Thanksgiving fun

I hope you guys all had a good Thanksgiving, Lord knows I ate enough for several people *insert guilt here*

Thursday before work we went to Cameron's cousins house for lunch (quickly!) before we had to go to work. Got off work at 10, and Laura met me at the house to prepare for our Black Friday extravaganza! This was her first ever Black Friday outing! Cam couldn't go because he was at work..I will add that he went in an hour early to work, so that he could get off an hour early to run by Best Buy to see if, by chance, they still had any of their free Samsung Fascinate phones (like I just got..sans the bedazzled cover ;) I was bummed for him, knowing how many people stop by Best Buy, I knew for sure he wouldn't have a chance at scoring a phone. Well, fast forward to 7:30 Friday morning, Cameron wakes me and told me he got the phone!! I was so excited for him!

Ok, moving on. Laura and I geared up with 3 layers of pants each, a couple layers of socks, several shirts, sweatshirts, and coats, gloves, hats, scarves..the works! We left around 11pm, and went to Wal-Mart north, figuring they would be less busy than the SW store..we were right! It was busy, but not insane. There Laura scored 2 sets of their 500 thread count sheets for $19 each, a $5 fleece for herself, and $5 fleece for her beau Jay. I snagged a fleece for myself also, 2 for Cam, and I happened to see as I walked by the pallet, a pack of 7 Hanes undershirts for $7, so I grabbed those for Cam as well, then we were outta there. But, not before we had to call dispatch because some A-HOLE thought bringing their PUPPY to Wal-Mart on BF and leaving them in the car in freezing cold weather was a good idea; Im not even remotely close to being an animal lover, but this really bothered me.

Ok, next we decided to go to Old Navy. Laura didn't have anything on the list there, but I wanted a puffy vest, and some $5 jammie pants. We get in there, and I noticed there were a ton of people, but I didn't realize just how many until we had to wait in the checkout line for AN HOUR AND A HALF..Laura continued to remind me as I was sweating (remember the layers?) that it could be worse, we could be sitting out front of Target. So, I decided to go to the bathroom and shed 2 pairs of pants. Mind you..first layer of pants was leggings, then my wool socks pulled up to my knees, then a pair of grey sweats, then a pair of jogging pants over the sweats. I decided the easiest thing to do was shed the outter 2 layers, so I could just throw them back on quickly when we left. Well..that left me waiting in line in leggings, a hoodie, wool socks to my knees and tennis shoes...I normally don't care what people think, but I was so paranoid by how stupid I looked! (And the frightened look on Lauras face when I came back to get in line with her said it all...) Anywho, she got a green long sleeve shirt, and a cardigan, I got a puffy vest, some jammie pants, Cam one of those sweaters that it looks like the collar is sorta popped and it has a zipper at the top, and a me another cardigan.

Ok..2am, we leave Old Navy, and head for Target. We wait, huddled like we are stuck in the Alaskan wilderness because it was SOO COLD for 2 hours! We were hurting by the time the doors opened. *Im going to insert a public announcement here...if you are a smoker, don't let me stop you, but have respect for those that aren't and DON'T SMOKE IN A CROWED BLACK FRIDAY LINE YOU INCONSIDERATE A-HOLE* ok...Im done. 4am came, we rushed in, Laura got a red fuzzy blanket normally $40, for $20, I got the same fuzzy blanket, a set of flannel Christmas sheets for $13 (juvenile, I know..but soo warm!) a couple of $3.99 board games, and 2 $5 scarves (I know what you're thinkin..you waited in line for THAT?) bite me...when you want something, you want something...and I've already enjoyed my blanket, and the sheets just came out of the dryer and were put on the bed, so those will be enjoyed shortly ;) If you can see the pic close enough, the sheet stack that is on the left, the ones I got are the second from the top.

Next stop was Sears. Laura wanted to look at something for Cam, but decided against it. I wanted this pair of mocassins, but was very disappointed when the sales lady informed me they went on Sale YESTERDAY, and of course, anything bigger than a size 9 was gone. O-well, the sun will rise tomorrow, right? I did go home and tell santa Cameron that I would like a pair, but I'm not holding my breath since I did get my a-maz-ing craft room for Christmas.

