why i shouldn't be allowed in Hobby Lobby (or public, in general).

today was great. in almost every way.


i went to work, in a good mood. we had a slow day, and that's always nice.


a few of us got called into the conference room (just like in the office), and we had a "quality meeting" with our boss, Colton Parry, who is the man! he's the coolest boss. anyway, we talked about really official important stuff, and when i got back to my desk, i texted devin and told him i had just gone to my first company meeting and was feeling very corporate, and he made jokes about pant suits. why am i even surprised?! he's the funniest.


anyway, in our company, Stores Online (need a website? ask me about it. i can give you absolutely no answers, but i can direct you to people who can!), we have this employee reward system where we use fake, monopoly-type money we call Sto-Bucks. you can earn bucks (they are all priced like real bills) and use them like cash to buy SWEET STUFF. like a wii or a gps for your car... all kinds of giftcards... they're awesome (and we get a cheaper price then a retail price). and pretty hard to come by. but at our meeting, i answered some questions (mostly guessing) and got $3! hahaha trust me, it's a big deal. so i was excited about that.


after work, i had some errands to run, including this story:


so i had a LG shine. LOVED IT. it was such a cool phone, and then it got uncool, but it was okay because my warranty was up, but i was living in SG, so was waiting to get something new. then my charger port in my phone busted, which i secretly liked, because that meant i got a new phone. i got the samsung impression, and loved it even more. it's been a good phone! i'm definitely looking to upgrade, but i still love it. i had had it for about 10 1/2 months when the touch screen started being picky. i would have to push things pretty hard, and several times, before it would work. then all in one day, it slowly got worse. first the touch screen totally gave out. then the screen just went black. then the buttons stopped working, but it would still light up and charge... WEIRD. so i call AT&T, and since i'm sitll within my 2 year warranty, they send me a refurbished phone. awesome. i had been using my dad's old blackberry pearl (WHICH I HATED) in the meantime. when i got the refurb, i was soooo excited. it was all shiny and new-looking... but i could NEVER get service. i think i had enough service to send maybe 2 texts total in 2 days. who's ticked? me. that's who.


so i call AT&T all mad, and also having questions about how to send them back my old phone, because if i did it wrong, they would charge me $200. yeah that's not okay. so they agreed to send me ANOTHER refurbished phone, and make it priority shipping, waiving the fees. i took my first refurb to the post office yesterday, and then today in the mail, got my new one! it's even shinier and newer looking! and it works great! i'm so happy. so TODAY... i went to the post office for a second time. to stand in a long line for several minutes. just so i could hand a box to the lady and walk away. annoying? slightly. oh well. at least it's done and i finally have a working phone. this one is dark blue, though. which is weird. but in a cool way i guess.


soooo.... after that, i wanted to go to Peir 1, which is always my go-to store for decor/dishes and the like... and of course i had to bring Kylee, because she loves it as much as I do. we picked out 4 different plates for my plate stand. it only has 2 racks, but i got the plates all very different, but matching enough that i can mix and match and switch them out when i feel like it. i also picked up some super cheap salt and pepper shakers that look like little birds. to use just as decoration, haha. i'm a nerd!


then we went to hobby lobby. i had some cool vases, and spray-painted them white. and now they are even cooler, but they needed something in them. i wanted something very specific, but couldn't find it, so after a long and indecisive search, i settled on some white and yellow flowers with twigs. turned out super cool.


(this is where it gets bad. this is also why i shouldn't be allowed in public. ever.)


while we were there, i wanted to show kylee the giant mason jar i wanted to get for the wedding. it matches our theme SO well, i loved it. so i went to pick it up, and did so by the lid... which caused the $30 jar to CRASH to the floor. probably the loudest noise ever. the only other lady that was on the aisle walked away mumbling something really rude, and then a worker came. i asked if i needed to pay for it, and he said no. thank goodness. but i had been wearing some peeptoe sandals and there was glass in my shoe, so i slipped my foot out to get the glass out and cut my finger. it wasn't huge, but fingers bleed a lot, and forever. so i'm trying to check out, and my finger is this stinging, bloody mess, and who's in the line right behind me? that rude lady that mumbled!!! yeah, she hates me. anyway... i go to pay, and my debit card isn't in my wallet. we had just gotten soda from the gas station though, so i thought maybe it was in my car. i very embarrassingly asked the woman to wait and kylee ran out to check. she was out there for about 5 minutes... with no luck. everyone was getting super annoyed with me. i was reeking havoc on this poor craft store, and right as kylee walks back in the door.... i realize my card was in my back pocket!!! only me... ugh. so typical. so i finally pay and GET OUT of there. i'll be surprised if they let me back in, haha. it was so embarrassing! how many more things could have gone wrong?!?! hahahaha oh man.


