We skipped church this morning after a bit of a rough night, but went to my parents to spend the afternoon and evening, like usual. We had a super yummy lunch, also as usual, and then my mom and I snuck away so she could show me some new clothes she recently bought. There were a few things she was unsure about, so we critiqued them and decided what should stay and what should go. We began toying with the idea of a shopping date sometime this week, and it very quickly grew into us going today.
Now if you knew my family growing up, we would NEVER shop on a Sunday! Not that it was bad or wrong or against God’s plan, nothing crazy like that. But Sunday was always church, good food, good company, all being together. So NOT as usual, my mom and I bailed on the boys and hit up some Sunday afternoon shopping!
We couldn’t be shopping for too long, since it was already 2:30 and everything closed at 5:00, but we only had a couple of places to hit. We returned her one thing and got a double of something she really liked. Then we hit up the small mall in the north end of the city, and perused our way through. I bought Brady a $5 shirt and myself a $2 necklace, but that was it. Nothing crazy went down. Once we had walked the length of the mall, we stopped at Starbucks for a break. My mom got steamed milk with hazelnut and I had the mango black tea lemonade, which I HIGHLY recommend. It was refreshing, and terribly sad when it was over, haha!
After our sugary drinks, we made our way back to the car, stopping at Safeway to pick up cinnamon buns for supper. We usually have something delicious and light for Sunday suppers, like cinnamon buns or pancakes or something of the like. Its wonderful. The kids love it, we all love it. We drove home in the beautiful sunny weather, and arrived home to three wakeful children, two husbands, and a living room COVERED in toys. The kids don’t usually spread out quite as well as they did today, but good for them!
Everyone ate well, as I’m sure you can imagine, and after a quick tidy up, we left grandma and grandpa’s for home. Bedtime was easy and cute and the kids were lovely. Now for bed. We are SO tired, we haven’t even started assembling cabinets yet. Funny how we can be SO excited for it, but we want to enjoy it, so any bump in the road stops the project from even starting. But we’ll get there soon enough. Maybe not tonight, but soon.