I got home Monday night from our weekend in Calgary - we definitely had a fun time!! I had brought my camera but of course left it in my other bag that I didn't carry around with me when we were out and about.
SO:
-we arrived Friday evening and spent some time with Julie'ssisters and one of her friends out on their new deck - just chillin' out. There was a huge fireworks display a few miles away that we saw over the rooftops - very cool.
-Saturday was our Copic class. It took us a little while to find the store (thankfully we didn't get hopelessly lost like we thought we might!!) and we were nearly the last to get there (and got front row seats as a result LOL)
-the class was great. Honestly I knew most of what Sherrie was teaching but I still learned a couple of new things and was reminded of a few techniques that I haven't used in a long time. She's a great teacher and being a stamper as well she really shows techniques that work well with stamping.
-If you ever get the chance I recommend taking a Copic class - you can learn a lot (and FYI I think there's spaces left in the Edmonton class this weekend - you can find out here).
-we took a picture with Sherrie after the class:
Sherrie is TALL - I'm 5'8" and was wearing flats - and she was crouching a bit (Julie was cheating and standing on her tip toes ROFLOL!!).
-notice my awesome pink butterfly earrings?? I got those at WalMart for $5 during the lunch break - total score!!
-I gave out my first autograph during the class. That was a little surreal LOL! We wanted to get a picture with her as well but she left before we got the chance :(
-Oooohhh I almost forgot to mention - me and Julie were able to get the sets of the NEW really light Copic markers!! They only had 2 sets in the store so I grabbed them ASAP - I've been wanting them ever since I heard about them months ago *happy dance!*
-after the class we headed to that new mall (is it called Crosswinds?? I can't remember) and stayed there till it closed. The place was PACKED and the traffic was insane but it was so fun (and freaking HUGE - just walking the loop in the mall is 2 kilometers - and that's only phase 1!! Phase 2 is supposed to be done sometime next year so we'll definitely come back some day)
-I actually tried on and bought clothes!! I've lost 20lbs in the past couple of months (thanks to Isagenix - after watching Julie's results I HAD to get on it and it WORKS!!) - and though I'm planning on losing way more I had to get a few things for when I start working out of the home. It was so nice to be able to shop and find things that actually fit rather than getting depressed over everything being too small for me.
-Sunday was our IKEA trip - me, Julie and her sisters all went together and spent a good 4 hours there. Between the three of us this was the end result:
We PACKED the box with all of our stuff - and had to squeeze all out luggage in the back seat (thank goodness her sister is skinny as she sat in the back seat too LOL!). We couldn't have bought another thing.
-most of my purchases were for my new business. The only thing I got for my stamping studio was a couple more BYGEL racks for my punches.
-we came home on Monday, got all my stuff unloaded and I got everything unpacked and went to bed early.
So that was pretty much it!!
I was going to stamp today and whatnot but I ended up taking Veronica to the city to get her some school clothes and whatnot as she starts on Monday! That and I needed to get more paint for my esthetics studio. So we made a day of it - it was a lot of fun just to spend one-on-one time with her. Once she's in school I'll hafta do something special with Josie too :o)
Anywho that's it for now. It's been another long day and I want to relax for a bit!
