I am going on a (financial) diet

I should probably go on an eating diet too but one step at a time!

What prompted the sudden "I must cut crap out of my life?" This:

That picture would be of the SIX outfits I ended up buying Lucas for Christmas. Not to mention the 12 small gifts I bought him AFTER I already bought him all his gifts so we could do a 24 days of Christmas tradition. Oh yah- I went overboard. So so so overboard! So it's time to start anew in 2015. Making a couple hundred dollar cuts to our budget and hopefully keeping our spending in control. Of course that's after we take one third of our Christmas money and wrap use some things we've been wanting to buy ;) it's all about baby steps right?  

You know I'll keep you updated on how it goes!

Ugly Christmas Sweater

I know this is a week late in sharing but I just had to...

So last week I worked Monday and Tuesday. I knew I would be dressing down on Tueaday so I went full out cute (or at least what I think was cute). Not only did a student tell me she didn't like the side zipper on my shirt (in a series of barks no less) but I come to find out it's ugly sweater day. So one of the teachers was nice enough to loan me one of hers.

Apparently these were popular in the 90s....

Potato chip disappointment

I never thought I could be disappointed with a potato chip. Maybe because I love them so much that I avoid questionable ones so they don't fail me (here's looking at you Caramel Macchiato Lays). So I took my time before deciding to indulge in the chocolate covered potato chips. One of my favorite bloggers have them a rave review which was the final push I needed.

I should have known when the two old ladies in front of the stand were saying that for $4 a bag they could make their own and a lot more of them. But I shoved.... Politely knocked.... Signed impatiently and waited until they moved... those old ladies out of the way and proudly grabbed my bag.

It looked so glamorous. No way r could disappoint. I started to get suspicious when I opened the bag. 

Um excuse me bag packer? I think you forgot half my chips.

But I was willing to overlook this because clearly these chips are like caviar- pay a lot of money to savor a little amount. So I slowly took my first bite and.....

Yup. You read the title of this post. Big stinking disapppointment. I didn't even eat half of that miserable amount.

Life lesson: Avoid the hype and stick to chips and dip. 

Comeback

I know it's been awhile.  And it's been even longer because I was waiting for the time to sit down and write this long, drawnout post about why it's been such awhile.  But then I realized that no one really needs those details- it was my work, my husband's work, Lucas, a combination of all three and none of the above and just life in general getting in the way.  I also felt pressure that any post that I made should be BIG-- repin on Pinterest big, recommend to your friends big... but then I realized that I made this blog to share with you the "OMGs" of my own life and my own daily random musings.  So that's what you're going to get.  Daily, twice a day, once a week, whatever I feel.  I hope you enjoy it :)