most of my weekdays are horrifically boring and predictable. but, my weekend days are crazy and busy and often fun.
this was definitely a crazy/busy/fun kind of day...
we spent the earlier part of the day trying to fit a whole day's worth of browsing and shopping into a couple of hours. we braved the insanity that was toys 'r us. we managed to run into santa, who wanted very much to have his picture taken with our gorgeous little girl. and, we even (mostly) had fun goofing off in the toy store.
i generally don't love mall-kinds of toy stores. kb toys makes me nauseously claustrophobic, with its tall and narrow isles as well as the piles of really hideous stuff out front. i protest every time wallace wants to go into one, and usually seek out other nearby stores to bide my time, until he's through.
but, the paradise that is toys 'r us, i do love... and, cooler still, our little girl is now bigger and fits into more of the age groupings than she did last year. she can play with cooler and more fun stuff. and santa can bring her cooler stuff than last year, too.
we found a few things that we liked. we even found something cool we think my nephew, nicholas will like too. and, only $100 and two hours later, we emerged with a cart full of fun stuff, including a star wars trivia game for wallace and i.
then, we tried to find a red sweater vest that wallace wanted to wear to his holiday party this evening. i took savannah and wandered down to the ulta3 salon, to inquire about pricing for eyebrow waxing.
it was fairly cheap, and there was no waiting so... i got my eyebrows waxed. and, oooh, do they look pretty. but, waxing is a bitch, and if i didn't love the way i looked with neatly groomed eyebrows, i would have run out screaming.
but even as painful as it was, it was fast, and a whole lot easier than tweezing them myself. i'll probably continue to do it. i don't bother with my fingernails, not like i used to... i haven't even bought myself any makeup since savannah was born, as i could probably count on both hands how many times i've bothered to put it on when i go out, since then. but, when my eyebrows are groomed, i've gotten a lot of positive feedback. and, it does make me feel good.
oh, and my ever-so-cool savannah sat on my lap and patiently waited while the ulta3 woman ripped many tiny hairs from my face with hot wax. she chatted with me a bit, and didn't fuss or grump at all. yay savannah!
she finally had a little catnap in the car, on the way home from alpharetta...
we had to go home and start getting ready to go to wallace's party at the tongue and groove, in buckhead.
after checking the website for the club, i had expected so much more... but, it was actually disappointing. and, at $10 just to park your car in buckhead, i hadn't wanted to be disappointed.
the party was fine. the music was loud, and kind of fun. savannah entertained more than one of wallace's intoxicated co-workers. we danced a bit, savannah and i. and, we were up way too late, for savannah.
so much for hoping to see anyone famous...
but, savannah seemed to have a good time twirling herself around on the dance floor and clapping.
another cool happening of the evening, wallace's co-worker, cara went into labor with holland. i will be babysitting holland, when cara goes back to work... and, i'm just now wondering if i should call the hospital to be sure everything went okay. but, the little person who will be spending the days with savannah and i, at the end of February, maybe has come into the world already, or will be very soon. it's just a cool but surreal thought.
here's to good and interesting saturdays... now, i'm off to bed. (i hope.)