After Sears we went to another location which I cannot disclose via Blogger because a certain someone may be reading this ;)

Then we went to Panera for a little breakfast (ok, maybe not so little..) and then home to warm up and go to bed! I think I was asleep by 5:30am, and up again at noon. Cam and I went and got the Christmas tree, which we both really love doing, it is something fun we look forward to. This year I said I wanted one taller than last years, and I guess we did it...8 foot! lol Thank goodness for our 10ft ceilings. We've gotten out almost all of the decor out, and it makes me so excited for Christmas. Tomorrow I'm REALLY looking forward to, Im getting up and putting chili in the croc pot, baking cinnamon rolls, and Cam and I are going to stay in our jammies, watch Christmas movies, and decorate the tree! I LOVE MY LIFE, AND WE ARE SO BLESSED! Here we are at the Christmas tree farm in front of our tree!

I hope you all have a great Saturday, I know we will!

Sunday Cam and I are going to KC to meet mom, Laura and Jay for dinner at Garozzos. A girl at work told me about it, and so we thought it would be fun to try; She said its her favorite Italian resturaunt..so I'm pumped!

Xmas card holder

So I found this idea online using birthday cards, so I thought id put a christmas spin on it, and it turned out so cute!
It is a tomato cage
Santa hat
Xmas ribbon
Clothes pins covered in xmas paper

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Do you Shutterfly?

This Christmas I was tossing back and forth ideas on what to do with our Christmas cards, until I heard about Shutterfly, and then I knew exactly what we'd do!

I signed onto Shutterfly (SOO easy, not 25+ silly questions, its easy-peasy) and fell in love with all of their different products! I was looking through their holiday cards and was pleased with the variety. I liked the idea of not having a Christmas card that looked like everyone elses in town (because everyone goes to the same boring places) so I can't wait to send out my Christmas card that nobody else will have! They have classic photo holiday cards, stationary cards, folded cards..just about anything you could want..you'll find it on Shutterfly!

And you all know me well enough that I am a tight-wad, but with low prices on Shutterfly, I will definitley be using them for more than just my holiday cards! Cameron's birthday party would be an occasion perfect for the birthday cards and invites on Shutterfly. They are so much more fun, and less expensive, especially if you need more than "12 invites" like your stationary packs that they sell at the grocery stores. How easy is Shutterfly..log on, create your card, and they do all the work of making it look pretty?!?!?

Ok mom, don't read this part, but my mom has said that she would like a new calendar! So, how perfect are these calendars on Shutterfly? They would be perfect, and mean so much more too since they are personalized with pics of her favorite people!

I recently started loving coffee (maybe a bit too much) but check out these cute personalized mugs with pictures on them!

I would have to say my favorite product from the cards would be the flat photo cards, afterall, you can't beat .32/card! And who doesn't love receiving pictures in the mail, I know I like the Christmas cards that have photos included the best!

So, if you haven't finalized your Christmas cards yet, head on over to Shutterfly and I bet you won't leave empty handed!

Merry Christmas!

Cheap-o cutesie

Saw this fun way to snazz up your dish soap, so I went out and picked one up. I have already gotten several compliments on it...definitley looks better than the crusty Dawn bottle sitting on the sink

Crepe paper rose ball

Hey friends. Thought I'd share my fun new cell phone cover I ordered online! Kela had told me that she got a fun bedazzled one online, so I thought I needed one too ;)

I've been trying to avoid reading all the craft blogs that I do, because my list of "want to make that" is getting a tad out of control, so...I'm trying to knock out the list rather quickly! Recently I was reading House of Smiths and found these and knew exactly where I'd put them..on the new sideboard! I needed more splashes of pink in the room, so I decided to go with pink! PS...when she said time consuming in her blog, she forgot to make it bold, and underline it, and put about a millon exclamation points! But after a few days (and 34 glue sticks..NOT kidding) they are done, and look cute!!

