Not my chili. Yet somehow it managed to come home from Kroger with me. I've been so amused by it that it just keeps sitting on my table. Friday it will go away and warm someone else's carnivorous belly.

Sweet beach...

I got off work early today, so Lauren and I hit up the beach. You can't get much more beautiful than this....

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I don't particularly love my feet, but I do love these shoes. Next step: painting the toenails!!

Apparently, texting a post...

...doesn't always work the way I'd hope.

Here is what that garbled mess of characters should have said:

I went to the mall last night with the intention of buying running shoes. And walked away with a pair of shorts, a new sports bra, two new regular bras, socks, and a pair of sandals (thanks to BOGO). I'm a sucker for a good deal (and I got GREAT deals). But those good deals mean that I've accumulated a lot lately...no poor purchases in themselves but not wise necessarily when we look at the extent of my spending. So I'm instituting a No-Buy Double Month: No clothes or shoes or other accessories for two months. I talk a lot about living simply. It's time to put my money where my mouth is.

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