My favorite things

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens

Brown paper packages tied up with strings

These are a few of my favorite things...

Williams Sonoma finally has pink and green towels! They also have blue and green that are so pretty. I just couldn't bring myself to spend $40 on kitchen towels.

My orchid from last fall has new buds on it that will hopefully bloom soon!

I was just about to give up on it. I always kill them because I was watering them too much. I finally know how to take care of them!

My neighbor who works as a clothing rep gave me 4 pairs of jeans for free! I think he is just sweet, my hubby is a little apprehensive of him. (We all went to the same high school and neighbor was really good friends with hubby's cousin growing up.) I am a really good judge of character so I am not really worried about him.

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Also love that the people at the firehouse got switched around so that hubby isn't alone at the firehouse all the time with one of the girl firefighters. I TOTALLY trust him but still it is weird to have your hubby all alone with another woman.

We found Ridley's favorite rope toys in the dollar section of Target.

She was so excited when we brought home a pack of three for her tonight.

$10 at Target rather than the $40 that it originally was.

Target is having great sales, not just 10% off like normal. Every section has stuff for 75% off.

This is where it will go! Obviously it will be hung higher.

Why do closets always look so messy in photos even if they are really organized?

Ridley so tired that she was falling asleep on hubby's lap.

She perked right up again though when she smelled food.

Tired again this time with hubby as well!

It has really been a great day and I am so excited I have found so many great things.

Target impluse buys

Wow the $1 bin at Target is a trap of impulse buys but when everything is 50% the impulse becomes 100 times greater for me. Here is the list of things I bought tonight.

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3 very cute children's books for my box

2 things of Halloween sprinkles

3 ink pads for the stamps I had bought from the same bins a few trips ago

2 blocks to put the stamps on

(have you seen these new kind of stamp that take up a lot less room?)

3 sheets of stickers

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I also picked up 4, yes 4, bags of carmel apple suckers!

I had gone through the Halloween candy isle looking for them with no luck. I then was walking back and saw a bag in some lady's hand. I stood back and prayed she would put them back, she did just that!! Then I found that there were more bags hidden in the mess around where she found them... and that how I ended up buying 4 bags!

I love these because they are so great to have on hand when you are doing Weight Watchers and need something sweet. They use to carry them all year but recently have stopped.

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When I was coming home my husband greeted me at the front door very curious as to what I had picked up in addition to the bag of suckers. I showed him my other impulse purchase of the day. I got a really beautiful candle holder, I will post a picture in a few days when I find the perfect place for it! I know that he approved of it because he didn't lecture me when I showed it to him. He would never tell me he actually likes it but I know he does.

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I also FINALLY made it to the gym today! I checked my heart rate monitor to see the last date that I had worked out I almost fell over when I realized it was the 3rd of last month, almost 2 full months ago. That is so sad but what can you do? I was only able to get in 20 min on the treadmill before the gym closed but every little step helps right. I was able to run for about 12 minutes straight before I started walking. Not too bad since I just ran my first straight mile ever this spring. I also burned 200 calories and was still under my points for the day!!

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We leave Wednesday for my cousin's wedding so I figured I could use some work before our trip. I think I may wear my black strapless embossed J Crew dress, the one they release every summer. Is this to casual/summery for a November wedding?