Intervention::Addicted to Costume Parties and Contests

At what point to you grow out of the dress up phase of life?

*Note::All pictures for this post were narrowed down to after college years, none involving a play or theater, we simply dress up a lot. If I included theater pictures we would be here all night. 

I don't think anyone who knows us will ever wonder again why dress up is Wesley's favorite game.

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Yep, we have a problem...........

It's Fall Y'all

It is finally October again. I love Fall, along with everyone else on the internet. The heat finally breaks, everyone gets outside, and you get to eat and drink every thing in pumpkin flavor.

But before we start instagramming our pumpkin beers and pumpkin lattes check out what the Kid President is trying to do this October...or should I say "Socktober!"

I know I know, get over Kid president already...but I dare you to watch this and not feel inspired and not have a grin on your face when the 4 minutes are up.

If you can watch this and you are annoyed when it is over, we can't be friends. I said it.

Happy Fall Y'all!

Happy Friday

Just cannot help but smile when I watch either of these videos today. Be Happy. Teach someone to be awesome.

BWHAHAHA

I find it hilarious that my readership stats spiked this week because of the title of the last post. It never even occurred to me that it insinuated I was with child. Let me clarify that I am NOT : ) It's in the future future future plan, but there is no new Washburn on the way. Sorry.

In the meantime, I have 5 close friends that are, and all due this fall! So it's about to shower central up in here. So far, it's one girl and one boy. Can't wait to find out the rest!

GOOOOOD will

So I love the goodwill. And I have a favorite one. It is on Austin Peay Hwy across from the Krystals. You know the one right?

Anyhoo, I love it. It has the best stuff and really great prices. I've never seen anything over $7, unless it's furniture. The other cool thing they do is pick a color everyday and whatever has that color tag is 1/2 off. ANNNNND on Wednesday's EVERYTHING is half off! Cause why pay $5 for gap jeans when you can pay $2.50 right?!?

Well, the catch to that is Wednesday is faculty meeting day, so I rarely go on half off day. But this past Wednesday our meeting was canceled. I drove buy for a pop in, put before I pulled into the parking lot I saw everything look very empty and weird. I went ahead and went home, the whole time very upset that my store had closed. On Thursday morning on the way into work I looked again and noticed it wasn't closed just being rearranged inside, so I made a mental note to stop after school, even though it wasn't half off day anymore.

Well friends, in case you were sad I missed discount day--fret no more! When I got inside there were signs that everything was 75% OFF! They are remodeling and want to get as much as possible out of the way. I got an almost brand new dress shirt, 2 pair of jeans, 2 dresses, lots of children's clothes (including smocked outfits) and enough children's books to start a library for $16. SIXTEEN US DOLLARS.

Just look!

Yeah for remodeling! Yeah for consumer recycling! Yeah for goodwill!!

I love you like whoa

I love my dog. As I know all pet owners love their animals. But these friends LOVE their pets like whoa.

Is that a feret on your chin or are you just happy to see me?

Sorry Travis, you take a backseat to giant hamster, he's the favored son in our home.

Don't let the fact that Fluffy died stop you from taking him to Penny's for family portrait day.

Yes Tobey, I give you my heart.

This gives the game "Peep Eye, Playing Possum" a whole new meaning

Last but not least....................................

I can KICK! and STRETCH! and KICK! (Sally O'Malley voice inserted here)

Retail Therapy

I've been feeling kinda run down lately. Maybe it's the busy schedule, the bouts of illness, the non stop work thing, having an almost three year old, I don't know. What I do know is I have not been myself because I am just too tired to sparkle (that's for you Jenny.) But I need to snap out of it. Thursday I did not have to work late, rare,  so I treated myself to a little retail therapy. Did I hit up the Loft? Old Navy? Target? all good choices, but no. I went to my old standby--the Goodwill. I adore goodwill shopping. It is like treasure hunting with the added bonus of being cheap!

Today the folks on Austin Peay Hwy did not disappoint. In fact it is one of my best trips ever.

When I go in I always start with furniture. You never know what piece you may find. One time they had high heel shaped chairs! No such luck today. Then I move over to knick knacks. If we learned anything from last weekends yard sale it was that I need more knick knacks. I had an adorable ceramic pumpkin in my cart when I realized Matt may stop speaking to me if I buy more seasonal decorations that live in the attic most of the year. So I moved on to the books. I racked up! Children's books are expensive, so between using them on a daily basis for my classroom and having a well read child we shell out a lot. Today I found 10 books including an Elmo book, 5 hardbacks, and an Eric Carle! They were .10 a piece!

Next I swung by the belts, as they are a very fashionable accessory right now. I looked at several at J. Crew and Loft a month ago but couldn't bring myself to pay $30 for something I may or may not throw on at the last minute. Goodwill saves the day again. A new brown belt for $2!

On a roll! Time for clothes. 2 new pairs of black work pants, and new (still with tags!!) gray leggings for fall! For Wesley I found a fleece bathrobe for winter, a Christmas dress with sweet Scottie puppies on it, a "Belle" dress up dress, and a jean skirt!

But the coup de grace of the day....A barely worn Columbia Vertex Bugaboo ski coat. Retail approx. $200! I paid........................wait for it..............................................SIX DOLLARS!!!!!

And it's red, my school color! So all those mornings in the winter, when I am standing outside in the freezing cold welcoming the little darlings to school, I will be warm,toasty and school spirited!

The trip to Goodwill did the trick. I had 2 bags of goodies and all for a whooping $37! I feel better all ready.

Fun Friday

Since Memphis Fridays Part 2, I haven't actually done any touristy things on an actual Friday because we have been super busy. (Wesley and I did go tot he Children's Museum of Memphis, but I did not take any pictures, more on that later.)

The first Friday after, we had my best friend Kendra's and Antonio's wedding festivities::

 The the next Friday Matt and I were in Greenwood::

And this Friday I am winding up a week teaching a musical at a church drama camp.

Despite our busy schedule, I did want to give my 7 readers a fun Friday post today to make up for my lack of learning about my fair city.

So introduce to you, who like me may not know about this trend, PLANKING. Apparently I am late to this phenomenon. It has been a trend for some months now to find random places and lie face down in them and have your friends take pictures of you. You then post the picture to the social network of your choosing and flag it #planking so that people around the globe can follow the planking trend. Matt explained all of this to me last weekend while we were sitting in the very elegant courtyard of our hotel. He then preceded to start planking, in between civilized guests entering and leaving the hotel. I could not stop laughing. So here you go, Happy Friday!

You may not know him, but you should

I don't know how many of my 12 readers watch Parks and Recreation, but you really should be. It is hilarious. HIL-larious I tell you. It does take a minute to get into it, and I do recommend using hulu, netflix, or on demand of your choice to go back and watch from the beginning. Not because of a deep mysterious plot like LOST, just to get the nuances of the characters. Since TV is about to be on summer break, it would be a great time to add it to your weekly TV time.

In the meantime, here is a website for one of the characters named Tom Haverford. Hey likes to make up nicknames for things, especially food for some reason, and it is awesome. Just keep clicking for new names. Enjoy!

"Tom Haverfoods"