Wednesday-5:45am

I made it shopping with Leah--for about three hours! (Hence--too sore to do much yesterday and didn't even blog.) Leah went to Tochi's by herself after work (my request) and then came to pick me up. First we went to PetSmart...

...for feline and fish food.
Karma played with the can of fish food until I took it away. Then she rubbed and cried and pawed all over her bags, of course--until I finally opened a couple and filled a couple of her little treat jars. Big excitement for Miss K. ;)
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Funny thing is--the big bag is the food that will go in her actual food dish. All three of the smaller bags are her "treats"--and we will be out of those first! She only occasionally eats out of her actual food bowl anymore. I have created a monster--a treat monster--hehe!
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Anyways, after Leah and I finished at PetSmart we went to Target for the big trip. Granted, the majority of the things I had to pick up were necessities--I mean a person does need toilet paper, toothpaste, and the like, right? But I did buy a few non-essentials--some clip barrettes, hair pins, and a new won't-squeeze-your-head (?) headband--oh, and some lip balms. Actually the lip balms up here in this cold might be considered essential, come to think of it--ROFL!
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Then we went to Bed, Bath & Beyond, too! Okay--I have been finding socks falling out of various pieces of clothing since I have only been using the dryer balls--and I do shake the clothes out. So funny! Last time I washed clothes I shook out pieces by the dryer, as usual, brought them into the bedroom, hung them, folded, and put away, went back to move the next load from the washer into the dryer--when I spied a footie sock had latched onto the top of the one I had on my foot the whole time. Cracks me up! But it is annoying, too. So--I wanted to try the "anti-static" dryer balls. I'll see if that helps. (Really want to not buy dryer sheets anymore--another thing good for my environmental footprint.)
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So, we wander about BB&B for some time and pick up a few more things with our wonderful 20% off coupons. Leah and I just have the best time! We even make clerks laugh--hehe! And after we finished there Leah asked me what I would like to eat--her treat! I could have gone to Olive Garden or wherever I wanted--but was so sore by that time that I asked for Burger King to go. :)
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Now--we used to go to Burger King when I lived in Moorhead. In fact Burger King and Subway were our favorite places to stop on our way home after Dagan and Leah used to bring me grocery shopping. [When they started helping me carry after I tore my rotor cuff on my "good" arm. My own dumb fault--overdoing things, of course--carrying multiple bags with my one good arm & walking about a mile home from the grocery store--duh! Never let it be said I am not a stubborn Swede!] We've gone to Subway but I haven't had Burger King since I moved to Fargo five years ago next month. So--we picked up combos at the drive thru and went home. Got my big wheeled wire cart from the garage and stuffed it full. (I love that thing!) Hauled up the bounty and went to eat our Burger King meals.
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I laughed when I saw the size of the Bacon Double Cheeseburger five years later! The combo costs a dollar more and the burger is about maybe 2/3 the size it used to be! It looked like a little bigger version of what used to be the kids' size! Kind of like inbetween the old regular size and the kids' size. Everybody is cutting corners everywhere, I guess. And if they did it gradually over the last five years, people wouldn't notice, I suppose? Or maybe it was a reaction to the Super Size Me documentary? Well--made me feel less guilty eating my fatty burger and fries--ROFL! The fries are still soooo good! Less of those, too, BTW--hehe! I just thought it was interesting. :)
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Anyways, I was limping about and sore--so I took it easy yesterday. Just ordered groceries and had them delivered in the afternoon. Put everything away from the huge shopping haul. (Karma, the fish, and I thank you for the Christmas money--you know who you are--hehe!) I am stockpiled on quite a few essentials and there's food in the house. Feels good! Very, very good! :)
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We had a dusting of snow last night. Doesn't look like more than an inch. The cars are all blanketed white and glimmering in the garage lights. And it is 9 degrees! We are above zero--tada! Wasn't that bad last night shopping, either--somewhere around zero, I think? Wasn't very cold because there wasn't much wind. Leah and I actually commented on how nice it was out. :)
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Tonight is Craft Night!! We start playing with caulking. Messy fun! That is why I was very good yesterday--so I will be all set and ready to go tonight. Slept well--at night--tada!
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Life is good!! Very, very good!! :):)