Mommin' It Up!

November 13, 2009November 13, 2009

The Lion’s Mane is Overrated

Yesterday I had an amazingly wonderful experience. It was relaxing, soothing, and practically religious.

I got my hair cut!

Yep, that’s it. I got my hair cut. And it was waaaaaay overdue. It had been *gulp* almost four months since I’d made the time to go get it done! Crazy! Now I like my hair long, but I should still get it cut every 8-10 weeks, not every 16. It was looking pretty scraggly. And I was feeling pretty scraggly. So while I was there, I made an appointment for NEXT time – 8 weeks – and went ahead and put it on the calendar (January 7th!) so that next time I won’t look like Rapunzel tried to cut her own hair with a pair of kitchen shears when I go in. So that my hair won’t get so heavy (it’s really thick, y’all) that it hurts my scalp if I wear it down two days in a row. And so that I’ll look nice and feel good about myself. And so that I’ll make sure to at least have that 60 minutes in that chair just for me.

So, here’s my new haircut. Not that I can ever flat iron it this straight, and anyway I am much too lazy to flat iron it every day, but it’s a great cut and it’ll look great curly too! I love it!

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Oh, and this haircut? Cost me $20! Go see my awesome stylist Janelle for a great cut & style at a great price!

And go read more frump-fighting posts at Fight the Frump Friday at Blissfully Domestic! And link up your own frump-fighting posts!

November 11, 2009

Some Babies are Kind of A Big Deal

As I’m sure you’ve read, Emily and I like to hang out with a few awesome blogging moms who live here in our local area. We call ourselves the Big Deal Moms, because, we think we are as Ron Burgundy would say, “Kind of a Big Deal”. (Oh, and *maybe* because some of us are coupon/frugal bloggers.) Anyhoo, two of our group, the fabulous food bloggers Erin of $5 Dinners and Tricia of Once a Month Mom are both REAL pregnant right about now. And so, I decided that we needed to throw them a Big Deal Baby Shower!

I even COOKED, y’all. And used my FANCY CHINA and glassware and silverware. I don’t do that for just anybody!

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(Thanks Tricia for the photos!)

After we stuffed ourselves with yummy food and cake (ok, fine, I bought the cake! Geez!) there were of course PRESENTS!!! When I told some great folks about the shower, they offered to send Erin and Tricia some items just to be NICE! Bethany from Little Peanut Originals sent Erin these amazing burp blankets:

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They were so thick and sooo soft!

And she sent Tricia one of these great diaper totes:

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Tricia received the one on the left (*cough*genderneutral*cough*), and I loved hers so much I went to Bethany’s Etsy shop and ordered the pink & orange polka dot one for a friend! These are the perfect little holder for your diapers and wipes. Throw it in your purse or diaper bag and go! Thanks, Bethany! She makes all kinds of great stuff including really cute Tooth Fairy Pillows for the older kiddos so check her out!

I wanted to get the girlies some great swaddling blankets, because I swaddling Sophie saved my sanity when she was little! Jill told me aden + anais had amazing swaddling blankets and they sent the girls each four for me to give them!

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These are super-soft muslin blankets and the box even comes with swaddling instructions for the new parent. *Love* that!

We had a really great time at the shower. And both prego mamas looked GREAT! And I was quite disgusted by the fact that Erin, at 38 weeks pregnant, could wear these shoes, which my fat feet never would have fit in at that stage:

Thanks to all the Big Deal Moms who came to the shower and the great companies that sent gifts! Can’t wait to meet those Big Deal Babies!

November 9, 2009

The Great Donut Debacle of 2009

Friday morning I needed to go to Kroger to get a few things, and I decided on the way there, being the indulgent mother that I am, to go through the Tim Horton’s drive-thru to get Sophie a donut for a special treat. But then I thought, “Hmm, donuts are so messy. I always get her the glazed donut and the glaze flakes everywhere. Maybe this time I should get her the chocolate dip donut, because the icing is thicker and harder, and it won’t flake off like the glaze does.”

THIS my friends, is where that VERY FLAWED logic got me:

Please note my favorite part of this photo: Sophie’s hair matted with chocolate and stuck to her chin like a BEARD.

The nice people at Tim Horton’s gave me FRESH donuts. As in fresh, dripping with chocolate icing that had not yet had time to harden. And of course, having promised the Soph a donut, it’s not like I could withhold it!

So, the second place this flawed logic and my own dumbness got me, was the parking lot of Kroger with a child covered in chocolate icing and NO WIPES! Because really, I DO have to earn my “Mother of the Year” badge somehow!

I REALLY had to get some groceries for a little shindig I was having, so I could not turn around and go home to clean my child up. Out of desperation, I left Soph in the car, dashed in the entrance of Kroger, and grabbed about 40 kajillion of those clorox wipes they have out for you to clean your cart with.

That’s right! I scrubbed my toddler’s face and hands clean with CLOROX wipes!! Again, I should definitely be up for some fabulous award. She was NONE too pleased with the situation. And as the clorox wipes couldn’t break up the layers of hair matted with chocolate icing, I had to throw her in the bathtub and scrub it out when we got home.

But at least she didn’t look like a mini “Bearded Lady” going through Kroger!

*Sheesh*. The chocolate dip donut was a bad choice. Next time I’m gettin’ the TimBits!