Shopped, but did not drop...

My sister and I talked about going shopping yesterday afternoon, but we were both tired. I suggested that we wait until this morning, and shop for about three hours. She picked me up at 9:30 a.m., and we headed to Wal-Mart. We both had a list, and expected to be in and out in about thirty minutes. That was foolish, I know, and it took more than an hour. I bought a new shower caddy (I bought a cheap one when we moved into this house, and it was due for replacement), chrome spice shelves, a new dish drain (the old one was fine, but this new one is red), a chrome corner shelf for one of my kitchen cabinets, sachet packets to put in the guest bedroom sheets to keep them smelling fresh, toilet bowl cleaner, and--most important--dog food!

We left Wal-Mart and headed to Goody's. There were two ladies selling jewelry at the front entrance, so we stopped and shopped with them before we headed into the store. One of the women looked very familiar to us, and when we asked for her card and saw her name, we realized that she and her husband had attended church with our parents. I spent more money on clothes, and then hit the Goody's jewelry clearance. I've cut my hair much shorter than I've worn it for the past thirteen or fourteen years, and I'm ready to change my style in earrings. From there, we went to Cato's, and two shirts and two pairs of earrings begged to come home with me.

We headed for the mall (to eat lunch at Ruby Tuesday's), and a shirt and sweater in Sears also begged to come home with me. Our lunch was lovely, topped off with a shared dessert. Our three-hour shopping trip finally ended at around 3:00 p.m.!

I unloaded my packages, and then went to work on my spice shelf. I think my darling husband bought either chili powder or crushed red peppers every time he went to the grocery store; I found about three jars of each, plus a couple of jars of meat tenderizer! I threw out old jars, and reorganized everything. I then moved on to a couple of the kitchen cabinets, and they're looking much better now. The shower caddy is now in place, and looks much nicer than the old one.

When we moved, my huge, hand-made jewelry armoire was moved with all the jewelry in it. It was held closed with elastic cords, and placed in the back of a truck. All of my jewelry--earrings, bracelets, pins--got jumbled up and dislodged from their individual compartments. I haven't cared anything about organizing it, but the hair cut seems to have been what was needed to get me moving. I went through every drawer this afternoon, throwing out junk, and matching up pairs of earrings. I think I can finally find a pair of earrings every morning, and won't have to wear the same three pairs that I wore for two months or more after DH died. I unpacked all the jewelry I bought today, and put on a new pair of earrings to wear around the house!

I finished up my work time by putting together the outdoor floor lamp that I bought for my deck. It is very heavy, and looks nice setting between my adirondack chairs, just behind the table that goes with the chairs. The weather is finally getting cool enough to sit outside in the evenings, and I think the light will be sufficient for reading or maybe even using my laptop out there. I've just watched the last two episodes of "Grey's Anatomy" from last season, and I'm about to watch the episode that I taped last Thursday night.