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Just updating because I haven't in a while, and I have the time to do so. Things are coming along in these here parts. It's been a lovely three-day weekend. There need to be more three-day weekends in the year.
Friday night after work we went out to meet with the Scientist's friend/former coworker D. She's super-awesome. We had food and drinks and then went to go pick up some booze so the two of them could have more drinks. (FYI, the Scientist found Tito's Handmade Vodka at Binny's and decided to give it a try. It's made in Austin and is distilled six times. He said it's some of the best vodka he's ever tried. So if you're a vodka drinker, perhaps you should check this out.) Anyway, so D came back to our house and we hung out and they watched ST:TNG and I was kind of bored and then sleepy and I went to bed the end.
Saturday I went to our insurance agent to put in for more life insurance. I'm officially an adult. More life insurance, plus a rider for our unborn baby. Oy. After that, I went downtown to meet with my friend N and Jenni for lunch. N brought her son (who's just the most adorable little boy), and we all had a nice time eating crepes. Then we went to a comic store so N's son could check out what he might buy with his allowance, and I ran to Ann Sather's to get cinnamon rolls for the Scientist for breakfast the next day. From there we headed over to Be By Baby, a baby boutique where N got a lot of stuff for her son. She bought us a lot of cloth diapering supplies there for our baby shower, and I wanted to check out what else they had. On the way there, we saw this HUUUUUGE wall of water coming at us and we ended up driving through a torrential rainstorm. It was pretty awesome. After shopping we all headed our separate ways. It was a nice day.
Yesterday we got up and hit the Kane County Flea Market, which is now much more of an antiques fair than a flea market. However, I got a toy train made of wooden blocks for the baby ($2) as well as a book of Mother Goose rhymes with lots of 1930s-era drawings inside ($3). Then we found a guy selling antique books, and I picked up All-of-a-Kind Family, which was one of my favorites growing up. Yay! What else did I do yesterday? Bought some organizational stuff for the house so it can get in order before the baby arrives. Hit up a good sale at Barnes & Noble (two Corduroy books and A Day with Frog and Toad for the baby for less than $10). Had dinner with the in-laws, played Mario Kart with the Scientist's oldest nephew, that's about it.
Today we hit up the Aurora outlet mall. The weather has gotten significantly cooler here, and I realized that I have exactly TWO long-sleeved maternity shirts. The maternity store there was having a 40% off red-lined merchandise sale, so I bought seven new shirts and a pair of jeans for under $100. I may return the jeans based on what![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yakgirl loaned me. Then I was a bad kid and went to the Swarovski store. I've been ogling a ring there for literally years now, and I saw that they were having a sale, so I had to try. 50% off the markdown price. They had the ring. I couldn't pass it up for its price (normally over $200, I picked it up for under $60). I shouldn't be buying it, but I've been drooling over it for years and the super-awesome guy at the store said it was the last of two and he hasn't seen any new ones come in for at least a year, so I figure it's mine. Yay! After shopping we met up with the Scientist's sister and her friends for lunch, and then we came home and napped and played some Lego Pirates and now we're going to watch the latest episode of the Thundercats reboot. Because we're adults.
I hope you've all had a good weekend!
Just updating because I haven't in a while, and I have the time to do so. Things are coming along in these here parts. It's been a lovely three-day weekend. There need to be more three-day weekends in the year.
Friday night after work we went out to meet with the Scientist's friend/former coworker D. She's super-awesome. We had food and drinks and then went to go pick up some booze so the two of them could have more drinks. (FYI, the Scientist found Tito's Handmade Vodka at Binny's and decided to give it a try. It's made in Austin and is distilled six times. He said it's some of the best vodka he's ever tried. So if you're a vodka drinker, perhaps you should check this out.) Anyway, so D came back to our house and we hung out and they watched ST:TNG and I was kind of bored and then sleepy and I went to bed the end.
Saturday I went to our insurance agent to put in for more life insurance. I'm officially an adult. More life insurance, plus a rider for our unborn baby. Oy. After that, I went downtown to meet with my friend N and Jenni for lunch. N brought her son (who's just the most adorable little boy), and we all had a nice time eating crepes. Then we went to a comic store so N's son could check out what he might buy with his allowance, and I ran to Ann Sather's to get cinnamon rolls for the Scientist for breakfast the next day. From there we headed over to Be By Baby, a baby boutique where N got a lot of stuff for her son. She bought us a lot of cloth diapering supplies there for our baby shower, and I wanted to check out what else they had. On the way there, we saw this HUUUUUGE wall of water coming at us and we ended up driving through a torrential rainstorm. It was pretty awesome. After shopping we all headed our separate ways. It was a nice day.
Yesterday we got up and hit the Kane County Flea Market, which is now much more of an antiques fair than a flea market. However, I got a toy train made of wooden blocks for the baby ($2) as well as a book of Mother Goose rhymes with lots of 1930s-era drawings inside ($3). Then we found a guy selling antique books, and I picked up All-of-a-Kind Family, which was one of my favorites growing up. Yay! What else did I do yesterday? Bought some organizational stuff for the house so it can get in order before the baby arrives. Hit up a good sale at Barnes & Noble (two Corduroy books and A Day with Frog and Toad for the baby for less than $10). Had dinner with the in-laws, played Mario Kart with the Scientist's oldest nephew, that's about it.
Today we hit up the Aurora outlet mall. The weather has gotten significantly cooler here, and I realized that I have exactly TWO long-sleeved maternity shirts. The maternity store there was having a 40% off red-lined merchandise sale, so I bought seven new shirts and a pair of jeans for under $100. I may return the jeans based on what
yakgirl loaned me. Then I was a bad kid and went to the Swarovski store. I've been ogling a ring there for literally years now, and I saw that they were having a sale, so I had to try. 50% off the markdown price. They had the ring. I couldn't pass it up for its price (normally over $200, I picked it up for under $60). I shouldn't be buying it, but I've been drooling over it for years and the super-awesome guy at the store said it was the last of two and he hasn't seen any new ones come in for at least a year, so I figure it's mine. Yay! After shopping we met up with the Scientist's sister and her friends for lunch, and then we came home and napped and played some Lego Pirates and now we're going to watch the latest episode of the Thundercats reboot. Because we're adults.I hope you've all had a good weekend!
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