Too old to party?

I'm back from a weekend full of shopping and eating. I am totally exhausted!! I could barely function today but it was a birthday celebration that I will never forget. It was the best birthday EVER!!

We left early Saturday morning for Buffalo and didn't get to our hotel until 11pm!! We were so tired but wired from a great dinner and amazing deals. We hit the outlet mall first and spent only four hours there and then rushed to meet the group for dinner at The Cheesecake Factory...after dinner we were keen to hit Target since it closes at 10pm. My girlfriend was looking for some Turkey Spam so we decided to try our luck at Tops which never closes.

We staggered back to the hotel by 11pm but still stayed up until almost 1am chatting and giggling like school girls. We got up early to hit Target and the mall again and then back to the outlet mall. We wanted to be home early but as we approached the border we were shocked at the line up. It would have been at least a two hour wait. We decided to ramp off and have dinner before heading home. Ponderosa was the restaurant of choice...brought back fond memories of my childhood since there are no longer any in Toronto. After dinner we headed to Target to walk off that bloated feeling everyone had and to kill another hour before daring to go back to the border. We didn't get home until 11pm.

It was my first time away from the hubby and kids ever! It was definitely strange not having to worry about anyone else...thinking about what the kids might like to eat...nice to do whatever we wanted without a schedule.

So much fun that we are thinking about making this an annual trip. It's funny when we were in our twenties a great time meant eating out and then dancing 'til the wee hours of the night. Now we get our pleasure from eating and getting the best deals. Whatever makes you happy, right? Well below is what made me so happy for under $200!!!

Five pairs of running shoes for the whole family, pair of jeans, welcome mat, towel rack, two towels, variety of Goldfish crackers, three cans of tennis balls, and a huge bag of soaps and air fresheners from Bath and Body Works.

I loOOooove a bargooon!!

My morning started out ugly but ended oh so sweet! If I haven't mentioned before I will tell everyone now that I LOVE A BARGOOOON!! Now this morning I did not have any intentions of buying anything for myself. I swear I didn't...really. I had some errands to run in the mall and then I planned to come home and clean. However, my friend mentioned that she wanted to check out some boots that she saw on sale so off we went to the shoe store.

Well...I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the sign that said 50% off sale items. I had to look twice when I saw these funky sneakers for only $5! $5!! You can't go wrong for $5. Even if I only wear them once or twice I already got my money's worth, right? I was so excited! So my friend got her boots and I got my shoes and off we went back to the car...or so I thought.

Let's just stop and look in Aeropostale. Ok...my magic number in that store is $10. I won't buy anything more than $10 from that store. Well...imagine my surprise when I saw flip flops on the counter for $0.99! In my size! I bought two pairs. Did I need them? No...but $0.99! I'll need some sooner or later...

So I'm skipping out of the mall with three pairs of summer shoes for only $7.50! That's tax included!

I love Hello Kitty!!

I know I've mentioned before that I am a sucker for anything free. Well...I am a bigger sucker for anything free and cute! McDonalds this week has Sanrio watches which include Hello Kitty. Did I mention that I love Hello Kitty? So...now I'm a HUGE sucker for anything free, cute and Hello Kitty.

My cousin called me today to chat and she mentioned that she was collecting the Hello Kitty watches at McDonalds. What?!!! How come I didn't know! Well I immediately collected the children, shoved them out the door, and told them they HAD to have Happy Meals AND mommy gets to keep the toy otherwise they can have chicken at home. Hahaha! You think I'm joking? I even brought along an old Happy Meal toy to trade.

Well...I took them to the mall because I knew that there are two McDonalds restaurants there...doubling my chances that I would get 4 different watches. So the first one had two different ones so we quickly ate and then I hustled them into the mall to check out the other McD's. I was jumping for joy when they had two different watches. Then I called my cousin and asked her which ones she was missing and ended up buying them for her too. I know we are crazy but there is just something about Hello Kitty that is so irresistible!

Now I just hope I will be able to sleep tonight...I am still missing four of the eight watches....