Power Shopping!

I decided this week that this weekend would be a shopping weekend. Now, in general, I avoid clothes shopping like the plague. It's just not my idea of a fun-filled afternoon, particularly when I have a list of things I need to get. Ugh. But, for whatever reason, I seemed to be in the mood this week, and I know better than to let that sort of mood slip by. Of course, the mood could have been brought on by the fact that spring is quickly approaching here, and my hurriedly slapped-together work wardrobe is certainly only appropriate for winter. At a bare minimum I needed some good khakis that were dressy enough for work but not so dressy that I couldn't get a bit of dirt on them.

So, off I went to the mall. I got there just before 10 a.m., when most of the stores are just opening. I have to say that it was a quite successful day. In just over 2 hours, I ended up with 5 shirts/blouses, 3 camis, 2 pairs of pants, 1 pair of capris, and a dress. Happily, JCPenney had almost everything on 50% off before 1 p.m., so it was a great value! (I've been accused of only shopping when there are sales going on...sure, but when's the last time you were in a clothing store that wasn't running a sale of some sort?!?) It is also impressive that I was able to get almost everything I wanted to get so quickly. A lot of times I can spend several hours shopping and not find what I want. This was almost a miraculous shopping venture. I am also very happy that bright, saturated colors happen to be "in" this year. I found some really nice colored shirts that aren't a hideous shade.

In other news, the Wichita Garden Show is this week. www.wichitagardenshow.com We are going to be busy setting up Monday and Tuesday. Then I'll be at the show Wednesday-Sunday. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. plus tear down on Sunday. So yeah...not getting a whole lot else done next week, needless to say. I also have a short TV appearance on Tuesday and a fairly important meeting to fit in on Monday. Yikes! Then next week I have Entomology/Plant Pathology update Tuesday and Hort agent training Thurs-Fri. in Manhattan.

In other words....don't expect to see much updating for a couple weeks. Sorry, no live-blogging from the Garden show, fun as that might be. If you desperately have to talk to me, your best bet is likely to be calling my cell phone.