A good day

M and I had a good day today.

It has been a long time coming.

I wish I hadn't had to spend over $200 in order for it to be such a good day, but it was mostly for stuff that was on sale and sort of necessities.  Okay, I'm justifying, but some of it was on sale.

I found a pair of black sandals, and I have needed black sandals for a very long time -- several years.  So that qualifies as a necessity.

The Victoria's Secret semi-annual sale started today and M got three bras.  That also qualifies as a necessity.  I would definitely rather pay $25 for a bra instead of $52.  Now the yoga pants . . . not exactly a necessity, but they will be a wardrobe basic.

M found some really pretty plates and bowls for her apartment.  They are totally different than what she thought she wanted, but I like them lots better than what she had been considering.  I need to see if I can find one more dinner plate and three more cereal bowls, but even if I can't she will be good with what we bought today.

I bought a mattress pad.  Not very exciting, but we have needed a new one for some time.  Now I can wash the sheets we received as a Christmas present and give the bed a new look.  It probably seems silly, but I didn't want to use the new sheets until I got a new mattress pad.  Mission accomplished.

In addition to shopping, we ate dinner at Corner Bakery.  M had a reuben sandwich and Caesar salad and I had a mocha latte and a brownie (I had eaten a decent size lunch, but M had skipped lunch.  So she was starving and I just needed a snack).

All in all, it was a good day.  Now we both need to stay away from any kind of shopping temptation for several weeks!  : )