you gotta roll with me henry...

there are some things i will have not gotten used to.

we are approaching our one year anniversary of being here...and i would say with all confidence that i have adjusted. things feel normal, we have routines ( some ), we have places we go, we have favorites, we have routes.

but i have come to realize a few things. Lebanon does not have sales very often. and when it does you have to go for it. which is the opposite of my personality. i am a browser-think-about-it-for-a-couple-days kind of shopper. so this is really hard on me. and one too many times i have seen something, not bought it, gone back and it is gone.

i know we have all done that, but the difference between you and me...let me paint a picture.

sometimes it takes 10 minutes to get my car out of my parking place because it is blocked in by some random other car and the driver is gone and the men on the street shout and bustle around looking for this anonymous driver. then depending on traffic something 2 miles away can take 45 minutes. sometimes i have two babies in two...so we are changed, fed, snacks packed, working around nap times. and we get to a store and find parking around there...and then the saga begins. do i buy it? i dont know. i need my sister. i need a second opinion. i call and/or text girls on the team 90% of the time. true story.

so this saturaday- i had seen huge signs saying whole furniture stories were 50%-70% off! the whole country is on sale right now, not joking. so i asked drew if he would watch the babes and i could go look for a dining room table. and who knows what other things i might find!

the day was gorgeous, i rolled down the windows, had Sister Act blaring and just felt alive. traffic was nothing, so i arrive in my first place within 15 minutes, easy parking. i walk in and inquire if the whole store is on sale as the huge signs declare. the man laughs and says of course not. sigh. i ask to see the dining room tables. i tell him my budget. he sort of scoffs at me and names prices 3 times my highest range. o sheesh.

same story different store, 3 other times. i felt the "Boom boom pow" being sucked out of me. i pulled into one gallery and started laughing. my minivan was dirty from the recent rain, i felt like i had dressed all cute, but i am target chic. and all the women i am shopping around are wearing designer clothes, bag, and shoes. it was such a fish-out-of-water moment. but you gotta roll with it. this is who i am.

but after a total fail, i decide to stop at the nice mall and check and see if they have a few play things for claire. and what i found was even more amazing. i have been longing for a "perfect quilt" for awhile for claire and sophia. to take pictures on...to have indoor picnics on...to make memories on. and there it was.

debi had come to visit and brought art from lauren, whitney and picked fabric for an amazing mobile we could make for the girls room...and this quilt matched it perfectly! on sale!

of course i 1) called val, 2) texted drew 3) took pictures and then emailed them to debi to see if they would match....

and drove back the next day to buy it even when val and drew told me to buy it the first time!

but victory- my girl's room is going to be SO cute and colorful and i cant wait!

we are moving in a month, so i will wait for all the hanging of things on walls until then, but i am so excited and grateful...

He knows our every desire.