I was getting ready to meet Liz and Trevor about the Brew Fest, when I looked outside and saw an orange nicely placed on my windshield  (I’m hoping it was nicely placed).  The fruit is back! This orange went straight into the compost because I was right next to it.  Plus, it was about 30 odd degrees out, and this orange was probably too cold to be any good to eat (plus I wouldn’t trust it in the first place).

We met at a local business, Advanced Print Technologies to talk about ordering our pint glasses.  We wanted to see what we could get for our money, and what the label would look like on the glass.  For a regular 16 oz. pint glass, we have 3inX3in of space for our label.  With a 16oz glass with a handle, we would only have 2inX1.5in.  Just the difference in label size alone (plus, the one with the handle was $1 more a glass) made us want to stick with a regular pint glass.  The ones with the handles would be cool because they’re different, but it just didn’t seem that it would work out well with our label.  One of the guys at APT comes in to Destare occasionally, so he knew I had an iPhone.  He’s interested in getting one, so I let him play with mine, and showed him how to use it.  I forgot he had taken this picture until I was scrolling in my photo album and was confused at how I had taken a  picture of myself.

Christmas is almost here, and with it, comes Macy*s BIGGEST ONE DAY SALE OF THE YEAR!!!!

Now, Macy*s has sales ALL the time.  Seriously.  There is maybe one day a week where there isn’t some sort of sale going on.  But, I know from working at Macy’s for so long, that you will find the absolute best prices at Macy*s during a One Day Sale (ODS).  Things are just cheaper then.  It’s the best time to buy.  So obviously, with the BIGGEST ODS of the year, things are going to be cheap.  I got to work an hour early, cause I had done some other shopping at Kohl’s and Target (and by shopping, I exchanged a sweater at Kohl’s.  I had bought a striped one-I love stripes-but hadn’t worn it yet.  I lost my receipt, so I exchanged it for a black one that I can wear to Macy*s).  Then I wandered around Target, but didn’t find anything.  Once I got to Macy*s, I saw all the rediculously priced merchandise.  All of the clearance racks were $4.99 or 75% off.  I just had bought a bunch of sweaters that were $8 for me after discount (they were 50% off at the time), but now they were on sale for $4 (after discount).  I did price adjustments on two of them (so I got $8 back), and bought two more.  I’m not sure if I should keep them (do I need them?), but they’re $4 sweaters!!!!!  I also returned some things that didn’t fit - a wicked awesome sweater in the Misses department that was a Small, but still too big.  This lady obviously has it clipped in the back, because there is no way that is how a small looks on her.   But anyway, things were super cheap, and I went a little crazy.  Well…. I bought two more of the sweaters I had already bought.  One in light grey, and one in grey and blue striped.  They’re long cardigans, so they can be worn on top of other shirts, and light enough to be worn in the summer.  Perhaps I’ll change my mind and return them… but right now, they’re $4 sweaters!  This should motivate me to clean out my closet, and throw away things I don’t wear.

I decided I wanted to stop using an antiperspirant because of the aluminum in it.  I was looking at all the different deodorants available, and I had heard good things about The Crystal, and wrote about it a while ago.  I have wanted to switch deodorants for a long time, but wanted to wait until I was finished with my old one (I didn’t want to waste anything).  Finally, I gave up wanting to finish it.  It’s almost done, so I just decided I would save it, and keep it handy.  I keep a deodorant in my car, and one in my Destare purse so I always have one around if I forget to put it on in the morning.

Megan uses Tom’s of Maine, and I also looked into Burt’s Bees herbal deodorant.  I decided against The Crystal because I read that the underarm skin has to be freshly clean for it to work.  There are some days where I wake up and put deodorant on without showering.  Sometimes I don’t get around to exercising until later in the afternoon, and do other things in the morning.  I want a deodorant that can go on at any time.  I settled on Tom’s of Maine Fragrance Free because Megan and my dad both use it.  I started it on Friday, and so far, so good!  Friday afternoon after I had gone to the gym, I did a smell test.  Mom and Dylan were both home, so I asked them to smell me as well.  They both said I smelled fine, and my mom said “Usually the bacteria doesn’t start to smell until an hour after you exercise.”  Then I said “Oh, well, I always shower right after exercising, so that doesn’t really matter.”

I’ve been using it for four days now, and haven’t really had a problem.

Friday, I worked 5 hours at Macy’s, and then worked that night at Destare.  I did 20,013 steps.  It’s the most I’ve ever done.  I think I was at 19,878 as I was getting ready for bed, and I said to myself, “I’m THIS close to getting to 20,000, I need to walk around until I reach it.”  And so I did.  20,000 steps = 10 miles.  That’s a lot of walking in one day!

Oh, and I went to a concert last night at O’Briens Pub in Allston with Niles from work.  We saw the bands Close Friends and Quixote.  I got there, and realized that one of the band members in Quixote was a guy I know from Destare.  I was outside waiting to go in, when he walked down the street towards us.  I looked at him, and said “Heeey!!!  I know you!!!!”  I guess he’s friends with Niles, and a bunch of Niles’ friends were in the bands.  At the bar, I ordered a Jack and diet coke.  Niles took one sip of it, and said “Ick.  So that’s what it tastes like to be on a diet while trying to get drunk.”  Ha!  I’m not on a diet, I just eat well.  There’s a difference.  Niles drank yummy PBR (cause it was the cheapest beer they had at $3 for a pint).