so i came home and put together the flowers in the vases, did some laundry, sprayed the plate rack with another coat of white paint, and did some wedding planning.


update:


picking up the wedding dress TOMORROW!!!! i'm so so so excited. my dress is so beautiful. i can't wait to wear it!


taking it to get alterations next week, hopefully.


did some specific-type planning with my mom about crazily detailed things like tablecloth placement on the guest book table, and exactly how much ribbon we have and need and weird little things like that. which i just laughed at, and thought was hilarious. we're two of a kind!


also... I don't know if i mentioned this, but Devin had originally NOT wanted to dance. thought it was weird and lame, and i was okay with that. then he changed his mind. so we've been making a playlist. well, i have. and it's AWESOME. it's everything from waaay classic love songs, to popular stuff, and some songs that will just mean a lot to devin and i. which is the whole point. i have one playlist of music that will play the entire reception in the background, and a very, very specific playlist for the dancing.


i decided that since my dad is such a sentimental guy, it would mean a lot to him if i let him pick our daddy-daughter dance song. and he did. i'm not surprised at all by his choice. it's really sweet, and SO like my dad. i think other people will think that maybe it's weird or not specific enough, but my daddy chose it. when we listened to it, we both teared up, and had a little moment. so i know it will always be special for us. and that's the important part. i know how much that will mean to him.


the other exciting thing... is that we finally got to see our engagement pictures!!! Chelsy did a great job. I liked a lot of them, and I see so much potential in her as a photographer!!! i have been oggling over them all last night and today. i showed all my co-workers, my family, kylee... and devin and i went through just barely and picked out the ones we want on our CD. i'm so excited!!! i've decided not to post any until after the wedding though. because if you see them all now, then nothing will be cool about the reception! maybe one or two, though. if you're lucky!


also tonight... when devin got out of class, we went to OG (no, not original gangster, which i honestly originally thought... but Olive Garden) with none other than DANE TRAIN. i hadn't seen dane in a long time, and he's one of my favorite people! the three of us had delicious soup, salad and breadsticks, amazing dessert, and the waitress brought EACH OF US THREE andes mints. which are my FAVORITE. the boys gave them all to me. aww. how nice. devin actually hates them, and i think Dane just didn't care enough, haha. they're the coolest. we talked about cars and basketball and photography and missionary apartments... haha it was a much needed dinner. Dane is the man!


Also... Devin finally got a much, MUCH needed massage, and I think that will help him to relax. I've been trying to do my best with keeping him as stress-free as possible. Today was win/lose. I had kneaders for lunch, and got a pastry in my combo, but i didn't feel like eating it, so while devin was still at work, i took it over to his house and put it on his desk with a sticky note (it's a devin-katie thing, those post-it notes ;)...). i think that helped :) but then, i kind of ranted about wedding details for a good 15 minutes, which was exactly what i'm trying not to do! haha but i think his massage helped out big time. he needed that more than i think even i know! and i've been the one trying to differentiate between bone and knot in his back for the past 2 weeks!


the bad news is that we're both getting sinus-y colds :( i thought i was done with cold-season! i had 2, and that's usually my max.! oh well. you gotta pick your battles, right? ha. oh well. cough drops, vitamins, and blue oil for me! i guess that's okay.


tomorrow i pick up my dress, and have some other wedding errands to run. and i'm actually very excited. i also work at BBW tomorrow, and i feel like it's been forever since i had a shift there. so i guess you could say i'm excited about that, though i might regret saying that later!


definitely need some rest now, though. goodnight!