Day 52 - The Hunger Games (and other great fiction!)

Few books make me want to stay up all night long to read them. After Dekker's Circle Trilogy, I think the Hunger Games are becoming my next faves. In the middle of the second, and I don't want to go to sleep!!! I'm thankful for well written fiction that allows me to enter another world and makes me feel like I'm a part of it. If you haven't read either of the mentioned trilogies, check them out! They're fantastic (at least what I've read of Hunger Games so far is!).

Day 51 - Our Rug

When looking for a rug for our apartment, this was the one and only rug that I loved. It still makes me happy :)

Day 50 - Simple Gifts

I like loving people the way they best feel loved... but that isn't always easy for me. I'm a gift giver. Big time. But I'm also poor. Big time. And honestly, Roy doesn't care a whole lot about gifts. Guess that's good for our budget. He does, however, yearn for words of affirmation. So I decided to put together a little gift (yay!) that includes Roy's love language (double yay!). I saw a similar idea on pinterest, and I decided to make it my own. For the $.95 it cost me to buy the frame, I was able to make a simple gift that keeps on giving! Every day I write on it, I choose to love Roy in a way he feels loved the most!

Today's reason?

Day 49 - Jeans That Fit (and some other fun things...)

A friend of mine had told me about some kiosk at a mall that tells you what jeans would be the best fit for you. Roy and I found  out that Town East Mall in Mesquite has such a kiosk, and I decided to check it out. You step inside their matching station, and in about 15 seconds it scans your body for 200,000 measurements (no awkward pictures are shown like at the airports!). Then their computer prints off the best matches of jeans at participating stores. You can get on their computer with your information (and even access it all online at home!) and choose limitations such as stores, prices, styles, etc. The top suggested jean for me was a perfect fit! And it was on sale for $19.99! After finding a 15% off coupon at the store, I was pretty pleased with jeans for $18 (plus we had a gift card for that store!). Also, if you buy one of the items listed on your print out, you just bring back your receipt and your print out to the kiosk and receive a $5 gift card to Starbucks! I would definitely recommend trying it out. It's completely free and quick, and we all know how much a pain it can be to try and find jeans that fit just right!

Roy had also found an online coupon for a free travel item at Bath & Body Works. We each printed one off, so we also got two free lotions!

I love successful shopping trips!

For the information on the kiosk I mentioned, check out me-ality.com. Enjoy!

Day 48 - Brownies

Um yeah... brownies don't need comments...

Day 47 - My Jewelry Board

Due to the generosity of my husband and parents, I received several cute and long necklaces for birthday/Christmas. My little jewelry box was no match for them, so I decided to find a better way to store (or display!) them. End result -my jewelry board! I really love having my longer necklaces hanging up, and it makes for nice decor, too!

Day 46 - Valentine's Day

Yes, I know that yesterday was Valentine's Day, but due to Roy's evening class, we ended up going out to celebrate tonight instead. It worked out well! We headed to our destination, Cheesecake Factory, armed with a gift card from my mom (which always makes dinner out even better!). We enjoyed the spinach cheese dip appetizer, split the Romano-crusted chicken (and we still have half of it left!), and took home a piece of the Reese's peanut butter chocolate cake cheesecake (our favorite). We gave each other cards that spoke of our love and gratitude for one another. Mine has cute birds on it :)

I'm thankful for Valentine's Day, a day to celebrate the love that God has blessed us with and the love we have for each other.