Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Teacher Thyme

It's once again 'that' time of year again: the time when teachers type tests and students loathe them for it. :) In years past, I have done the rightous loathing; this year, the roles are reversed and I am typing the tests, making lesson plans, and learning much more about North Carolina History than I previously thought possible. Quite a difference, I assure you! 


First of all, a few introductions to my world of teaching... 
         
This is what I call 'buzzing Bob.' Bob was 
the first to greet me to my new music room.
Thoughtful, no?
Or I should say, this was Bob. 
He has been transported to Mud-Dauber
Heaven thanks to a friend. :)




This, is my music room. Or at least, how it was. :)
This was taken at the beginning of my 
tornado-ish flurry of cleaning, rearranging, 
and process of putting-stuff-away. 


This is the other view of my classroom.
Clearly, in organizational disarray. :)
At least it's progress, right? 


Right side of the room, complete with this
semester's theme:
"Attitude is a little thing, that makes 
a big difference." 
Oh, see that huge piece of furniture on the left
supporting the equally large tuba, it probably
should not be moved without assistance.
How do I know, you might ask? 
Funny thing (that ended up not being funny at all)...
I was quite certain it had wheels...
end of story: it has no wheels and turned out
to be quite a beastly piece of furniture after I
pushed it half-way around the room and back.
Needless to say, not one of my brighter moments.
My back may never recover. :)


And...last but not least...
the much-better product of a few hours' work. 
This is not the final product, but it's progress,
folks. Nothing spices up a room
like a little color! :) 



Oh! Do allow me to introduce you to one of my new favorite hobbies...
Acquiring really cool free stuff from Teacher's Education stores!
This loot was acquired during tax-free week while browsing the aisles with
my cohort in crime, Sethanna (Paul) Ackerman. 
I was SO excited about the froggy note pad, stickers, bookmarks, 
pencils, erasers, sticky notes, stress ball, etc... just because I'm a teacher!
How cool is that?! A lot, I assure you. :)

Thus ends my teacher update for the day! I confess...the main reason in posting was a diversion from lesson plans that have been hogging my attention the past few days. Ah well. Back to the books for me, it is! 


Sunday, July 3, 2011

Ode to Dillard's

My new favorite past-time here in NC [one of them, anyways...]: shopping at Dillard's CLEARANCE store in High Point, which is conveniently located 5 minutes from Kimberly's work at Chick-Fil-A. :) (We will abandon further thoughts concerning the coincidence of this. :)
Anywhoo, I wandered on over after dropping Kimberly off at work...and to my utter amazement and bliss, I found the ENTIRE store was not only 70% off regular Dillard's prices, but also BOGO free in memorium of July 4th. Hooray for sales!

The loot:
Peter Nygard $600 jacket... $9.99 =)



Very excited about my new sweaters for this fall!


The total would've been $1,559.98 and I spent $58. =) Yay!

And, that's all folks. 'Twas an amazing day in the history of my shopping hobby. Saved over $1,000 and got some cool bargains. Coupons are my new 'thing,' and it's a ton of fun! If you don't do coupons, start! Not only is it fun, it's incredible rewarding. Just my $0.02 on the subject. :)