Oops!

Oops! It's almost midnight, and I said I'd write a journal entry every day.

I almost forgot, and I don't know if I can get this in time to beat the deadline for one entry a day.

I spent some time with my friend and her daughter... we had a lovely lunch at Wholly Guacamole... all of us agreed that we had eaten too much. Neither of us could finish what we had ordered, although the food was great. Mostly, we were more interested in having some quality time with friends, so afterward there was some time spent browsing through the mall.

Amazingly, the teen-aged daughter (turned 13 this year) practiced a new discipline her wise mother had taught her recently: that when she (her daughter) had some money, and she knew she needed to save that money for something bigger down the road, she should walk out of the store where the clothes/jewelry/ whatever was calling out to her to "Buy Me!" Later on, she could return to the store, and if she still thought the item was something she had to have, she would have a chance to reconsider. The theory being that with time and space between her and the desired object, she would lose the urge to make a spontaneous purchase. "Just walk away," is the mother's sage advice.

I saw her walk out of several stores just because the temptation to buy something became so great. She walked away from shoes, clothing, and colognes. I admired the level of maturity she showed as she practiced this new self-discipline, well on her way to acquiring a good habit in money management. Actually, it influenced my shopping today, as well, and I walked away without spending as much as I could have on things I didn't need.

Thank you, Marlene! You were a good influence on me today.

I had some highlights put in my hair today but I really don't see that it looks much different than what I had before I had highlights put in my hair. I did ask for subtle highlights, though. I can't see the back of my head clearly enough to say for sure. My husband didn't notice the difference. He was pretty blunt about it. I'm going to ask my girlfriendtomorrow ... she'll give me good feedback, something I can work with.

I worked out at the gym twice this week... those ab crunches are gonna kill me. I'm trying to give myself a new look for the new school year. That's why the highlights in my hair today. It'll all come together in August.

It's almost midnight (whew, that was close!), so I'm going to end this entry now. Will try to have more substance tomorrow. Today was a rather lazy day for me... I did bake two peach cobblers this evening from scratch.  I'll probably freeze one. The other is to make my husband smile.

(Sigh)...there was a time when I didn't have to bake to make him smile.

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