Birthday thoughts!

So over the past few days I have really begun to think about Josie's first birthday party. I'm super excited but I don't want to go too over the top with it. Before she was born, Tyler and I picked out a crib set that had a vintage flower design all over it and different size floral patterns in yellow, blue, pink and green pastels. We were completely in love with the pattern and I think instead of doing a "theme" for her 1st birthday, I'm going to go more shabby chic.

Wherever we decide to have it, I'm going to get solid colored table cloths and get some flowers for the centerpieces. I thought a cute idea would be to get live plants and plant them in little painted pots for the centerpieces. Then, when everyone gets ready to leave they can take the plants home with them. I think it would be a cute little party favor. 

I'm not sure on the location yet either. If I knew that the weather was going to be nice, we could have it in the field down by Whitney's house or down at the creek. I really want to have it at the creek because there is a shed/dance floor that's covered just in case it does rain.Another idea that I thought of would be to rent a room at the mall. The rooms are really big though, so to fix that, I thought we could use streamer to separate the eating/food section from the section where the kids could play. I really like that idea so maybe that will be the best idea. I'm not sure yet.



Well, I've cheered up a lot since the other day. I was just having one of those days where everything just sucked. I'm still working on my eating and I'm doing a really good job of keeping it in check. Tyler is helping me out without even knowing it. He's been helping pick out stuff for dinner and actually motivating me to cook. lol.

Last week was my vacation and boy was I happy. I was getting to the point where I was so tired of coming to work and dealing with ignorant people every day. Saturday Beth and I went to the flea market to sell some of the baby clothes that Josie has outgrown. I tried not to show it too much but every time I sold something that she wore, it hurt my heart. I can't believe that she has grown so much already! There weren't many people at the flea market this weekend so we only sold about $50 worth and that was all thanks to Beth's idea of telling people that whatever they could fit in the little black plastic bags they could have for $6. It worked out well.

After we left the flea market we went to the Nissan place to pick up an oil filter then we went to Walmart to have my oil changed and my tires balanced and rotated. They got my car lifted up and all the oil taken out and then realized that they had given me the wrong oil filter at the Nissan place. So they ended up putting a Wal-Mart one on there so I could go back to the dealership.

When I got there, the maintenance part was closed even though they were supposed to stay open until 4pm and it was only 3:30. Johnny Kenemer, the big shot over at the dealership, came out to talk to me. When I explained my problem he was a complete and utter asshole to me because I have a vagina and people with vagina's can't possibly know what they're talking about. He basically stood there and talked to me like I was an idiot and screamed in my face telling me that if I had been going to Walmart to get the oil changed, then maybe Walmart should take care of everything. What an ass! I left and told him that I would be back on Monday for my money back.

So today on my lunch break I headed back over there and went in to talk to the maintenance people. The guy that sold me the oil filter swore up and down that I didn't buy an oil filter from them on Saturday even though I had the damn receipt with the time and date on it. I asked to speak to someone who had two brain cells that were still viable and his manager came over. I explained what was going on and he apologized multiple times and gave me two oil filters instead of just the one that I was owed. Now, was that really that hard?! I definitely won't be going back there again!

Now I'm sitting at work waiting for Todd to get back from the dentist. Guess I'm going to go work on the guest list for Josie's birthday party. :)