I also made a little somethin somethin for our friends, but I can't post about it until after tomorrow morning when I give the girls theirs (its not much, just somethin fun)

If your name is mom...please stop reading at this point..thanks. Ok, so I love Trey & Lucy and how darn stylish she is! Ok ok..so how this ties back to mommacita; Mom has to wear this drab gray smock thing at work, and she works with such fun/young girls, that the fun starting to rub off on mom! Mom recently CHOPPED her hair, and it is SOO cute! Cam has even commented several times how much he likes it! When I was in KC picking up the sideboard, Laura and I stopped into her work to see her, and she had this little pin on her smock, which got my wheels turning, that she needs some sassy/fun ones! I haven't taken a pic of them, but I've gotten several different colors, and even a Christmas print to make her some of these. to throw into her stocking! Did I mention that opening stockings is HANDS DOWN my favorite part of Christmas?!?! Probably thanks to mommacita for making them so fun/exciting as kids!

Today I'm going to go run a few errands, and hopefully get some scrapbooking done before I have to go work a few off duty hours tonight. It has become a joke between Cam and I, that EVERY SINGLE time we drive past Stanley Flowers on 6th I just gaze at it and say "I wanna go in there" so..today I'm going to go look!

Tomorrow is girls coffee date, and then we are going back to Chelseys to make Melisa and Adam's precious little baby girl some onsies for when she arrives! Chelsey came up with the idea of using freezer paper stencils, so I'm excited to learn something new/fun to use on other projects!

Saturday night mom and Laura are coming over to hang out/rent a movie, which I'm really excited to see them, I've missed them this week!

Then next week its a bunch of fun stuff going on! Thanksgiving, BLACK FRIDAY BABY!!, going to the Christmas Tree Farm to get our tree, and Cam and I are running in the Rescue Run 5K in downtown as a fundraiser for the the Mission. If I'm being honest, this won't be pretty, I have only been running about 1 day a week...YIKES! Needless to say,there will be no personal records set then.

Hope you have a good weekend, I know I am!

Taco, sideboard and shopping..

Wednesday started off normal, just running some errands. We went to Hob Lob to look around at a few things, went to the Dollar Tree, went got some coffee..etc. See how I am trying to drive home the point that it was a relaxing day? Anyways..as most of you know, Cam's old vehicle, "The Exploder" which was a certifiable POS, was not reliable to say the least, so he/we had avoided driving it, and he knew he didn't want to pay to fix the issues, because they were going to cost more than the paid of hunk of sheet metal was worth. Moving on...so we decide to go "just look" at trucks. We knew we wanted a Toyota (had peeked at a few Honda Ridgelines..but we weren't in love) and we knew it had to be 4-door (planning ahead folks :) anyway..we were driving around, and weren't really finding much, when we drove past Topeka Nissan and Cam said "turn around, theres a Toyota back there I want to look at." Fast forward a couple hours later..and here we are at home, with Cam's new purchase. We both decided you know you're getting old when you are less excited about a new car, and more bummed about having a car payment again. But o-well, its very worth it, and came in handy the following day when I had to go pick something up..will talk about that shortly. "The Taco" as Cam calls his truck (short for Tacoma for you slow folks) will definitley come in handy!

So, I decided I would try the buying end of Craigslist, instead of always selling. I had been looking at sideboards to put up against this window to have more "sit stuff on" space, but didn't want to spend much $...enter Craigslist. I found this ADORABLE sideboard in KC...literally right next to Zona Rosa (suprisingly enough, I excersised self-control and didn't go shopping there) We are going to paint it black, and sand it down just like they did the white, so it looks distressed! I'll show those pics when we get it done! (Hopefully soon!)

After I picked up the sideboard, I stopped by Cabelas to get Cam's stocking stuffers. Today was the perfect day to do this, because it was military/law enforcement appreciation day, so I got the employee discount ( saved $23 after they took the discount off..woop woop!) so now I have 2 more items to get him..and he is DONE!

I'm heading to bed, I rode with Cam last night until late, and woke up early, so I'm beat!

