My VS Loot

Holy Moly am I exhausted. Yesterday was a glorious, but long, day.

I went to the mall. ;)

My mom and I loaded up the kids and drove the 2 1/2 hours to Portland to go to one of their malls so I could spend my Victoria's Secret winnings. Whoop!

My loot:

2 zip up PINK sweatshirts - one pink, one red......$100.00

5 pairs of undies......$26.00

1 multi-way bra.....$50.00

1 cosmetic bag.....$12.00

2 sparkly high shine lip glosses.....$12.00

5 body mists of different scents.....$30.00

1 black long sleeved lace shirt (for after baby cause there's no way I'm fitting in it now!).....$39.50

I also got my mom an item........$50.00

And my BF in NY a few items.......$45.00

And with shipping (for the online bought items) & taxes, plus the $125.00 roundabouts Sammy had spent, my card is now at 0!

PHEW! 

I also went to Motherhood Maternity and was pleasantly surprised when I tried on some pants and they fit. I'm currently having to use a hair tie around my pants button to help pro-long my wearing my normal jeans, haha! Maternity clothing is expensive, and outrageously huge....for me. Even at my biggest, a lot of maternity clothing just hangs on me and looks awful. I typically just buy a size or two up in normal clothing. But alas! I found some comfortable maternity pants! Of course they are petite extra-smalls, lol, but they actually fit! Hooray! I got a pair of skinny jeans and a pair of nice black dress pants. They both have the annoying spandex type band that goes all the way up your belly giving you "extra support" that I hate....but I'll deal. I also got two nursing bras and a pretty nursing cover. It was nice to get a few needed items that I normally would have had to buy online and run the risk of not fitting or liking. 

The kids were pretty well behaved through all of this and after spending so much time in just those two stores, we hit up just a few others real quick then made a pit stop at Cinnabon before heading out. If I hadn't had the kids and if I hadn't been exhausted and if I hadn't become poor after shopping at Motherhood Maternity, I would've stayed at the mall ALL day. I never get to go.

Today I'm just relaxing. I should probably be sleeping while Mols is napping and my mom and Anthony are out working with the horse. Sammy comes home tomorrow then our busy whirlwind of a weekend begins Friday evening. *sigh* Wedding, Nutcracker play, and road Christmas party. I wonder how I'll find the energy.

With love,

Mama Hauck

Decorating the Tree! And a Major WIN!

Yesterday Sam and Anthony went off and got our Christmas tree while Mols, my mom, and myself went grocery shopping. I was also able to find a dress for a wedding Sam and I are going to at the end of the month and a pretty flowy tube top shirt (that I'm wearing in the photos below) for me to wear to a wedding Sam and I are going to next Friday. I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to find anything nice for the weddings seeing as my belly is growing, but I pretty much scored by not only finding a few cute items, but getting them at a huge sale price and winding up getting a scarf for free. WIN!

Speaking of winning, I got the world's best gift if you're a gal. Last month I ordered stuff from Victoria's Secret. When my package arrived, a rewards card was inside too. This rewards card could have a $10, 50, 100, or 500 dollar amount. You couldn't use the card until Dec. 2nd and you wouldn't know the card amount until checkout. My Christmas wish list this year was made up with a few things from VS, so I gave Sam the rewards card thinking the $10 I'm sure the card was worth would help him out a bit. Little did we know when he went and punched in the rewards card number at checkout, it showed the card was worth $500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He called to tell me and I about freaked. It's so nice to be a winner. ;) So now I have about $350 to spend at VS (because Sam used the rest to buy my Christmas gifts for me, lol......meaning he got them for free with MY card......so he STILL needs to get me something for Christmas....right!?) before the card expires on the 21st. 

WHOOP!

Anyway, back to the tree decorating. We got home from shopping and the boys had already gotten the tree up with it's lights. We broke out the boxes of decorations and got to work. The kids had a blast and it was fun for Sam and I to watch them have so much fun. When we were done, we had my mom take a few photos for us so I can make and order Christmas photo cards.

Does everyone else have their trees up yet?

A few family photos!

And some of Sam and I too.

With love,

Mama Hauck

P.S. Like my hair? I got a few inches cut off and my highlights redone. :)

Funny Honesty

Anthony: "Mama, can I play with my play dough? I promise I will make a mess."

Mama: "Hahaha, ohhh you are so right!"

Anthony: "I mean I promise I won't make a mess, Mama, I promise."

Little kids' honesty slips out even when they're trying to lie. ;)

With love,

Mama Hauck