We shopped till we dropped and it was great! Not just bearable, but great. Annapolis Mall has an Aerie and an American Eagle store side by side. For those without teens, they're the same company, but Aerie has bras, undies, sweats, and lounge wear. We went to Aerie first where they were giving out scratch-off's for trying on bras. It's the only reason I tried one on and my scratch-off was for a free bra. I would never have thought of shopping there for myself, but I found one that I loved. Em's was for a free lip gloss. We had a coupon for $10 off one bra, but they let us use it on each of Em's two bras. Nice, huh? Em also got 3 capri sweats, running shorts and tee-shirt that were already marked down. We were able to use our 30% off coupon for the total order, including the bras. Then we were off to AE. Their sale was buy one pair of jeans and get the second one for 50% off. Same deal for their tee-shirts. Em got two pairs of jeans, 4 tops, a sweater and two pairs of shorts. All on sale plus we used the 30% off coupon again. Total for the day? Under $175! We took our time, and there were no arguments. Shopping is over for a while! Happy me. Happy daughter.

I just finished eating a great quesadilla that I made. I'm going to do some cleaning, then I'm off to the pool for my laps. I'm sad that it's almost 5:00. The day is going by much too quickly.