Thank Goodness It's Friday!!

My days at Johnson County are not working out to my advantage. I'm afraid they're going to wind up costing me more money than I'm making.

Two Friday's ago I stopped at Peebles, a local clothing store, to find some cheap jewelry to go with my red Easter dress. I'm all about cheap jewelry. I found some but it wasn't cheap enough so I didn't buy it. As I was backing out of my parking space a little gray-haired lady in a compact car backed straight into me. She got out to check on me. I was relieved to see that my car wasn't hurt. I was almost as relieved to see that she hadn't dropped her cigarette. The only way I could've felt worse for her was if she'd been texting on her cell phone and scrolling through her ipod at the same time.

Today I went to Maurice's, another clothing store conveniently located next door the the afore mentioned. I had time and wanted to waste my lunch break. I left the store with $75 worth of clothes. All I can say in my defense is that they are super cute. And I have a job. And I have been warning him for weeks that I wanted to buy something. I did get a pair of shoes too, just so you know. They're super cute.

I'm tired and I wore four inch heels all day today. You all try it and tell me how you feel. The only thing I'm thankful for is that I've got a sit-on-my-butt job rather than a stand-on-my-feet job. It's the reason I went to college. So that I could actually manage to wear the shoes I spend my hard-earned paycheck on.

I am proud of myself though. I had picked up a gorgeous purse, lilac snake-skin print-you all knw how I feel about imitation reptile-and carried it all around the store. It was huge, big enough for a diaper bag or to carry my files back and forth between offices. I put it back when I paid for my clothes and didn't get it. When I think about it, and later, when I actually confess to hubby what I've done, I'm sure I'll be able to convince him that I did good today. I saved him at least $30 by getting the outfit, the shoes, and the jewelry. I got all that so I kind of felt bad about the purse. Otherwise, I'd have broke $100. Yeah, that sounds good. I'm sure he'll go for it.

And for those of you who are interested, Maurices' has a pair of the shoes featured in my "Falling Apart" post. The very first pair, part booties, part heels. They have them at Paintsville. They're somewhere around $25. I wear a size 6. I have a birthday coming up shortly. That's all I'm saying. You hear me, baby sister? Sisters-in-law? Come on guys! Those shoes would be so great on me. I'd be so grateful I'd wear them all the time, at least when they matched what I had on.

Think about it.