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mood: exhilarated
listening to: Kylie Minogue - Red Blooded Woman

I just got back from a very productive day of hitting up Labor Day sales!! My mom, little brother, and I went to Elmira to get me pants. :) First, we went to Wendy's and mom and I indulged ourselves in Mandarin Chicken Salads and lemonades and Charlie had a medium coke, because he wasn't hungry. Then, we went to Old Navy, because they had a MASSIVE sale, which I love. We shopped around for about an hour, I got one pair of pants for $20. They are so comfy. Charlie got this REALLY cute pair of high top sneaks, and a shirt. (Oh, if I didn't tell ya, the week of August 31 - September 6 was TAX FREE in New York, and they have the better stores so, with the Labor Day sales, and no tax, it was just perfect. Plus the weather was phenominal.) After we made our purchases, we headed down the strip to TJMaxx, one of my guilty pleasures. We did our browsing, and I was ultimately depressed at the size of their jean selection. Sorry, I really don't like Express jeans, thank you very much. Mom and I tried on pointy toed stiletos, which were so adorable that if I had an extra $25, I would have TOTALLY bought them. They were black leather mules, with cutastic silver buckles on them. I about died. I picked up a pair of Paper, Demin, and Cloth jeans, which (as I gloat) were originally over $80, and I got them for $10. That's right, folks, TEN DOLLARS. Does anybody not realize why I love this store??? Besides that awesome deal, I scored an awesome coral colored western type shirt, also for ten dollars, originally $40. I tried on a pair of the Editor's by Express, which Dave told me were the hottest pair of pants on the face of the earth, or something. And I checked em out online, and I don't care how great they are, I will not pay $70 for a pair of pants that won't fit me in 2 months, due to the fact that I am losing weight. I loved them, but I didn't get them, even though they were remarkably, reasonably priced to own at $14.99. So at the Maxx, I bought a pair of pants, $10, a shirt, $10, and a jump rope, $3.99. After that excursion was over, we headed on over to the Arnot mall, where I rushed myself to American Eagle, where I tried on what seemed like 48 different pairs of pants, just to buy one pair. The Favorite. Definitely my favorite, lemme tell ya what! By this time Charlie was getting really quite ansy so mom and he rode up and down the escilator like 6 times each. After my $29.50 purchase at AE, I ventured towards JCPenny, because B said they were having an uber big sale. I just had to check it out. I perused the selection of jeans, and I found my second favorite pair of pants on the planet. Levi's 519 superlows. Damn those are awesome pants. I think I might have a clinical problem, because I am getting WAY too excited about pants, but anywhoo, back to the story. The Levi's were originally $40, but I got them for $26.99. Mom, Charlie, and I stopped to laugh at a girl, who was obviously not a size 3, putting up a size 3 to her lower half seeing if they would fit, and a girl who looked like a long blonde haired, 5 foot 4 inch tall, oompa loompa. Yes people, there is a such thing as overtanning yourself in a tanning bed, and no you look like shit. It was amusing. After I was finished with my purchase, we loaded up in the car, and came home. I tried on all of my purchases again, just to make sure they are what I wanted. Now I am here, sharing my day with all of you. Don't you feel lucky? You should. I am going to have grilled salmon, broccoli, and wild rice for dinner tonight. Yummy. Today, I spent $100.48 of my hard earned cash, and boy do I feel awesome. I have hot new pants, and a jump rope, so I can get my ass back into shape for next year's awesome events. Speaking of which, I didn't mention that my chorus is almost definitely taking a cruise to the Bahama's in April!! How sweet is that!?!?! Then in May or early June, the senior class is taking a trip to Virginia Beach or something like that. After that, either in June or July, Stained Glass will be taking it's summer tour on the road, on The Beaches tour. Where we travel along the East Coast and hit a bunch of beaches. WOO. So yeah, that is alot to get in shape for, and I am just so happy. The next purchase I will probably gorge myself in, is a stability ball, so I can get back my rock hard abs, YAY! Anyway dinner is ready, and I am starving.

I will leave you with lyrics to this weeks musical obsession of mine....

You'll never get to Heaven if you're scared of getting high...
Boy, boy,
Let me keep freaking around.
I wanna get down, I'm a red blooded woman,
what's the point in hanging round?
Don't wanna keep turning her down,
when this girl wants to rock with you!"

Compliments of Kylie Minogue - Red Blooded Woman

Correction....I was talking to my Dad today, and he said that Paper, Denim, and Cloth jeans msrp for about $150. So, if that is the case, I own a pair of $150 pants for $10. That makes me VERY happy. God, my materialism makes me nauseous...