I actually like the touch screen

I took my ping-pong table profit ($175....the lady that bought it doesn't need to know I paid $25 for it at a garage sale myself ;) and bought myself a new cell phone! It was time for my new-in-2, so I headed to Best Buy (they always have better deals than Verizon) and got myself the white Samsung Fascinate, AND had $ left over :) Needless to say, I was addicted to it at work tonight! Thank goodness it can plug right into the usb drive to charge, or I would have been in trouble! My gf Kela has this phone, and I liked hers when I messed with it at DD a few weeks ago, and she has no complaints, so I thought I'd go for it. I also liked the Droids, but they are so bulky/heavy, I liked this much more! It makes my Blackberry look/feel like a brick!

A few things I've been working on....and a suprise from Mr.Wonderful

I've been noticing I have started a few projects, and failed to finish them..so I made a point this week to tie up some loose ends, so that I could start more projects/work on my scrapbook!

Project 1: Holiday camera strap. I made it not too frilly so that Cam wouldn't feel like a frufru when he has the camera. I can't remember what site I orig. saw these on, but I never really had a pattern, just kinda winged it myself..thought they have all turned out pretty cute considering!



A treat jar for Frannie! This is just an empty container that our protein shakes come in, and I saved one thinking I would put it to good use. Then I just used scrapbook paper, ribbon and my Cricut and made it cute! Frannie has already learned where her treats are now :) I also had a smaller container just like this one (that the fiber add-in comes in) that I saved as well, and used scrapbook paper/ribbon and made a cute pen holder for the spare room. (sorry..no pic)



Remeber these over at Everything I Love and More? Well, I clearly missed the boat for the Halloween ones, but I'm read for Christmas! Ashley and I were talking this morning over coffee on what the other holiday jars could say, like for Valentines day, they could be "I heart U" (using an actual heart, not the word) or "C heart J" Have any suggestions for St.Pattys Day or Easter? These could get really fun, and all it is going to take to change them is new ribbon, different scrapbook letters and different colored candy!

I stopped home for a quick bite for dinner, and I found this Orchid on the table from Cam. How pretty and different is that?!? I love how random he is, and how good he always makes me feel!

Tomorrow is my Friday..woop woop! Have a dentist apt, which I am excited for! Nothing is better than a dentist cleaning. I always say if I won the lotto, I would hire Janelle my hygentist to clean my teeth every morning/night!

Craigslist makes me happy

Hi friends! Nothing really new. Went and picked up a new book from the library today (LOVE that place) I feel bad for people who can't/don't read...it makes me so happy. Maybe thats just the daydreamer in me? Anyways, the book is called The Memory Keeper's Daughter. I saw it on an end-cap at Target, and it sounded good, so I requested it from TSCPL. I didn't know until I looked for this picture that there is a movie out about it too..maybe I'll have to watch it when I'm done? Even though books are SOOO much better than the movie..always.no exceptions.

Also, I have mentioned before I am mildly obsessed with selling stuff on craigslist. I have recently posted several things, but today a lady bought the ping pong table for $175! (Hello new cell phone for me :) she comes tomorrow with some muscle to pick it up! Yahoo for more space in the black hole that is our basement!

Alright..off to work, hope you all have a good Friday/weekend! Today is only my Tuesday.

I love KC

Hi guys! I'm just avoiding P90x winding down from my KC trip. Laura and I had a really good time!

Last night we went to the sushi train, and then to yogurtini..I'm currently drooling just thinking about it! Then we went home and got in our jammies, and watched Toy Story 3, its really cute if you haven't seen it!

This morning I slept in while Laura went and took care of some business. When she got home we went and grabbed some coffee at this cute little place called The Coffee Girls, and the went shopping at my favorite place..Zona Rosa! We spent quite a while in Charming Charlie, and I got a lot of cute things, but I can't say what they are because there are a couple sets of eyes that read this that can't find out until Christmas :) We made another cool stop, and again, I can't say what it is, because it would give it away for someones Christmas :)

Then it was off to my much anticipated, first actual laser hair removal session! It was pud! I guess it depends on your pain tolerance, but when you're used to getting your pits/hoo-ha waxed, laser is cake! I go back for my next session the week after Christmas! They say you should notice by session 3, so lets keep our fingers crossed!

