Our Fall "Spring" Cleaning

I don't have too much to update from this week. Work has been crazy and I've already begun working overtime thanks to the huge bankruptcy case I'm working on. So sorry folks, no photos this week.

Friday night I went shopping at Kohl's with mom. We started about 10:00 pm and were done some time around 11:00. In that time I saved $316.76!!! I spent $199.45 but got $30 back in Kohl's cash. But what was even more exciting was that mom and I basically had the store to ourselves AND I was able to get a chunk of my Christmas shopping done SANS KIDS!

Saturday morning we got up bright and early and gutted the upstairs. I mean, every drawer, every closet and every toy was analyzed and determined to be "Kept", "Thrown" or "Given Away". With three kids, and Christmas rapidly approaching, it is necessary to purge the house of toys that are broken, missing pieces or just not played with. Out with the old; in with the new.

After the upstairs was cleaned we went out for lunch and did a bit of shopping. The last place we had to go was Target. Hmmmm...Target on a Saturday, before a big Iowa game, two weekends before Thanksgiving, during the beginning of the Christmas shopping season is pretty much a nightmare. We decided to divide and conquer after we picked out a new Christmas tree for the family room upstairs (Yes, that makes it a total of six Christmas trees in our house.). Dustin took Ella and Josh and I took Lauren. I picked out a few Christmas gifts for Josh and told Dustin to hang back a bit so I could pay with out Josh's spying eyes.

Just as I was about to swipe my debit card I looked up to see Dustin walking towards the checkout. I gave him "the nod" that the coast was clear as he neared my lane. That's about the time that I heard *pop* *pop* *pop*. Everyone in the lanes around me gasped and instantly Target employees were on their walkies shouting "Clean Up Lane 27". As I struggled to see what was going on, the other people in my lane cleared a path so I could see a huge blob of wine and broken glass at the end of the lane.

Right next to the spilled wine was my husband. And right next to him was Josh. And Josh had the exact same look on his face that he had during the Michael's debacle: a mix of shock and "I'm not with these people".

Yes, my husband had not accounted for the extra length of the Christmas tree box and taken out a shelf of wine at the end of the check out lane.

As my cashier said, "Why don't people watch where they're going?", I said, "Yeah...what a moron!"

At that point I took my cart, my daughter and my purchases and ran for the door.

The good wife in me should have stayed and supported my husband, but when I thought about how much crap he gave me from the Michael's cart incident...I thought he was just getting a taste of his own medicine.

We met up outside...

Me: God, THAT was embarrassing!
Dustin: Ya think?
Dustin: I totally knocked off all those bottles.
Me: Yeah, I saw!
Josh: Mom, did you hear all that *pop* *pop* *pop*??
Me: Yeah, that was loud!
Me: **laughing** This is totally making the blog!
Josh: Too bad you didn't have your camera. Huh, mom?
Dustin: Thanks, guys.
Dustin: Oh...and Ella lost both her socks somewhere in there.
Me: So...it's not as easy as you thought, huh?

I'm thinking he won't be so judgmental of me from now on.

Sunday was more of Saturday except with a lot of laundry in between (eleven loads to be exact).

Hope everyone has a great week!