Hat Woman & Shoes!

Saturday was book club. You may remember I'm a member of what was dubbed "The Worst Book Club Ever". We do read books & sometimes even the same books, just not at the same time. Like now, everyone is on the Hunger Games bandwagon. Everyone, but me, that is. I read Twilight & some other absolutely ridiculous book so I'm pretty much done with anything that isn't "normal". When I say normal I mean no aliens, vampires, wolves or whatever Jacob was, dystopian, etc. Anywho, Saturday evening I was making a stop at a local family owned grocery store, Calvin's, if you're from the area, to pick up what has got to be the absolute best chicken salad EVER! I parked & saw this.

Yes, it's a random chick with a really big hat on sitting in front of the grocery store. It's hard to see just how big the hat is because her head's turned & it's black & blends in with the background. Trust me, it was big. Hat Lady was selling tickets to some sort of raffle. I have no idea what it was about because luckily for me when I was going in she'd already nabbed a lady & was giving her the spiel. She was dressed very cute & the hat was cute too but it was very strange to me to see someone sitting outside of a grocery store dressed like this. On to book club. As usual, the food was divine. It's very odd considering that very few of us actually cook, yet we always manage to have too much good food. Between, the chicken salad, my friend Vicki's cheesy raspberry dip (sounds weird doesn't it?? It's amazing!), and this

I felt sick. This bowl of goodness is a diet blower waiting to happen. Thanks to Wendy, we know that it's 670 calories per cup. I'm pretty sure I ate at least a cup. The good news? There's no way I will ever make this concoction because of the 17 million steps involved. There are Reeses to be cut & then cut again, brownies to be baked & cut up. YES, there are brownies in this too. Pudding to make & mix with Cool Whip. Allison used low calorie Cool Whip. Thank goodness! I can't imagine eating this with regular Cool Whip & not saving those 10 calories. (That would be sarcasm). Then you layer the whole concoction. It was delish but good grief. We did actually talk about books this time but we also did Zumba. Allison's been going for awhile & she gave us a demo & taught us some of the moves. I can see why people like these classes. It seems to be more fun than actual exercise.

While I was on the cruise I started C25K again. Sunday morning I started Week 2. I hate that I've had to start over but after being hurt for so long I think it's the way to go. It's definitely been easier this time around. So far anyway. Yesterday, I had a dentist appt. so I got home from work a little early. I went for my run. The weather was awesome. It was in the low 70's & there didn't seem to be any humidity. After my run I helped Dean tackle this "little" project.

That's 70 bags of mulch. We got 24 put down in the backyard. I don't think 70 is going to be enough. It's so pretty though. I'll have pictures once we're finished. 

Today at lunch I ran to Shoe Station. Y'all know I love that place. What makes it better is this week there's a 25% off coupon. Normally, they're only 20%. Far be it from me to waste a good coupon. I got these & they're so comfortable. The brand is that  b * an o with a line through it * c.

 Yes, I took the pics in my car. I did it while I was thinking about it. I got these too.

Cute huh? I love Corky's flip flops. They're so comfy. I bought a pair last summer because they were so cute. I had never heard of them & had no idea how comfy they were. I should've taken a better pic of the heal. They're not flat. They have a little wedge. The best part? $19.99 + the 25% off. Seriously, who passes up $15 flip flops??? Not me, that's for sure. They had them in a couple of colors but I don't have any green flip flops & these are really bright. Perfect for summer. I had to wait in line to check out. Not ideal when you're on your lunch break. Y'all may remember me talking about how I'm not a fan of check writer's. No offense if you write checks in a store but I hope you start filling out the check while the cashier is ringing your stuff up & not wait unitl she's completely finished to get your check book out of your purse. If you do that you'll get an eye roll from me, but you won't notice because you're too busy digging for your check book. Well, I had a whole new experience today. The lady's total was $55.01. What did she do? No, not write a check. She pulled out a penny & her credit card. HUH? Why would she do that?? Well, that would be because she wanted the penny to pay for the .01 portion of $55.01 & she was charging the $55. Umm, wierd much?? I think so. The cashier apparently thought so too because she kept asking her "you want to use the penny?" To which the customer kept saying "yes, you said it was $55.01 right?". Sorry but I think this is the weirdest thing ever. For the life of me I can't figure out why someone would do that. Do you know how much longer it took to handle the transaction that way? I do, I wasn't enjoying it. That's why I try not to shop at lunch.

Toodles!