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Earlier this week, the flier for the Lilly Pulitzer Warehouse sale arrived in my mailbox. It brought back so many fun memories from last years sale {chance meeting that got us tickets, waiting in line with hundreds of fellow Lilly lovers, running in to grab our favorites, changing in a corner!}. Just realized that it was exactly a year ago today, I announced that I was going!
This year’s sale is again being held at Valley Forge Convention Center & it’s June 9-11th. Oh the dresses, shoes, tops, pants & don’t forget scarves! Sadly, I won’t be able to make it up there. {My expensive trip this year is the BlogHer conference}. But I really would love to make it back to the Warehouse sale another year.
Who’s going? Are you camping out the day before with friends? What are you hoping to purchase?
Last night on twitter, MrsLLG, Lins610 & Poeia were discussing the amazingness that is the Shark Steam Mop. It all started when Lauren bought one this weekend at Costco. Then Lins chimed in that she’d used hers from everything from the kitchen & bathroom floors to the walls! Sarah asked if it could clean the shower walls with it! I was smitten.
I’d missed the opportunity to get the basic one {photo above} at Walmart for $25 midnight Thanksgiving last year. I’ve been kicking myself ever since. Especially after reading their tweets last night. This evening I went to Costco all set to purchase & make this dream machine my own.
I was shocked to find that the professional model even at Costco was $99 {after researching to find photos-from shark website- I realize this is a good deal}. I was guessing more like $50-$75.
Tonight I passed. I bought wine, rotisserie chicken, bananas & dried mangos instead. I’m going to sit on the idea. See how long I can deal with not-steamed-floors while waiting for the price to drop. Or even better to find a Kohls or Walmart coupon for it. I think I’d be good with the basic.
Does anyone have one already? Is it all that plus more? What’s the craziest thing you’ve cleaned with it? Where have you found either for cheap?!
I guess I’ve been having a thing for memoirs.
First came Matt Logelin’s Two Kisses For Maddy which I devored in two days. As in started it on Friday night & finished in Saturday. His was one of the first blogs I followed & back when I started reading three+ years ago recently after his wife Liz died, I read back to the beginning & broke into the ugly cry. Y’all know the ugly cry right ~ crying so hard & so long that you’re read faced & can barely breath much less talk. I was barely two chapters in when the ugly cry began. Matt wrote the book similarly to his blog style which made me feel like a friend right there with him for the journey through the first year of Maddy’s life. Just to put it out there, his use of language is also the same, so be prepared for a few eff bombs.
I loved the book & definitely recommend it, especially if you’ve followed his story or really even if you haven’t. I’m so glad I used my Christmas Amazon giftcard to pre-order this book. Unlike most purchased books that immediately after finishing go to paperback swap, this one is already in my “keep” book shelf. I’d love it if he started writing a follow up for what he’s been up to recently. Oh & I was so excited to find it was even featured in the current People magazine I was reading last Saturday. {I took the photo with my cell & tweeted it to Matt!}
I’d received Wesley the Owl by Stacey O’Brien via paperback swap a while ago. It had sat in my TBR pile for a bit until that photo of the super cute owl cover got me. I read the majority of it while waiting for husband to sell then buy the new Evo. Stacey is a scientist & wild life lover who adopted a baby owl. Wesley considered her his mom, only friend & eventually his mate. Some hilarious, scary & touching events ensue. By now y’all probably know I love owls. I was a little afraid learning so much about them would change my love. While all the mouse eating is gross, if anything, I respect & admire owls even more after reading Stacey’s book. A definite good read for any animal or owl lover.
I preordered Ree Drummond’s The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels at the same time as Matt’s book & they shipped together. I started reading Black Heels on the way down to OIB for Easter weekend. In three hours, I got about a third of the way through. It was both a quick read & also, I couldn’t put it down. I finished it Saturday afternoon while laying out in the sun.
I love Ree’s voice. After reading her blog for years & meeting her last May, I’d felt like I “knew” her. This book, her first memoir, takes you in even further. I loved the romance, her humor, & the poignant retelling of her parent’s crumbling marriage while hers began.
This book too now sits on my keep shelf. I’m hoping Ree’ll make another NC book tour & I can have her sign it & Charlie to match my signed cookbook. 🙂
Sunday, after church with Papa & Mom, we picked up Alethea from Jen’s & proceeded to eat our fill plus some at the Cypress brunch. Back at the condo, I packed up while my family chatted A up & embarrassed me by weirdly bursting out in song {tell me my family’s not the only one?!}. I was ready to go because we were off to snuggle triplets! Yep, Alethea & I hadn’t gotten our fill at the previous day’s walk {& I guess Jenny hadn’t gotten her fill either since she invited us}!
Jenny had just started feeding Eleanor when we arrived. Lucky the pup made room on the couch for us. R was in charge of diaper changes, then brought Toby to Alethea, then Callista to me. I’d forgotten my DSLR at home so I was without it all weekend. I hadn’t forgotten my cell {like I did at the walk}, so I snapped a few of the babes. I was trying to get one of Toby while he was looking at me, but he’d move at the last minute {really the camera is kinda slow}. Callista & I had a few out-takes before I got a smile. 🙂
Rob was able to get fun ones of us all in a baby feeding line. As per their warning Callista was the last to start eating & the first to finish. Then puke as soon as I sat her up. Poor girl. Alethea shared in the fun as Toby deuced it up while her hand was right on his bum. 🙂
After burps & farts were complete, C & T rocked & chatted a bit on these cool vibrating chairs.
They loved the elephant & monkey. I was impressed by the cool chairs & how much they’ve grown & learned since I’d hung out with them in February. Our “we’ll just stop by” turned into an hour+ in a flash. So sadly, after one more hug & snuggle from all, we made the trip back to Raleigh. Can’t wait to see what they’ll be doing & into by my next CLT trip!