iPhone Foto Friday

Happy Valentine's Day Weekend Everyone! :)

Since we have been outrageously slow at night at work we have had to find ways to keep ourselves busy - and I can only dust the shelves so many times! So a few weeks ago myself and two associates decided to make everyone a Valentine's Day Box!

They turned out super cute!! And spice up our otherwise boring stockroom!

I even got some really cute little sticker Valentines and candy to put in them! yay! :)

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Love,
Katie :)

Valentine's Day Decorations!

Yay! It's Time to share my fun V-day decorations!

To be honest, in January I was so sad after taking down all of the X-mas decorations and I hated how empty the house felt, so within 24 hours I had the house re-decorated with Valentine's Day stuff to ease my Post-Christmas Depression haha!

Josh and I went to Kohl's and I found these super cute little plates that were 50% off! Then we went next door to Pier 1 and they had some cute little plate holders for $3.99! They turned out super cute, just the look I was going for! :)

Cupcake!

Sweetie Pie!

Sweet heart!

Then on our book shelf under the TV I have some pink little letters that spell out "LOVE" :)

And of course I had to get the Valentine's Day table runner from Pottery Barn Kids! So cute!

Little Hearts!

Annnnd obviously V-day isn't complete without some sweets! In a cute heart shaped candy dish! :)

And last but not least, our little Welcome sign out front!

Did you decorate for Valentine's Day? Or am I the only weird one!? haha!

-Katie

Oh the people you will meet...

This is a text heavy post, but I swear it is worth it! hahaha

Working in retail has its ups and downs.

I hate the hours, but I love the discount.
I hate annoying customers, but I love being able to be social all day.

But one of the best parts of working in retail are all of the crazy people you meet.

Flash back to a few weeks ago, 10 minutes before closing time, me and my closing associates are all trying to clean the store up so we can leave sooner than later.

Enter young female around 30, who starts picking up bags and making a huge pile at the cash wrap. I'm thinking lady are you serious? Because honestly, 9.999 times out of 10 when people start picking up a butt load of bags to look at they won't buy any of them in the end.

So I'm getting annoyed that she is making a mess right before closing, when she goes up to Hazel and says "here's my card, just charge them all and don't tell me the total" I'm like whoa what a baller, most people don't come in and pick up 5 or 6 purses and say "I'll take em all!"

In talking to her I find out she just moved to the area, she has a 4 year old son who lives with his dad which is what brought her here. I asked her if she now has a longer commute to work (a normal question if someone has just moved) to which she replies "Oh no, I don't work, I'm just a couch potato... I know you are probably thinking how can I afford these bags if I don't work?... well i was in a really bad accident and I was just awarded 200K"

Me- Wow that is a lot of money! What happened??
Her- Well, it is a really embarrassing story...
(by this time the store is closed and she is the only customer)
Me- Oh ok, well you don't have to tell it if you don't want to, but it is just girls.
Her- ohh what the hell! ...

.... It was Fourth of July 2008 and I was in Tahoe. I was at this huge mansion for a party. While I was there I met the contractor who built the house. We were wasted... *this is so embarrassing, I can't believe I'm telling you this* ...so we were taking a shower together, and it is one of those all glass showers and it has a glass bench, so he is sitting on the bench and I'm on my knees, and the bench breaks!

Cutting the guy's ass off pretty much (he had to get 250 stitches in his butt) and cutting my leg in half through all of the muscle and all the way to the bone. He stands up and is all delirious because we are both losing so much blood and he is yelling "What the fuck do I do, what the fuck do I do??!" So I was like CALL 911 you idiot! I can see my bone!!!!! Apparently the glass bench wasn't the correct safety glass, it was just regular glass, so it couldn't support his weight.

So 15 surgeries later, my leg works but it is all scarred. I had to quit my job because I was in the hospital for so long and once I was better I couldn't sit at a desk for very long because it hurt my leg. And I wasn't going to sue, but I had to move in with my mom and she said she wasn't going to help pay for any of my bills so that's when I decided to sue. So I sued the contractor for installing the wrong glass, and the glass company for sending the wrong glass. But it was so embarrassing because I had to go in front of a judge in court and everyone else and tell them the story. But I was awarded 350K, and after paying off all of my bills I have 200K left which I just received a couple of months ago.

And now I'm just trying to relax a bit before I have to go find a job, and I figured that I deserve a few nice things, so I promised myself when I got the money I would buy myself a new purse!

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So lets recap shall we?

A complete stranger comes into the store. Tells myself and two associates how she met a guy at a party, got drunk and gave him a BJ in a shower at a home that wasn't hers, broke her leg completely open, and sued for $350K.

The only good thing, if you can even call it that, was she said she regretted it a lot and it wasn't worth all of the money she got. She also showed us all of her scars and boy oh boy was she TORE up!! So crazy.

But REALLY?? You couldn't just make up a story and say you were in a bad car accident? You had to tell me the true story?? Have some dignity lady!!!

It's days like these were I love my job hahahaha!!

-Katie

Three Day Hockey Weekend!!

What a great weekend! I had three days off and it was PACKED full of things! Thursday night after I got off of work Josh and I drove home to my parents for a yummy meal of Chicken Parm, yum! :) Then after dinner we hung out and watched some TV with my dad.

