What a day!!!

Last Monday, I had the day off from Hallmark (thank goodness).  It's been nice working there for really only a few reasons: I have a (VERY) little income at $7 whopping ones an hour! I have met some super duper cute girls that I really love to work with.  It gets me out of the house and meeting great strangers. Thats about it.  

Anyway, since I didn't have to work that day, I decided it was the perfect time to go down to Utah County.  First, I met up with Kim and Kristy Denney at Zupas.  They work near each other in American Fork, so we got together to have lunch on their break.  I just adore these girls.  They make life so wonderful; fabulous TRUE friends!  Gems!  I could go on all day long about these incredible girls.  They have changed my life for the better and I am grateful for them in my life.

On my way to Provo, I got a call from my brother saying that Sadie and DeDe had forgotten toothpaste for their Soccer Camp at BYU. I stopped at the grosh and then headed to the dorms.  Talk about Nostalgic.  They were staying in Helaman Halls.  CHIPMAN hall no less!  Many,  many years ago, that is where my BYU legacy began.  What a great place!  I really loved BYU, all the great people I met, and all the memories that I have there.  

After my quick stop at the dorms, I went up to Nordys, naturally.  I still love that place so much.  I have great friends that still work there and it is such a beautiful store.  Puts things into perspective, when I had such a great job there and  now I work at Hallmark!  Definitely grateful for what I had!  I ended up buying some sweet orange peep-toed sling backs for Jens wedding last weekend. And they were on sale.  :)  Can't beat that!  Anna met up with me there, too.  I feel like I hadn't seen her in ages, but really it had only been a few weeks.  I love her.  She's changed my life, too.  We have become so close, especially since we got to live together for a year and a half.  What a precious treasure she is.  I'm so excited for her to go to Italy for the summer and to have so many great experiences there.  

We left Nordys and headed to Red Mango, which is also a delight.  Frozen yogurt with toppings.  There are a ton of places like this in the Provo/Orem area, and I miss them. Healthy and Yummy.  What else can you ask for?  So, we went there for a little treat and Jacinth met up with us too.  We had a great time chatting away about odds and ends of life.  They're having a fabulous summer and fantastic things are happening for both of them.  We have a blast together.  Obviously! :)

As I started my 2 hour trek back to Logan to get back to "mi corazon," I made a quick stop at IKEA!  First of all, what a dream!  That store is a diamond in the rough in terms of shopping available in Utah.  Collin and I fell in love with a bed there a few weeks ago, but of course it was on backorder.  Lame.  So, we've (I've) been checking online every day to check the availability.  Miraculously, the day that I happen to be passing through the Draper area, it was AVAILABLE! With the green light to get it from the husband, I picked it up and hauled it into my car.  Luckily, all the boxes fit in my Subaru. Love that car.  

After everything was loaded, I finished the beautiful trip home to Logan, completely satisfied with the great day off that I had been having.  Even the scattered showers didn't get me down. The only bummer about the whole day was that a few of my friends were out of town so I couldn't see them. Next time though!!

Here is the finished product. Collin put together the bed all by himself while I read him Ensign articles and a few chapters from the Book of Mormon for FHE.  Great Night!  Great Bed!  LOVE!!