Momma's Day Out!

My friend Sarah has a super sweet husband!  About a month ago he asked for my help in surprising his wife. He arranged an entire day off for her... she's a stay at home mom, so days off are few and far between. I was so happy to be able to "help" him and surprise her, but honestly I was pretty psyched to get my own day off, too. It's not that I really need time away, it's just that Sarah had mentioned a day of shopping and a nice dinner, which is something I haven't done in a long, long time. Like 4 years or more... the shopping part, I mean. 

So Saturday was the day!  Sarah picked me up around 10 and we shopped all day!  We started at Nordstrom Rack and worked our way through Oak Park Mall. The we ended at Seasons 52 on the Plaza. It was a perfect day!  Plenty of girl time. The clothes were fitting pretty well. And no little munchkins to drag along. It was nice. 

Now I will be honest, I'm not sure if it was the 4 year shopping hiatus, or my seriously thrifty nature, but holy heck!  Clothes/shoes are expensive!  Nordstrom Rack is a discount version of Nordstom stores. Their website says 50-60% off department store prices. So I'm thinking cheap, like really cheap. Ha!  For the experienced shopper, I'm sure $95 booties (I only know that word because I follow a blogger with fashion sense, ordinarily I'd be clueless) is a heck-of-a-deal. But for the thrift store shopping, part-time working, fashionista wannabe - that's me - $95 is unfathomable.  Like seriously off-your-rocker-insanity!  But aside from the sticker shock, the day was perfect!  

Oh yeah, I need to share one funny moment from the day. We had to wait for a table at the restaurant, so while we waited, Sarah and I drank a martini at the bar. When our table became available, I went ahead and got seated, while Sarah closed out our tab with the bartender. All was good until our waiter, a bit of a cheeseball flake, asked if he could start us off with something to drink. I explained that my friend would be here in just a second, but water would be good for now. He said, "I'll bring 2 tap waters."  To which I replied, "That would be perfect!"  So we were both speaking English at that point, but then the waiter says like 3 words that I do not understand. I'm pretty sure they were French or something. I kind of stared at him for a second and he just stared at me. It was awesome and awkward all at the same time. Since this guy clearly didn't catch the fact that I'm a  regular-old, turn on the faucet kind of girl, I simply said, "Um?  Say again."  To which he threw me a bone and said, "Would you like a fancier water. Like seltzer or bottled?"  I explained that tap would be sufficient.  It was like a scene from Pretty Woman.  When Sarah finally made it to our table, I told her that this is why you can't leave me alone at a fancy restaurant. I'm just too regular!  

We returned to our families around 11 that night with bags full of clothes and worn out bodies (well, I was worn out, not sure about Sarah).  We both agree that we need to make sure this happens again! 

Here are a few pictures from our day!  

Apparently the adult onesie is a thing now?  What are people thinking?  

Martini for Momma!

I wasn't too worn out to start a load of laundry before going to bed so that I could wear something new to church on Sunday. Me and two of my favorite people enjoying some breakfast at Kate's Kitchen. The new paisley top was only $24.95 at H&M. Score for thrifty Momma!