stressed and pmsing ... what a combo!

So as you can tell by my title up there, I am horribly stressed from work and pmsing at the same time. Which really is not any good for ANYONE who decides to either rub me the wrong way or anyone who is just plain stupid.... and trust me, there are a lot of them who I come in contact with at all times! But other than that.. .I'm doing okay!

This weekend, all I did was work. Actually, since I've been back from my mini vacation (which was last Thursday) I've been pretty much working opening shifts non-stop and I really don't like opening because I can't sleep. No sleep Susie = really cranky. So yes... let me re-cap what I've done these past couple of days...

Thursday: Was scheduled to work 8-5, but I worked 7-5 instead. Drove home and ate at Chipotle and Pinkberry with Chris at night. Then knocked out.

Friday: Scheduled again 8-5 but this day I worked 7-6. Drove home and fell asleep at 9:30pm.

Saturday: Worked 7:30-6. Took a super mini nap at home and then went to Pinkberry and Alfredo's with Chris. Then we stopped by Sav-On(or whatever it's called... I forgot ... oh! CVS!!!) to get some essentials. Then I ended my night to get ready for work the next day.

Sunday: Worked 7am-2pm laying out fixture id's for inventory. Pain in the butt I tell you. We've already gone through 2000 stickers and there's still more we have to put out! It's crazy how big the stockroom is and how many bins there are. Basically, every single shelf that we have shoes on, we have to put this sticker on it... and trust me, there are thousands upon thousands of shoes...!!

So yesterday I was pretty cranky in the morning because some people are just really really stupid. Well, I was fine in the morning but after seeing some of the people I work with.. I got really annoyed. They're just retarded. There's no other way for me to explain it. And THEN my manager expects me to do everything because she knows that I know... and basically, I'm the only person in that whole department who actually knows what I'm doing... it's ridiculous. So hopefully after today, which is inventory day, and after August 30, which is the first day of the Fall Sale... everything will be okay. I'm in charge of that sale too... lucky me huh? It's great....

Ok, enough complaining. I'm going to go eat lunch with Chris now before I have to go to work. Have a good day everyone! :-)

i looove being on vacation!

Wow, so I guess I didn't do a good job on updating this thing did I? Well... let's see what I have been up to...

I've been on a mini vacation since last Thursday. I started working on the new floor last Monday and it's been going alright, it's not that bad. It's nice to be working with my old manager, but at the same time it kind of sucks because I can't call out when I'm too lazy to go to work... or be lazy for that matter because I think that she expects me to do all this stuff... when in reality, I'm just lazy!!! But yes, I was only there for 3 days so I can't really say if I like it or not. I get to go back on Thursday so we'll see how everything goes from there.

Onto my vacation! Went to Grover/Pismo Beach over the weekend with Chris and Christy. Christy already wrote a pretty good blog on what we did, and I'd like to just copy and paste it all, but then that would be stealing wouldn't it? hahahaa... so I will write a little on what we did.

Thursday: Sat around the house all day. Ran some errands, packed, and waited for Chris to get off work so that he could pick me up. Headed out to Christy's condo. I, of course, fell asleep on the way there. Got to the area and picked up some dinner at good ol' McDonald's. Met Christy at the condo and we ate, watched tv, and chatted until it was time for bed.

Friday: Woke up and got ready to eat at Splash Cafe! Christy and I got the Clam Chowder Bread Bowl, which is THE best in the WORLD! Not because of the chowder but more because they toast the extra middle piece of the bread bowl and give it to you. It's so tasty to dip in the soup! yum! Chris was a party pooper and got a cheeseburger and chili cheese fries. After that we walked around a bit and got some salt water taffy. Then we headed out to Coffee Bean to get some energy to go to the Pismo Outlets!! woo~hoo! Us girls shopped for about 2 hours while Chris just played solitaire on his phone and waited for us outside of the stores. Poor Chris.... me and Christy found stuff to buy, which is always a good thing! I got some Nine West peep toe black heels for $29.90 for work and 2 tank tops from Calvin Klein for $20.00. Christy got some really cute Converse Slip Ons with a satin strip on the tongue part, a tank top from PacSun and 2 tank tops from Calvin Klein. It was a good cheap shopping adventure. Everything we got was a good deal! so yay! After all the shopping we went to Vons to buy dinner ingredients for the next day and then went back to the condo and rested. Then we went to Jocko's in Nipomo. They had THE BEST steak EVER. It's this random steakhouse in the middle of nowhere, where the dining area looks like some where you would've eaten as a kid in the early 80's. The chairs and table are dark brown and the chairs are like the ones you used to sit in when you went to like a diner or something. It's really weird but the food is oh so good! AND you get ice cream and coffee at the end of the meal. It's really fantastic. Everyone should drive up there and eat it. You don't even need steak sauce for the meat.. it's THAT flavorful and good. yum! I believe we tried to find a video at Blockbuster, which we didn't succeed in doing, and then just went back to the condo and hung out.

