We had the weekend off work since Saturday was a cleaning/prep day for clients. Carpets cleaned and such.

I could have worked anyway, BUT I worked last Sunday. & as much as I can work from home it's never as productive. Always missing something, don't have my 10-key, etc., etc., etc. Ideally I will get a couple of hours of work done today. But otherwise, happy to take a long, deep breathe before the next 3 months of 6-day weeks.

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Yesterday my parents visited.

My dad spent a chunk of the day helping dh fix his old bike up and diagnosing an electric problem. I think we decided long ago the strobing lights in the bathroom need to be replaced. But for whatever reason dh refused to replace them. He is driving me NUTS. Forgive me for wanting LIGHT in the bathroom. So this has been a long going issue. Believe me, I have threatened to buy light bulbs, but then dh says he will take care of it. Round and round we go.

So anyway, my dad said we needed new light bulbs. Doh. & he doesn't understand our other problem, but it's workable. So, dh said he would buy light bulbs today. Lord help him if he doesn't.

I didn't put that whole thing on my To Do list for 2009 because I thought it would have been done by now!

Let there be light in the shower today! Maybe it will be scary - we have been showering in the dark so long. LOL.

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My co-worker makes these beautiful fleece blankets and sells them pretty much at cost. I bought a beautiful full size one for my mom and a Thomas Train one for LM. We picked them up yesterday. While there I spotted the most PERFECT one for my sister. So I ended up spending $120 on 3 blankets.

Oh, they are definitely my weakness!!!!!!!

But it does remind me of my frugal nature. I had told her what I had in mind but that I had wanted to spread them out. I resisted telling her anything for BM because I did not want to buy 3 blankets at once (which I did do!). Anyway, so BM was rather jealous. I told him that he would have to wait his turn, and in fact I would love nothing more than a full-size blanket myself (I have just a lap one - the first one I bought). I told him I knew we both had the patience to wait.

Anyway, the thing about being frugal or living below your means is that if there is something you really want, you learn to put it off.

I know plenty of parents who would never do what I did. Oh it's so unfair. Well life isn't fair. BM wants a blanket, he can wait until I can truly afford one. LM was just way easier to shop for, truth be told.

So BM and I will wait for ours. Thinking next fall. So hopefully we can have them by next winter!

Of course, funny enough, when my dad left yesterday he mentioned he wanted one too. LOL. Oy vey. & then dh!!!!! He said he was joking and he could share. But that he really likes the one we have but for it being small, like a lap blanket.

I see many blankets in our future. But yeah, not going to spend $300 on blankets today. Phew.

Yeah, my dad is going to have to wait a couple of months, at least. Might as well save pennies for when the weather turns cold once again. Spring is already in the air here.

I'll post pics later though - they are gorgeous. & so WARM and COZY! Can't remember life before them. My mom always knitted a lot of blankets so those are second best. We have a few knitted blankets around, but I think they have fallen out of favor a bit. Both kinds are very durable and warm.

I know it's relatively mild here but we don't turn on the heat at night and we don't pile our beds with blankets. One of those will do, on top of a summer bed and one other blanket. Obviously we don't live up north though!

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Anyway, the day went fast. We went on a long drive to my co-worker's. We had a nice lunch. & we blinked and it was over.

In the morning we did pick up the house a bit. We are not neat by ANY means. LOL. But I think we have been de-cluttering so much, and a little more time and organization lately, and the 3 or 4 weekends away left our house in total disarray.

Yesterday dh put away the Christmas stuff and I cleared some of the piling clutter downstairs. I had been feeling stressed and disorganized and I think that was partly why.

I think we have no weekend plans for a long time. Phew. To be gone so much does become stressful.

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I am pleased to say I have a big long day of nothing to do today. Woohoo!