Happy Sunday!

Where did the weekend go?? I can't believe that it's Sunday night already.... Time flies!

We had a really great weekend.... nothing super exciting, just a lot of family time and hanging out with old friends. It doesn't get any better than that!

Michelle (Nicholas' mom) and I had planned to go shopping for scrapbook stuff on Saturday afternoon while the kids napped. She got a gift certificate to Archiver's for Christmas and just had a baby girl less than a month ago, so she had a huge "must have" list. Don't we all! LOL. Anyway, Caden (their little guy that's Caleb's age) came down with the flu, so she was housebound. Since I had planned on going, I decided to head out on my own and hit a store I love in Ankeny. Got tons of good stuff including this new Christmas line, which I love. I bought a bunch with the intention of making identical pages for Katherine and Caleb.

On the way home I decided to swing my Hobby Lobby as their paper and stickers were on sale 50% off. Another one of my addictions are these. Even though they're chipboard, technically Hobby Lobby sells them as stickers so they were also 50% off. Can't beat that! So I decided to stock up. Anyway, while I'm there, I hear people start screaming and quickly realize that the store is on lock down. I'm not exactly sure what happened as I was in the back of the store, but evidently there was a shooting directly outside the store. As far as I can tell, no one was injured (I didn't see evidence) but nonetheless, it was scary! What started out as a quick trip, ended up taking FOREVER! Literally, I was in there more than an hour!

So after they let us out of the store, I raced home. We had planned to have dinner at PF Changs with some old friends of ours from high school (Aaron and Katie (Faber) Lee), and due to the pandemonium at Hobby Lobby I was running late. We finally got there around 6 and had such a great time. We got a huge round booth in the back, and the kids were angels. I was shocked at how good they were -- especially considering we didn't end up leaving until 8:25. 2.5 hours in a restaurant is an eternity when your 4!

After church today, Matt and I took the kids to the mall for a little shopping. I was trying to find Katherine some new dresses for church, but had NO luck. I went everywhere -- TJ Maxx, Younkers, the mall and NOTHING. Pretty much all I could find were clearance Christmas dresses and sleeveless stuff. Oh, well..... I guess I'll have to keep shopping.... BUMMER! LOL.

While we were out, Michelle called and wanted to make an Archivers run... So yea... twist my arm, I guess I'll go. I ended up finding this which I think will be great for the kids. It fits right into my new "do two pages at once" scheme. Plus, the coordinating embellies are adorable. So I ended up leaving with a nice loot! Gotta love that!

Speaking of leaving... When Michelle and I get up to the counter, I realize that my purse is missing. Not sure what happened, or where I dropped it, but it's gone... Not on my shoulder and quite honestly I can't remember the last time I had it. FREAK OUT CITY! The sales girl looks at me oddly, and asks me what it looks like. I start to describe it (if you're interested this is it) and she tells me that she has it in the back locked in the safe. Evidently someone found it 45 minutes earlier and turned it in. What on earth was I thinking??? For Heaven's sake I have no idea! How could I not miss it??? Anyway, as soon as they found it, Archivers called Matt and my parents and told them that they had it. My poor mom... this about sent her over the edge... She freaked! Actually, she freaked so much that Matt didn't have to. I guess his theory was that there was no way I was leaving Archivers without spending money, and I'd realize it was lost sooner or later. How right was he?? LOL! The funniest part was that Michelle and I heard them call a customer "Elizabeth Hanson" over the intercom a couple of times. (Elizabeth is my middle name). They were actually calling me about the purse but didn't pull my driver's license out of my billfold to see my first name. Michelle and I couldn't help but to snicker -- we thought it was a sign of things to come. AAAAHHH, the irony of it all!