On Friday I got up and went to get Hot Chocolate with my good friend Katie! We went to Panama Bay, which I had never been to before. It was a really nice homey feeling place, and we had a lot of fun catching up!

After my hot chocolate date with Katie I headed to Josh's and from there we ran a few errands and then went home and had lunch. That evening we headed to San Jose because Josh and his sister had two games that night for their semi-pro hockey team. They ended up losing both games but Josh got some goals so that was good!

Then on Saturday we headed to Woodland where Josh and Amber were playing in a college hockey tournament on the SSU team.

Can you tell they are related? haha

Here are a few pictures from the games, but as you can tell...
1) Josh is too fast for my camera and
2) my camera sucks haha

Amber is the goalie for the SSU team and Josh is a forward, but as of lately he has been playing D, he is the one in the center of the picture in the white jersey.

Yay # 8!

They had four games on Saturday so in between the 5pm game and the 9pm game we went to get some dinner, and we decided to go to Sonic!

I must admit, this was my very FIRST TIME EVER going to a Sonic and it was amazing! We don't have one close to where we live, and now I am jealous of all of you who talk about going to Sonic all of the time! Those tots were delish! :)

After dinner and a quick nap in the car we headed in for the last game. Here is Joshy waiting for game time.

Me and the sweaty monster after the game :)

On Sunday we DID NOT watch the Super Bowl. There I said it. I am so lucky to have a boyfriend who doesn't care about football, so instead of watching it we headed back to our house from my parent's house and made an IKEA pit stop along the way! (Josh broke one of our plates so we went to go pick up another - but sadly they don't carry them anymore! Lame!)

We were pretty hungry by the time we got to IKEA so we walked over to the outdoor mall next to IKEA to grab a bite to eat! We decided to try this place called Asqew where they are all about skewers!

Josh got the Thai BBQ Skewers and a Cesar Salad

And I got the Texas BBQ Skewers with Mashed Potatoes! :)

And yes, they were as delish as they look!!

After our quick detour to Ikea and lunch we headed back home to do some grocery shopping, which was great because there were ZERO lines at the grocery stores. And as you all know, no line at Costco is an urban legend - but we were able to experience it! haha

Once we got home and unloaded all of our groceries we decided to take advantage of the great weather and go for a bike ride! Then we came home, put on our jammies and relaxed the rest of the night and went to bed early - the perfect end to a busy weekend!

I hope you all had a great weekend as well! Now it's back to work! boo!

-Katie

iPhone Foto Friday

Yay! It is FRIDAY!!!!! And what is even better is I have FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY off!!!! Wahoooooooooooo!!!

So let's get started! This picture came straight from my iPhone when I was driving home to my parent's for Christmas. After working all day and not having a snack in a while I was feeling like I needed some sugar so I pulled off of the freeway to get a soda.

I ended up in the drive through of Pop-Eyes and as I am pulling in I saw this sign in the window:

I'm not a huge veggie eater to begin with, but I'm sorry, I will NEVER order green beans from a fast food chain, let alone get them served to me in a drive through! Thank you very much.

Ewy, it makes me grossed out just thinking about it!

Happy Friday Everyone! I hope you have a great weekend! I will be spending it at Josh's hockey games! (6 to be exact!) He has two tournaments, one for his semi-pro team and another for the college team! It should be a lot of fun, especially because we are at home visiting our families, so not only do I get the weekend off, but I get to watch Josh play hockey AND see my family :) Yay!

-Katie

Gym Freak of the Week

Oh boy here we go, straight out of the freak breading petri dish that is my gym....

Yesterday I was getting ready to get in the pool when I noticed a girl around my age who had just got in the pool as well. This really excited me because at my gym it is mainly old people who use the pool to do water aerobics/look like they are drowning. So whenever there is someone my age I get excited that I will finally have someone to pace off of - and challenge myself to kick their booty even if they don't know that in my mind we are racing. haha

So of course, yesterday, to my surprise there was a young girl in the lane next to mine, and not only was she my age, but she had a cap and goggles on, so I figured it was a no brainer - let's get this work out started.

UNTIL... my swim challenge started doing Bobs.

Up and down the lane, back and forth, bobbing up and bobbing down. I was so confused by what I was witnessing, and I actually had to turn the other way at one point because I thought I was going to laugh at her.

Needless to say, my workout went unchallenged, simply pacing myself off of the clock...

... maybe next time I won't assume that people who look like avid swimmers really came to swim laps. haha

-Katie

Hasta La Vista Stinky Washer!

So as many of you know last summer I bought a front loading washer and dryer, aka the most amazing things ever!!

The only down side to these beauties is after a little while the washer starts to smell kinda funky! Because it is front loading it is air tight, so after you use it it starts to grow bacteria because it is all sealed up, damp, and in a dark place (according to various websites - kinda nasty, right?).

Enter : Tide Washing Machine Cleaner!!!

This stuff seriously works miracles, I use it once a month and it never fails to refresh the stinky washer.

Do any of you ladies have front loaders that get smelly? Or am I the only one who is so privileged? haha

-Katie