sarah is a good date

so sarah (and mom's money) wanted to take me shopping for my birthday.  so we meet at costco.  not my favorite place to shop, but after a walk thru the frozen food section, we wandered around a bit.
THEN
sarah reaches into her purse and hands me TWO FRESHLY BAKED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!! and i know they are fresh  cuz they are STILL WARM!!

 i am so happy at this point.

then
we found a giant box of BEAUTIFUL pots... i only needed a soup pot.. and a small pot (mine warped so you had to rock it back and forth to heat it even).  ok and a frying pan (my "non-stick" was sticking).   we had a choice between stainless and alluminum.  a quick call to chloe to find out which was better wasn't immediatly returned, and they were so expensive... i was going to pass but sarah said i was worth it and grabbed the most beautiful one while i was still deliberating!!

can you tell which are my old pots and which are my new ones?!  hint- the new ones have lids.

i am so happy at this point.

then..

because costco can be dangerous, sometimes you just gotta "potifer's wife" it out of there.  we were both a little stunned at the money we just spent, so we RAN for our cars.  

then

we went to RRRROSSSSSS!!  oh man, i have forgotten how much i love that place.  we went past the shirt section and picked practically the first 3 shirts we saw and took them with us to try on.  then we went to the home decor section, cuz i just painted my house (all the insides of the main area) and i was in need of stuff like this:

i am so happy at this point.

then...
we WERE on our way to the front, with the full intention of leaving, when we started going thru the $9-$18 dollar dresses.  sarah was awesome.  "try this one", and "darcy would like this one", and "oh! you should cut this top off and make a long skirt out of it!"

then..
we went to one of my favorite place in fresno...
FOODMAXX!
we shopped
with two carts !
and no kids !
and birthday permission
to buy what i wanted to !
for my birthday lunch
that i am cooking for my fun friends on wed!!
and i will wear my new shirt
and cook in my new pots!

sigh.

(all this on top of the best present of all - watching colin for 2 days so i could be by myself)

sorry about all the exclamation points, but sarah is a champ and i am a lucky girl.