St George and went to Las Vegas for about 8 hours on Saturday.
It was a fun, quick trip, even though I felt like we were driving constantly. It was nice to have a little bit warmer weather and there was no smog in St. George, which was a welcome change.
We didn't take many pictures, but here are a few...
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Just so there's no confusion
I have a confession to make. There's a slight chance you may already know this about me. (Like... if you've ever MET me, or read this, this, this, maybe that one, I mentioned it here, and who could forget this one, here, here and this one, actually, pretty much all of September and October).
I'm a Red Sox fan.
And now, everyone in my office will know it too. I finally took all of my Red Sox stuff from my laundry room that no one sees, to my office, where I spend most of my time anyway.
Here's a couple of pics.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday Day
to you
Happy Birthday Day
to you
Happy Birthday dear Jodi
Happy Birthday To You!
You're the BEST sister I've ever had!
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