Great Finds!

I had a day or so to myself earlier this week.  I went to the Goodwill thrift store.  I enjoy going to the thrift stores.  That's where I found my shirt.  You see a lot of clothes you would never wear, but it pays off sometimes.  You can find something great hidden among the unwanted. 

I had no kids and time to rifle through each rack.  I found two treasures among the racks.  I found this cute black and white trench coat for only $4.50.  It fits perfectly.  The sleeves aren't too long and it's not too snug in the shoulders. 

I also found this cute green and white hobo bag for only $1.80.  It's my favorite shade of green.

The next awesome find was not from Goodwill.  It was from Crest grocery.  Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Oreos.  They were even on sale for two for $5 with a $1 off the purchase of two coupon attached to the package.  SCORE!  Yes, I purchased two packages.  And I have to say they are pretty good.  It's a good thing they are a limited edition. 

 

It has been unseasonable cool for July in Oklahoma.  Last night, my daughter thought Jetta was cold so she put one of her too small t-shirts on her.  She wore it all evening and to bed.  It didn't seem to bother her at all. 

While my daughter and I have been here, the officer and my son have been on their Trail Life campout in Colorado.  On Wednesday, they hiked up Mt. Bierstadt.  Mt. Bierstadt is 14,060 ft.  They climbed it in under five hours.  It was a first for both of them.  They are having a blast. 

I'm ready for my boys to be back home.  It seems like they have been gone forever.  My daughter has been pretty busy while the boys have been away.  She spent a couple of days at grandma and papa's and tonight she is having a couple of girls stay the night.  There has been a lot of high pitched giggling and screaming.  Next week both the kids go to Cousin's Camp at grandma's house.  And in just a couple of weeks Michael Buble will be in town!!!!!!!  Yay!!

FREEbie Friday

Today was a good day.  Not only was today Chick-Fil-A Cow Appreciation Day, but there were a few other perks today too.  You might be wondering why I was excited about Chick-Fil-A Cow Appreciation Day.  If you dress in a complete cow costume, you will receive a FREE Chick-Fil-A meal!  If you come in with say just cow spots on your shirt, you could get a FREE entree like a chicken sandwich.  Can't go wrong.  So the kids and I dressed up in our cow ears, cow spots, cow tails, and a cow cape and headed to our local Chick-Fil-A to meet my friend, Mrs. V and her family for some FREE food.

Don't worry.  If you missed this year's Cow Appreciation Day, you can participate next year.  Chick-Fil-A has already posted the date for next year, July 10, 2015.  And yes, we'll be there with our cow bells on.

After lunch, we headed to a local park so the kids could work on their American Ninja Warrior training.  It's a competition show where contestants try to complete an obstacle course in a quickest time possible. This is a show we watch every single week as a family.  We watched it last season and really enjoyed it.  This year the kids have decided they'd like to do some American Ninja Warrior training.  I think my son would like to go on the show some day.  So... we went to the park today so they could train in the:

Body Prop

 

 

American Ninja Warrior Body Prop

 

Jumping over things

 

Swinging from rings to improve grip strength

 

 

American Ninja Warrior Rings

 

More climbing and hanging to improve grip strength

 

American Ninja Warrior Upside-Down Rock Climb

 

Walking and balancing on fences

 

American Ninja Warrior Balance Bridge

 

Jumping through swings

 

American Ninja Warrior Red Ball

 

After working up a sweat, the perfect solution for cooling off is a FREE slurpee at 7-Eleven in honor of 7-Eleven Day. 

 

And to top it all off today was Kripy Kreme's 77th birthday.  Krispy Kreme had a great special going on today.  Buy one dozen, get a second dozen for only .77.  My son is leaving for a week long camping trip in Colorado very, very early in the morning.  I invited one of my friends to go along to Krispy Kreme at 9 p.m. to pickup some donuts for the camping boys.  I figured if we go late, they will be fresher and it won't be crowded.  One out of two ain't bad.  It was crowded, but not crazy crowded.  As we waited in line, we were given a FREE hot donut. 

 

The four dozen donuts I purchased were hot off the line.  Hopefully all four dozen makes it to all the boys before they are picked over. 

And that's the end to my day.  FREE Chick-Fil-A food.  FREE 7-Eleven Slurpee.  Yummy donuts.  Not bad.  :)

The Little Mermaid

For my birthday this year, my mom gave me two tickets to take my daughter to see the Oklahoma City Theater's The Little Mermaid.  We made it into a mommy/daughter night out.  We both got dressed up (if you call a denim jacket dressed up) and went downtown to eat dinner before the show. 

 

Within 10 minutes in car, this was my daughter.

 

Back in February, the officer was supposed to take our daughter to dinner and to see Beauty and the Beast.  They ate at Zios downtown then went to see the play.  About 10 minutes in, my daughter got sick to her stomach and they had to leave.  She was very upset about missing the show.  Fast forward six months.  I asked my daughter where she wanted to eat.  She decided to eat at Earls. She only ordered a small salad and a small bowl of fried okra.  After dinner, we headed to Pinkitzel for a little dessert. 

 

We arrived at the Civic Center Music Hall about an hour early.  

We were just going to walk around to kill some time, but we decided to go inside to wait.

 

To my daughter's delight, there were princesses in the lobby.  They were signing coloring pages and programs.  We stood in line to get pictures with as many princesses we could.

 

 

 

 

 

We were in line to take pictures with Snow White when we spotted someone else!  Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff from Frozen!!!  Princess Tiana, Jasmin, Aladdin, and Peter Pan would all have to wait. 

 

By the time we were finished taking pictures with the Anna, Elsa and Kristoff, it was only 10 minutes until showtime.

The show was great.  It took my daughter a little bit of time to realize the musical was a little different than the movie.  She did ask me why they sang so much.  Overall, she enjoyed it.  Her favorite characters Sebastian and Flounder.  I liked the show also, but I really enjoyed watching my daughter watch the show.

 

 

My daughter did get a little tired by the end of the show.  It was way past her bedtime.  They had announced before the show began that there would be an opportunity to meet some of the cast after the show.  Fortunately for us, they were going to be meeting our side of the theater.  We quickly left after the show to get in line to meet whoever would appear.  We were able to meet Ariel, Ariel's sister and a fish.  An usher took a picture of us with Ariel.  Too many people to ask for a second picture.

 

When we left the Civic Center, my daughter really wanted to run through the "colored water", but decided against it.  It was very pretty though.

It was a fun evening.  I'm so glad we were able to make this memory. Thank you mom for the tickets.