I {Heart} Thrift Stores
(and peeps...and new clothes...and lost...and...)

I absolutely LOVE thrift stores and have had a chance to go to several in the past week, which has made me very happy! My very favorite thing to find at thrift stores--even though I also occasionally find some really cute clothes for the kids and also love to search through the stemware collections--is a good book! I love to read and I'm always much happier when I have a good book going! (Even when I'm tired or my schedule is super-busy, it's nice to have a good book to turn to at night before I head to bed!)

We have one thrift store near us that always seems to have the best selections of books imaginable; it's like going to a library or a bookstore (and usually the books are in almost perfect shape!). All I can think is maybe the people on that side of town don't read! LOL

Anyway, look at the books I just found!





I am currently engrossed in The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters and I will probably be up late reading it again tonight! Wonderful story of two sisters (one a neurotic Hollywood producer, then other an enternally optimistic Midwesterner suffering from cancer). It's excellent so far!

I LOVE mysteries (they are definitely my favorite guilty reading pleasure!) and Carolyn Hart's Death on Demand series is one of my favorites. So I was so excited to find Dead Days of Summer, and read it right away! It was great!

I haven't read the others yet, but I love all the Amy Tan's I've ever read; have loved the few short stories by Isabel Allende I've read, so I'm sure this one will be no different; and I wanted to read Life of Pi when it was first released, so I'm excited about that one too! I've read The Great Gatsby NUMEROUS times over the years (it's in my Top Five faves of all time!), but I got a great copy for McKenna's personal library (she's a big reader too; I've raised her well! lol)

Now, thanks to my great thrift store excursion, I have some really good books sitting on my bedside table! (Have you read any of them? Or do you have any other book recommendations for me right now?)

On this Thursday morning, I am also loving ...

* Peeps!! I think I ate five of them yesterday and I'm sure there are many more in my future!! I'm always amazed by all the Peeps at the store these days and I kinda wonder who eats them all (kinda like fruitcakes at Christmastime), but I for one am a big supporter of them! LOL I'm thinking of using them to make some cupcakes for Easter lunch this weekend. Aren't these cute?


I'm thinking that my creations will use the yellow Peeps! Yummy!!!

* Taco Bell's 99 cent Zesty Nachos!! Sydney and I ate at Taco Bell yesterday for lunch and I tried their 99 cent deal of the week and I have to say that they were YUMM-MMYYY! I seriously think they might be the perfect late-night snack (would someone go buy me some right now!). Adrienne--if you and Tony are still doing your Thursday Night Taco Bell Run, try these! lol

*Lost!!!! I know that a lot of viewers have lost patience with "Lost," but I am still loving it so much!! It's one of those shows that takes time and patience and devotion to it, but I hate that so many people have given up on it. Because we're finally getting some answers--even though there are still a lot more questions! Tonight we saw Smokey the Monster again; very exciting!! And I can't wait to find out about Locke's father, which was part of the best episode this season. Love it!

* Scrapbook Goodies!! I went today to drop off a layout for India to display at Scrapbook Mania (the LSS where I'm on the design team) and bought a few goodies (I was really good and only bought a few things). My faves (that I can't WAIT to try!) is this Rhonna Farrer paper


and these funky cool chipboard circles from Junkitz (They are SO going on a birthday page!).

Speaking of scrapbooking, another new website I've found is Tally Scrapper; you post pics in the gallery, but then all the other members get to vote on favorite layouts and so they determine prizes and stuff. It's fun!

* New Clothes!! I'm so excited because it's just Thursday and I already have new dresses for me, McKenna, Delaney, and Scout. We also have purses and shoes, although we are having a hard time finding the perfect hat for Scout. The dresses are all very cute, and decidedly trendy! (Delaney's has a halter top and lots of swishy fabric at the waist; she loves it!). I actually bought mine at Rue 21, one of my favorite shops and one that I would have really loved if I was actually 21!! Most of the clothes there are a bit tight and short, but I found a dress that I really like AND it fit in a size that doesn't make me feel entirely huge!!

What do you {heart} this morning? What makes you happy today? Hope there's A LOT that makes you feel that way!