Happy birthday to me! We celebrated my 34th birthday this weekend and though I didn't get to sleep in and I didn't wake up 10 lbs. lighter, it was a good day regardless. I woke up to sweet and thoughtful gifts from my Matt. New and improved travel coffee mug -- yes! Then I got most of the morning to myself (HEAVEN), took Chloe to lunch and out shopping to spend some birthday cash. Then I cooked up EXACTLY what I wanted for dinner. Steak with mushrooms, homemade wheat bread, oven-baked potatoes topped with plain yogurt and cheddar cheese, pear/cranberry/walnut/blue cheese salad and peach cobbler for dessert. And while I LOVED partaking in last year's dark chocolate and cherry pavlova I didn't feel like putting forth that much effort this year. (If you've never attempted a pavlova, I highly recommend it! Read about my pavlova journey here.)
It's good to be 34! I don't even care that I'm seriously close to the 30's midpoint. Whatever. I could care less. My life is stuffed to the gills with blessings; the biggest being that all my sins are forgiven. What can top that?!? If my life had a theme song, Psalm 32 would be it!
So, on to the exercise in estimation. During my birthday shopping spree I happened upon a Payless that was going out of business and liquidating their inventory. I almost didn't stop. I was seriously disappointed with Borders' so-called liquidating sale and was skeptical that the Payless sale would yield any actual bargains. It's tough to impress this super-cheap-coupon-clipping-bargain hunter. But the sale was indeed worthy of my time. 8 pairs later I was one happy cheapskate!
What do you think I paid for these puppies? Closest guess to my actual total will win . . . . something. Really, I promise to put together some kind of fun mystery prize for the winning estimator. I won't divulge the percent off I netted here but I'll give you a tiny clue. Think more than 50% off. Put on your estimating caps and give it a go!
Solomon was very excited about the new pile of footwear. He spent a good 20 minutes (which is nigh an eternity for my busy boy) trying on shoes and stomping around the house in them. Cuteness!
9 comments:
$16 is my guess. Glad you had a good birthday! Someday I am going to make a pavlova!
I'll guess $29.50 before tax. ;-)
oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I'm going to split the difference between their guesses & go with $22. What a sweet bargain, regardless!
So happy to hear that you had a good birthday. You are so right - we are tremendously blessed with the gift of salvation. Everything else is just extra :-)
And you picked a fabulous birthday dinner, I have to say. I'm not so sure about pavlova...I'm going to have to review your posts to remind myself of what it is :-)
I'm going to go with $18.99. :)
Happy Birthday!! Your birthday dinner looked scrumptious!! Glad you were able to have some time to yourself and that you had a happy day. :)
$17
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
My guess is $24.99. I am ridiculously excited to see what you actually paid.
happy birthday!!! and i'd like to go with a ridiculously low $12 just b/c it would make me squeal out loud if i was right. :)
I'll say $15.00. Love it when you can find such steals!!
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