I'm A Slacker!

Wow...so apparently I have totally be slacking at this. Not that I have too much going on right now. It's been a boring few weeks in the neighborhood lately. (I mean last weekend, I spent a good portion of it at my house bored out of my mind. As you can see...I haven't been too exciting!)

The one fun thing was that WHF and I ended up going to the zoo last weekend. Just for a few hours. (With a free zoo, you can get away with going for just an hour or two and not feel bad.) We stopped off to visit the monkeys...my favorites...and then we went searching for Mr. Giraffe.

I don't know if you all remember, but Mr. Giraffe is a very, VERY happy guy. He is definitely one who likes to get all up in his lady giraffe's business that he lives with. Last time I went with my brother, we seriously watched this for like an hour...although last time we were alone.

This time...Mr. Giraffe acted the exact same way...and there was a crowd. Everybody was in on the Giraffe watching. lol!

Also, in some other news...WHF has decided what his birthday present to me will be. A trip for my friend and I to go to Disney World.

He knows how much we've been wanting to go all year (and well, if we're being honest, since like our Freshman year of college...which is like close to 8 years now or so...) and this was the year we could make it happen with her in the Army and getting free passes and me having an AP. All it took was some money. Now, I've been saving each week and have a good portion of my half, however my friend has not...because of a lot of reasons. (Not necessarily because she didn't want to, more because she had cash flow issues a lot of the time...)

So, because of this, WHF decided that it would just be a good idea if he paid her way to go. At first I thought he was only gonna pay for her to fly down there and she had to pay the hotel with me, but then he made it dawn on me that he was taking care of everything for it. I was SHOCKED!!! I had no idea that's what he meant...and I thought he was crazy. That was absurd for him to do! But he knew I would love it...so I decided to take him up on the offer.

So, as long as my friend can get off work and as long as her Army papers come in...We're Going To Disney World! (Wow...what a sickness I have...if we start counting from last Sept's trip...I will have been at Disney 5 times in basically a year...holy crap!!!! Um...I think no more Annual Passes for me for a while...lol!)

Huh...I guess my life isn't 100% boring. :)

Bedroom Quest

So, lately I've been on a "Let's Make My House Look Nice" kick. I'm tired of living with no decorative stuff...so, I wanted to get things looking more my speed.

First thing on my list was updating my kitchen...which I've been doing with a wine bottle theme. It's looking really great. I'm really liking it a lot.

The next thing I wanted was a new bedspread. My old bedspread was really dated looking. When we bought it, we didn't really shop around...we just bought something b/c it had a lot of stuff in it.

Needless to say, this time I had more of an idea of what I was looking for.

The problem...when I painted my bedroom, I painted it to match my bedspread...which at the time...I thought was a great idea...now, this proved to be a potential bad choice. Why? Because I painted my bedroom red and gold. Two colors that together are now apparently very out of style.

So, yesterday, WHF and I went on the quest of finding a bedding ensemble that we both liked. This proved much harder than we thought.

We went to 12, count them...12 stores in search of something that would work for us. We did find a few that we loved. The first was at Bed, Bath and Beyond. I really liked this one...the problem...it was $199...and although I had a coupon for it...it was still quite pricey with the coupon. But I loved it...and it was a front runner for me.

The second one we liked was at the Ashley Furniture store. We both liked this one and it was reasonably priced, but when we sat on it, it wasn't very cushy. So, we wanted to think about it.

The 3rd one...WHF really loved...from JC Penny's but it was only red and I really wanted something that had both red and gold in it. But I figured if worse came to worse, I could accent it with gold pillows or something.

Finally, we went to Gordman's. There they had a bunch of red and gold things. We found two we both liked, but realized the one was in a king...the other was a queen...and it was on clearance. $42....done and done.

I mean, even if we hate it in a few years, we won't feel bad because we didn't pay too much for it!

So, after all the searching...here is the winning bedspread...and I'm so happy it's done.

This one is without the flash, so you can get a better idea of the colors.

And WHF is happy too. Because even though it was tough shopping all day yesterday, he realized why shopping around sometimes helps. Because you can get a really great deal...if you look.

Now...all we need is a new bedroom set and I'll be very happy with my bedroom. :) Ah...house ownership. You're never happy with what you've got. lol!!!

Big Money, No Whammys!!!

So today, I went to the casino with my grandma and my brother. We went to the new casino in our town because none of us had ever been there before. We thought, why not try it?

It is a beautiful place, filled with lots of rich colors. Browns and reds and golds. It's simply stunning. And best of all, their buffet is seriously one of the best buffets I've ever eaten. Just really good, quality tasting food.

But best of all...was the casino portion. It's so nice in there. It's really big. I actually lost my grandma for a while. I also got my brother hooked on Roulette! He really liked it when I taught him how to play. (Video Roulette, not the big tables!)

After we played for about an hour or so, we decided to go look for my grandma. We found her, finally, but she still wanted to play some more. So, my brother decided to sit next to her and play too.

Now, before we went to the casino, grandma gave me $30 to gamble with. I had spent $15 of it and decided I'd go spend the other half. There was a machine that my mom and I had played at another casino that I'd really liked, so I wanted to see if they had it at this one.

It was the Wizard of Oz game. I put in $10 and just played. Got down to about $6.00 or so and then hit it for over $150! I then decided that I would get it down to $150 and then leave. I only had about $10 or so to go. I got to like $154 and then hit it again for another $100!

So, I decided to see if it would hit again, putting back another $20 or so...and didn't win again...so I walked away with around $240. I gave my Grandma her $30 back and left with $205!

I was so thrilled! I've never won that much before in my life!!! Although I'll probably end up going back to the casino and putting it all back in at some point this year with Grandma, but still...to at least get to leave with money instead of empty pocketed was wonderful!

I'll definitely go back to this casino...although it makes me wonder...it was my first time there...and my grandma's first time there...both of us left as winners...(more or less)...wonder if they if the slots set up so if you're a newbie, you're more inclined to win so you come back. You always want to go back to a place you've done well at and it worked for me! I'm going to be a loyal customer from now on. I was definitely impressed.

Laundry surprise!

My dog is seriously goofy. Last night, I was getting ready to go to bed and I found her, sleeping. Yet, she was sleeping in a place that I didn't understand.

How did she even think to get in the basket? She has a blanket on the floor in the other room that she'd been laying on recently...why jump in the basket?

Strange, strange dog...