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Mother’s Day was bittersweet. Bitter for the obvious reason (and the added insult that I have to do the dishes from my Mother’s Day breakfast today. With NO dishwasher. GRRRRRR!) and sweet because I am mom to two of the best little guys on the planet
Yup, I would say that the thing that saved the day was the utter adorableness of my two sweet boys.
I heard excited whispering outside our door really early in the morning as my boys kept whispering, “Dad! Dad! Is it time to start making breakfast for mom, yet?”
You would think it was Christmas by how anxious they were to surprise me on Mother’s Day.
I could hear them bustling about in the kitchen with their Dad, and when it was ready Christopher and James came in and brought me a card that had little drawings on it and a p.s. from James that stated, “I made the sausage!” accompanied by juice, eggs, French toast and aforementioned sausage. Not being a breakfast person, and being exhausted from perpetual sucky nights of disturbed sleep, I ate the toast and hugged everyone and went back to sleep.
Later in the day we had lunch with my family and dinner with Jonathan’s family.
Jon’s brother and his wife just had the sweetest baby. It was so nice to hold and cuddle him. He reminded me so much of Matthew with his build and some of his features. Not that I needed to hold another baby to be reminded of my Little Bug yesterday. Or any day for that matter.
Gifts for the moms and good conversation ensued, and I ended the evening playing games with my usual group of Sunday friends.
While I procrastinate the clean up of the sty that is my kitchen, I have been browsing online for my Mother’s Day gift: A handbag for summer.
I want something different and I think I MAY have found it.
I am usually drawn to a bag because of its hardware, but I think that this one caught my eye because it doesn’t have any! Instead, it has adorable ruffles that I am really liking. I love the size and it fits in my budget (About $100.00). It’s also groovey because it’s a honey of a deal as it’s half off. Plus, it’s DIFFERENT, which I am always a fan of.
I freaking love bluefly.com.
If anyone else has any other suggestions on a bag (or if you just want to be awesome and wash my dishes for me), let me know.
Camille says:
I like the bag and even though I love you, I would never wash your dishes. : )
Happy mother’s day anyway, though!
Camilles last blog post..Faking it for the Whole Wide World
May 12th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
loralee says:
Damn.
Can’t blame a gal for trying.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Gretchen says:
I would wash your dishes, but I think I may be too far away.
Sounds like an excellent breakfast. I got to make my own - and everyone elses.
Ah well.
Gretchens last blog post..Happy Birthday, My Boy.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
sizzle says:
I like the ruffles!
sizzles last blog post..Socks? Off!
May 12th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Angella says:
I am loving the bag!!
Maybe you should buy your hubby a dishwasher for Father’s Day
Angellas last blog post..Kirtsy
May 12th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
natalie says:
i don’t usually do cute bags, but only because i have to carry my life with me in mine. the things i usually clutter my car up with in america now have to fit in my purse so i am all for utilitarian now. and if they happen to be cute then that is a plus. oh…and i need an over the shoulder around the head kinda thing. since i have to walk or take public transportation every freakin’ where. i hate when they slip off my shoulder. ok…so now that i have given my opinion on what kind of bag i need i will say that the purse you picked is really cute. awww…and the ruffles. cute. and you will look so cute carrying it. cute.
natalies last blog post..Mother’s Day Comparison shopping
May 12th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
ali says:
oooh…like the bag
alis last blog post..why i REALLY need to move…and my mother’s day gifts?
May 12th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
witchypoo says:
I would have held out for a new dishwasher right away, no waiting. The bag, however, is lovely.
I would marry my dishwasher, but since it’s bought and paid for, I can just live in delicious sin with it.