After the apt, I dropped Laura off, and headed for home. On the way home, I stopped and picked up a Great Wolfe Lodge giftcard for Cam's sister's family of 8 for Christmas! We decided it was much easier/cheaper than trying to buy each of the 6 kids something. We figured they could all get use out of this. Jamie and Gabe went in on it with us, so we were able to give them a good amount!

I had such a good time in KC, I always love going up there and spending time with Laura!

I was glad to see Cam when I got home though! He is so amazing! I love the way he is so interested in what I bought, and how the trip went, and what all we did. I don't tell him enough how awesome he really is!

Well, enough dragging my feet, off to do P90x.

Tomorrow morning I'm meeting Lindsey for our coffee date. We kinda started a little ritual, I go get the coffees, and she makes us a little yummy breakfast!

Hope you all have a good Thursday!

I love you Panera Bread

Hi friends! I'm sitting in Panera in Missouri enjoying my cup-o-coffee, getting ready to go to Laura's for a slumber party!

I came up to KC today for my consultation for my laser hair removal! I have my first session tomorrow afternoon (hense the slumber party at Laura's so I don't have to go all the way back to Topeka, just to come back tomorrow) it doesn't sound too bad, and my "test spot" they did didn't hurt at all..so I'm excited! The gal said if I can stand the pain of waxing my armpits, this will be a piece of cake!

Tonight Laura and I are going to dinner at...you guessed it..the sushi train! I think she has resigned to the fact that suggesting any other place for dinner while I'm here is out of the question :) and thats one of the million reasons I love her! Tomorrow I think we'll go walk to get some coffee, then go shopping at Charming Charlie (yes, I realize I JUST went there...but I love it!) And Amber, if you are reading this..we are most certainly NOT going there to pick up any of your Christmas gifts ;)

So, I have not blogged since the 23rd..woops! Time has gotten away from me, but here is a re-cap:

I went to see my friend Caitlin's sweet baby boy, Rylen Dean...hes so tiny! It was fun hanging out with her and Mickie and gossiping ;)

I worked a couple of overnights (off duty) and then got up a short few hours later to go work my normal shift during the day, so needless to say, I haven't even been around a computer to blog! Well, actually, I have, but I wasn't smart enough to hack into a certain company's wi-fi ;)

The Toyne's had their 2nd Annual costume party, which was a lot of fun! I went as an old lady with a baby on her back, and Cam went as a peeping Tom. (sorry for the lack of photos, I failed to bring my external harddrive with me :(

Saturday I made a couple of Halloween shirts for my sweet friend Lindsey's son! I love love love my cricut! If you haven't tried cutting fabric yet with yours...do it! But make sure you use a brand new mat, and some painters tape..or there will be a lot of cussing involved....even for you Mrs. Toyne :) The Saturday night I was a loser, and got a burst of energy to clean out the basement, and I went to TOWN! I got so many totes emptied, stuff thrown away, and gave a bunch of stuff away also! Don't you worry, I found several things to post on CRAIGSLIST!! WOOP-WOOP! (my favorite thing to do!) including my very nice ping pong table, ALL of my Boyd's Bears, and Cam's TOO BIG Columbia coat! I have already had several bites, so hopefully we'll be making some transactions soon!

Sunday, was my first day "back to the wild" (if I don't know you, you have probably figured out that I don't give many details on my career....lets keep it that way ;) anyways..it was sure nice to be back!

Monday Cam and I started P90X.....we took before pics and all, I'm pretty excited about it! So, its a different video daily, 6 days a week. It would be an understatment to say there is room for improvement for me :) o-well, as Runners World says "you're still a winner..you've beat all those people sitting on the couch"

Well, I'm outta here, my coffee is almost done, and I'm excited to get to Laura's! (If you're wondering why she isn't with me...she has more pressing things going on...like a job interview!! Fingers crossed and prayers going up baby!

I'm sure I'll be back tomorrow night to let you all know how the laser felt for a full session!