Fun afternoon of shopping…

Every year, we hit the day after Christmas sale at Hobby Lobby (LOVE that place!) to restock our Christmas supplies for the next year. (Everything is at least 50% off) I don't even remember the last time I paid full price for a Christmas gift bag or wrapping paper! LOL We ended up going to Barnes & Noble, Pet Smart, Michael's, Hobby Lobby AND Bed, Bath & Beyond today in search of great after Christmas deals and to shop just for fun. 🙂 We ended up getting $1,000 worth of stuff for about $500! We found cute stuff for my sisters for their b-days (yeah, they aren't until March but that's ok…LOL) as well as tons of cute Christmas gift bags, tissue paper, bows, gift wrap and gifts for next Christmas…along with a few cool things for us. 😉

I couldn't believe it though, a lot of these stores were already stocking their shelves for VALENTINE'S day! LOL What's wrong with this world?! I bought some V-Day candy for John as a joke…I knew he'd get a good laugh out of it when we got home. I guess from the retailing perspective though, they always have to be looking ahead at the next holiday…which reminds me, anyone who wants to do boudoir sessions for Valentine's Day needs to book their sessions ASAP for January. LOL

We had SUCH an awesome Christmas this year. It was so much fun to just hang out with my entire family (pics coming soon!!) and everyone just went overboard with gifts this year. John & I received books, DVD's, software, clothes and tons of gift cards that we're looking forward to redeeming soon…especially for some dinner & a movie date nights and the "Journey for Two" massage gift card we received for Tyler Mason! 🙂

I found myself having more fun watching other people open the gifts we bought them this year though…my aunt's reaction was priceless, we made a 16×20 gallery-wrapped canvas print of her with her furbabies (greyhounds) and it was gorgeous. She started crying when she opened her gift and nearly made ME cry! LOL Then, my Grandpa bought my Grandma a laptop for Christmas (yay!! She'll be reading my blog now – hi Grandma!) and we had the funniest thing happen. We bought them a gift card for Circuit City, thinking that they could spend it on anything that didn't come with the laptop and my Grandma accidentally opened the gift card before the laptop. She looked SO confused and I couldn't think of a good reason as to why else she would need that, it was pretty funny. Once she opened the laptop, I was able to tell her what to do with the gift card. LOL We got my mom's dog, Mandy, a bag full of new toys. Her favorite dog toy is her new puppy cell phone which she's been carrying around all day apparently. How hilarious is that?! Oh, and I even found doggy OPI nail polish for her…actually, they called it "paw-lish" in a shade called "Poodle Pink" and I just couldn't resist. 🙂 We'll see if she ever sits still long enough to get her nails done. (THAT would make for a great photo shoot!) LOL She's such a princess dog…we even call her "Mandiva" sometimes! 🙂

I hope all of you had a great Christmas like we did!! We'll be updating the blog with more pics soon!

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