Good Day for a Sale

Jen and I are currently sitting outside viewing Tates Creek Road and strategizing the best prices for our sale. We have already made close to $50 in our first hour. Yay! Watercolor, here we come! Up above is the picture of the sign that we made to lure our unsuspecting customers to a paradise of gently-used treasures. Come on by and come check out all of our spectacular finds....we even have cookies, brownies, a game of darts and some cornhole.

We're just loads of fun!

UPDATE: We just had a guy who LOVED all of our stuff....especially the lamps! He bought $11 worth of useless stuff. It was all the stuff that we were sure NO ONE would buy (i.e. a whole box of Cuisinart attachments...mind you, there was no Cuisinart to go with it. He also did not appear to be the type who would even OWN a Cuisinart. Interesting....).

UPDATE #2: OK, I am shocked and amazed at what people will buy! We are now at almost $200. Amazing!

For a Good Cause...

Source

Jen and I are having a garage/yard sale at her house (viewable from Tates Creek Road) on June 26th and 27th. What's this good cause you might ask???? Our trip to Florida. We leave for Watercolor on that Saturday and with gas being as high as it is, could really use some extra cash.
If you have anything that you would like to get rid of/donate to our garage sale, let me know and I'll even come pick it up. Or, if you're looking for some "new" treasures, come see what you can find. We'll have some TVs, some furniture, and more.

(OK, that's my very best advertising bit. Help me out and spread the word.)

Birthday Wishlist continued....

OK, Em and Jen gave me a hard time about my previous birthday wishlist post because it really only gave them one idea and they said now I'll end up with 5 Phillips shirts. So....just for them, I'm adding a few more ideas on here of things that I want.

Seasons 1-4 of One Tree Hill. I've been wanting this for a few years now, but Mark won't listen and buy them for me. You can actually get them fairly cheap on eBay, but still....

North Face Women's Crestone 60 Internal Frame Backpack. Using a duffel bag on our last camping trip just didn't do the trick. I need a good backpack that I'll be able to hike with.
Remember the Titans is my favorite movie and somehow I still don't own it.

I loved this movie and it'd be one I'd like to own.

ANYTHING (and I mean that) that has to do with the Bengals.
Target or Kohl's giftcards. Or just cash. You know I can always find some way to spend it.

There, Em and Jen, are you happy now? There's some extra ideas (and I suppose this will help Mark as well).

Eating in Style

It's kinda hard to see, but the bag in the middle (the floral pattern) is my new lunch bag! Isn't it cute?

My resource teacher got it for me and it's going to say "Bennett" in aqua letters.

I love all of the stuff at Thirty-One Gifts. And everything's really well priced. My new lunch bag was only $10.

I love shoes!

I'm sure I'm one of the last people to learn about this site, but I love it!

There are only a few things that I can I never get enough of: children's books, pictures, ice cream, and SHOES.

Check out Piperlime.com

to get some great deals on shoes.

Retail Therapy

Overall, my day was pretty tough yesterday. I was very frustrated with some stuff going on and I was in the need of some retail therapy.

Jen, Em, and I went shopping. We went to find some trinkets at Jo-Ann's and Deals for our classrooms (minus Jen) and then, stupidly, went to the mall.

We all loathe the mall on Saturdays because of the out-of-county shoppers that invade the mall (granted I know I live in Scott Co., but I'm a Fayette Co. native originally).

This is basically what the trip entailed: Us avoiding those incessant kiosk sellers, doing a small amount of browsing, standing in line FOREVER for food, Em on the verge of roundhousing everyone in a 10 yard vicinty of her, me venting my frustration about a man next to me in line only to see that he was sitting at the table next to me and heard the whole thing (lesson learned), and running into Scott and Lea Morgan on the way out (as well as their friend who was on the interviewing committee of a job I didn't get...twice. Awkward!)

We spent the rest of night becoming frustrated with the Bengals, watching the same episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8, watching a marathon of ANTM, and introducing The Sweetest Thing to Jen.

I love my girls and the day would have been much more difficult (and uneventful) without them.

Winter Purchase

I really want a red coat this year. I found this one at

Target.