Thursday, May 14, 2009

Shannon Anderson...

...aside from smashing the bowl to her new food processor to smithereens...had a fantastic sun-filled, fun-filled day with her little piglets. Evan is workin' his tail off with Allen Co. in the morning and Jet-Black in the afternoon/evening. These summer days can get reeeallly long for Mom. Today was an exceptionally awesome day. After breakfast we went to buy our garden goods and hit Trader Joe's for a few things. Came home and planted our tiny garden: basil, cilantro, parsley, lemongrass, zucchini and tomato. Made my way awesome tuna melts for lunch. Went to the park to play and walk a few miles. Stopped at Unique on the way home to score a few things.

I went to a fancy shoe store yesterday fully intending to blow $74 on a pair of Chaco flipflops. They didn't have my size so I had to order them. Made a stop at Unique on the way home and....Chaco sandals. For $6.95. Can't get much better than that, eh?

Proof. The bottoms were scuff-free. This style goes for $79+. Again, I paid $6.95.

Oh, looky the cute bag! This was my find today. Amongst some cute clothes for Avrie. But this was the real star. See my handsome boy? He cut his first tooth on Tuesday. The second is close behind. He's a drooling machine. A happy one. Not much makes this kid upset.

I have a feeling I'll get flamed for this photo. He really did want to show it off. This here is a Lill Studio handbag. You can click the link if you don't believe me that it sells for $140. Brand spankin' new. Not a single crumb or piece of lint in the bag. I bought it because I thought it was cute...I had no idea that it was such a find. Now I think I may sell it and make a whoppin' profit. I paid $9.95. And I really did have to talk myself into spending that much.

Check out the cutsie pocket interior.

Oh, I almost forgot. I found the exact alarm clock I had as a child. It was $14.80. They had batteries so I could see if it worked. I couldn't figure out how to set the alarm on it though so I passed it up. Now I see that I shouldn't have. (You have to scroll down a bit on the ebay listing...)

10 comments:

Gwen said...

i remember that alarm clock..a gift from aunt dorothy..rise and shine. ernie and bert, oscar and i hope you have a nice day.

Tara said...

Ok. I'm jealous now! Sweet finds! And one sweet little Cole too :)

Amber said...

Love the bag...someday I am coming that way and we are going to that store.

Mindy said...

too bad you went thrifting yesterday. i'll be in the city today! call my cell if you want. kaia is about to cut her 1st tooth. i can't wait - she hasn't been sleeping well....

Neisha said...

where is this store located? maybe it's close enough that I can hit it when I'm at my mom's

Shannon said...

mindy -- what were you doing in town? we had grandma day this morning...went to the mill city museum and walked the stone arch bridge. home now briefly to pack and then we're headed to iowa to visit cheri and farron.

neisha--there is one in st paul, st anthony (by my house), golden valley and burnsville.

Anonymous said...

i'm jealous of your chaco find! wish i could get that lucky. i love those shoes! i wish they made them in dressy and other casual styles too tho.

Mindy said...

i had dr. appts. i met up with sherilyn & guess what? she just got 3 pairs of "new" shoes from unique. one was a pair of keen sandals!

Brenda said...

Look at those brown toes ~ I'm jealous.

Ethel said...

unique? hmmm do they do mail order? ha! i need new sandals like those..congrats on your beautiful day!!