Yes, it is my birthday...the big 39! We sort of celebrated last night by going out for dinner after Meet the Teacher night. We had Chinese food, one of my favourites! When I was shopping with my friend on Monday, I found the perfume that I love for $85.00 a bottle. Starting on Saturday it comes with some promotional make up and a purse that's really cute. The cashier gave me her card and wrote all the information down for me to give to dh. He called her, and paid over the phone, but he can't get it until Saturday. This doesn't bother me in the least because I know he spent money on something that I really want and didn't wander around the mall for 2 hours and then buy a present just because he feels that he has to. Everyone had cards for me this morning and I was given a dozen red roses..very nice!

My friend was taking me for lunch today but dd9 is sick with the flu that I had last week, so I'll see if we can go tomorrow instead. I work at 4:00pm today and tomorrow.

Yesterday I took back the skirt and exchanged a shirt for the proper size, bought some nylons and a Christmas present, so it was not a no spend day. Hopefully today will be one. I have leftover Chinese food to take for dinner.

Dh started his new job and is unsure whether he likes it. He had been at his previous job 15 years, started at the bottom and worked his way up. Leaving there was a huge decision for him but the 2.5 hour commute each day was becoming ridiculous. The job he has now is from home for the time being and he will be moving into an office 5 minutes from home in the next few months. I think that I've convinced him to stick it out until at least Christmas and by then he'll have a better idea of what's going on. He may just be overwhelmed with all that he has to learn. I hope so.

Well, ds5 has gymnastics this morning and then we'll be coming home to do some cleaning. I'm a big fan of Flylady and haven't been following for a few weeks. I really need to get back in my routine. I think with working so much and the kids back in school, I got distracted with other things that needed to be done. My mom always says, " A clean house is a sign of having nothing better to do." You can imagine what my house looked like growing up and I really like a tidy home!