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May 12th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
lceel says:
That’s an awesome looking bag. and i would wash your dishes - but then Annie would kill me because I never wash ours and then she’d be all like “why are you washing somebody else’s dishes and you NEVER wash ours?” and then I tell her “I’m sorry, but loading that dishwasher is just way too complicated for me.” and then she says “Yeah, right.” and then I say “It’s just like programming the VCR. I build computers, and networks and stuff like that but I cannot program the VCR and I cannot load the dishwasher.” And that’s the truth. pbpbpbpt.
lceels last blog post..no more swearing
May 12th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Vanessa says:
where are your priorities woman? while you should be scouring e-bay for a cut-price dishwasher, instead you’re browsing for cute ruffly bags?!
just my kind of woman
sending love
Vx
Vanessas last blog post..a very, very fond thank you
May 12th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Heather says:
Well I think the bag is cute as well, but I am not to be trusted in bag making choices as I stick to one bag until it is falling apart. I had to do my own mother’s day dishes today…grrrr! I kept asking if someone was going to do them. Their answer was to tell me Happy Mother’s Day and shove me in the car and take me out to dinner. (Not that I am complaining) I did when the girls got home this afternoon, they both replied “What you didn’t ask us to do the dishes!” (and no dishwasher here, wouldn’t fit in the kitchen)
Heathers last blog post..Happy You Day
May 12th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Elizabeth says:
That sucks about your dishes! I don’t know how we lived for years without one. It is a godsend. Feel free to borrow it if you’re ever in Wisconsin.
And that purse? Awesome. I’d go for it.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Elizabeth says:
… lived without a dishwasher, that is.
Elizabeths last blog post..Something about moms and apples and trees.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Melly says:
Is that all, only $100. Wow, big spender. I love my recent bag purchase at Ross, a whole $10 for a cute Ralph Lauren bag.
Mellys last blog post..Mother’s Day at our house
May 12th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Amber says:
Tres cute bag! My new favorites are Haiku bags that I bought at REI. Seriously. If I could buy every single one in their collection, I would!
Ambers last blog post..Mile High Mamas Monday - Sordid Secrets and the Husbands Who Keep Them
May 12th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
loralee says:
@Amber
OMG. I LOVE those bags! I went and checked them out and man, are they are so adorable.
I will have to go with them next time (I love the canvas flowered shoulder bags) they are right up my ally.
I need a slightly less casual bag for the summer as I am going a couple of places that require it (Otherwise, I would SOOOO go with that one. Sigh.)
May 12th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
JL says:
Okay…I think it’s the ruffle that does it for me. Yep…good choice!
JLs last blog post..Jackets…
May 12th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
glittersmama says:
I didn’t wash my own dishes yesterday or today. Laze at its finest.
I love the bag. I’m glad that you have two sweet boys that made your Mother’s Day happy.
glittersmamas last blog post..The Best Day of My Life
May 12th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
The Over-Thinker says:
I LOVE IT. (Can I borrow it next summer?)
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May 12th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Amber says:
I love the bag. Color, size, ruffles. It’s pretty much fabulous.
Ambers last blog post..Not Recommended
May 12th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Elizabeth says:
Way way cute.
Elizabeths last blog post..Seen it
May 12th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Missy says:
So if I do the dishes, you buy me that bag, is that how it works?
I love the bag, in case that wasn’t obvious.
Missys last blog post..Numbers
May 12th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Shamelessly Sassy says:
Love the bag. I recently got the Guess Kyoto Hobo in white, and love it. If you haven’t settled on one yet, you should definitely check it out. It’s lovely.
Shamelessly Sassys last blog post..The Peen Magnet
May 13th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
SparklieSunShine says:
I am in LOVE with that purse. And I feel about purses like many women feel about shoes.
SparklieSunShines last blog post..Sk*rt no longer, now kirtsy
May 13th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
grandmamarie says:
I’ll come and wash your dishes if you’ll quadrastuff some oreos for me…and have a fun, long visit, of course!
May 15th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Melanie says:
I am so late to the game, but that bag is FLY. I love that bag. And I’ll just bet that bag loves you.
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May 16th, 2008 at 3:31 pm