these boots were made for walking

Yesterday I went shopping for the first time in what seems like forever. I am living on an extremely tight budget and finally managed to save some money so I told myself that I deserved to finally buy something that was for ME and was not edible. So I went to Marshalls (a pretty safe bet when you are broke) and even though it took me three hours, I found three good additions to my wardrobe (all dresses) and only spent $50. I was so happy with how good I did I figured while I was at it I would just drop over by TJ Maxx and check out the shoes.

And I left with cowboy boots.

Is that stupid? Are they stylish? Fashion sense does not come naturally to me, I really have to work hard at trying to put together acceptable outfits. I know I like the boots...I just don't know if I look like a jackass in them. I mean, they aren't like down-home-on-the-range style cowboy boots. They have a low square heel and are suede. They also are not the orangey-clay color leather that I personally associate with generic cowboy boots, and don't have any weird embroidery. So I guess what I am trying to say is that they are more of a hybrid between a cowboy boot and a cute casual, outdoorsy boot.

On the bright side of my "are they cool" dilemma is the fact that this is the South, and cowboy boots are not terribly out of the ordinary.

Preview of My Week

Today at work, for the first time in about two weeks, I had work to do. Real, actual, necessary work and not random powerpoints or excel sheets that I assign to myself to fill time and use as proof to my boss that I am actually needed in the office. It was so nice to not stare at the computer clock wondering why it was only 9:07am and if anyone was going to walk by my cubical and hand me a job. Editing isn't particularly exciting work in the sense the pace is pretty much always the same, but I like it, and I missed doing it. I love X-ing out commas and inserting semicolons. I also love reworking poorly written sentences. The part of editing I do not like at all is checking the stupid figures and charts in all of our spec sheets because they are just endless lists of numbers that don't mean anything to me because I don't understand the technology. So basically when I get to that part I have to compare every single digit on the page to another master page that the figures come from. Aaaand now you're asleep from reading this. The complete boredom anyone reading this is suffering from is the reason why the TSC department had a whopping 12 graduates this year. No one ever accused technical communication of being interesting.

Athan left for Newport News today and I am on my own until I drive up and meet him there on Friday. Soooo of course I have made plans to fill this week doing all the things he probably wouldn't have wanted to be a part of:

1. Cleaning out the refridgerator by not going to the grocery store and subsisting entirely off of leftovers and frozen things
2. Makeup shopping
3. Work clothes shopping
4. Tablecloth shopping (we got a new kitchen table...which is actually just my old kitchen table from college but whatev)
5. Listening to girly music
6. Watching HGTV and A Baby Story and I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant and 16 and Pregnant and any other shows about pregnancy and interior decorating
7. Putting down yet another floor in the hallway closet to put the clothes washer & dryer being delivered tomorrow on
8. Doing laundry in said washer & dryer
9. Giving Lucy a bath
10. Cleaning this entire house because it needs it BADLY

Also tonight is Monday Night Football which means the first Patriots game of the season!! Very excited! The Patriots jersey my mother bought me is a child size XXL and the one she bought my brother is an adult size XL so we can watch the game here in private looking like idiots in our way too big jerseys/dresses. My mom really needs to rethink her sizing choices.