Saturday: We woke up semi-early and headed out to Solvang!!! BUT before we did that, we saw Giada's Weekend Getaways on the Food Network and saw that she had gone to this mini horse farm near Santa Barbara. We looked it up online and found out that it was located in SOLVANG! woo~hoo!!! So we made a little pit stop there. The horses are sooooooooooo cute and soooooooo small!!! Christy wants to buy one and when she does, I'll invite everyone to her little farm and charge you a dollar to see the mini horse. hahahahaha.... anyway, we did that and then we went to the area in Solvang where it's all touristy and stuff. It was nice. We walked around and then rented a surrey! It was soooo tiring! I was sweating like no other! But that was pretty exciting. Then we ate at this cafe with outdoor seating and got sandwiches with country potatoes. Quite tasty. Then we drove home... lounged and then cooked dinner! I was in charge of the vegetables and Christy was in charge of bbqing the meat! All of it was yummy! Chris didn't have to do much but sit there and watch tv while us girls slaved away... hahaha.. jk. We didn't really... but still. After Christy and I went to Vons again because we wanted ice cream so we made sundaes! YUM! Then it was back to watching tv and resting. We're such bums! hahahaha

Sunday: Cleaned the condo a bit, then went to Pismo Beach to actually walk on the beach. Ate lunch at Mo's BBQ and had the best BBQ Pork Sandwich EVER! Christy got some garlic fries too which were pretty darn tasty. Got a carmel apple and sat on the beach just ppl watching and starting at ALL THE DOGS that were there. I swear, every single person in that area just HAS to have a dog.. it's ridiculous. Anyway... after that we dropped Chris off at the condo and then went on a search for a nail salon. Only ONE place out of the whole entire city was open on a Sunday... CRAZY! So we waited and drove around and then went back to get our nails done. It was very nice to sit in the spa chair and just relax. By the time that was done, it was almost 5pm so when we got back to the condo we cleaned some more, said our goodbyes and headed home!

Chris and I drove home... where I fell asleep again and stopped by at a McDonald's so I could use the restroom and get an ice cream cone. Then we went to The Pantry in Downtown LA and got some breakfast foods. Finally got home and crashed.

Christy's Pismo Pictures!

Monday: Went to Newport Beach with Chris to tan, Boudin's & Nordstrom Rack in Costa Mesa, miniature golfing at a place in Anaheim, Sonic's for a strawberry and watermelon slush, In-n-Out for dinner and then Chris' house to watch my tivo'd shows.

Today: got a facial/wax at Valerie's. Then I just bummed it the rest of the day until Chris got off work. He picked me up and we went to Pink's. The line was crazy long so I went and got Pinkberry to eat while I was waiting. Finally got to the front of the line and got our dogs and fries. Ate them and then headed out to 24 hour WalMart in Glendora to get a beach chair for tomorrow since we will be going to the beach again! woo~hoo!

That is all... if you would like to read Christy's account on the weekend, please feel free to click on the link on the top right that says "Christy's Blog." Thank you!

mini golf!

I've been inspired to write in my blog thanks to Christy updating her blog, not once but three times for me... woo~hoo! (Thanks Christy! Your blogs keep me thoroughly entertained!!!)

Today I had a nice day off. Went to the optometrist (which I've been going to quite lately and it's starting to get super annoying!!!). I initially went because the one that I usually go to, well they didn't have time to see me on the day that I wanted to go... so I found this other place that is supposidly the "best in Pasadena." So I went and it turns out to be this like... huuuuuge optometry place with tons of people working.. almost like a huge clinic or kaiser or something. I mean, it's cool, but not at the same time. You don't get that personalized attention that you get when you go to a little asian optometrist located in Arcadia... I miss it... but oh well. I've already used my insurance money so I'm determined to figure out why my eyes hurts and why I get headaches... so each time I go in to get my contact follow-up, I tell them something is wrong and they are trying to figure out what the heck is wrong with my eyes... hopefully next week will be my LAST appointment...

Then I decided to finally check out the new 24 Hour Fitness down the street from my house. It's really very nice but that's only because it's brand spanking new! I haven't gone to the gym in months.. so I decided to take it slow and was only on the treadmill for 25 minutes... but trust me.. it was really hard not to stop at like 10 minutes.

After that I came home, showered, and got ready to head over to Chris' house. I made a pit stop at Ten Ren to get a passion fruit green tea boba and then off to Claremont I went. Stopped by Arco to get some tortilla chips to eat with some salsa I left at Chris' and then lounged at his house until he came home from work. We ate at Tony Roma's and then went MINIATURE GOLFING!!! Duuuuude, I haven't gone mini golfing since my 18th birthday!!! (Remember that Christy?!?! Oh man.... that was sooooo long ago!) But anyway... I did really well in the beginning and I even got a HOLE IN ONE!!! It happened after I had already went, but since I did not know that I was supposed to WANT my ball to go into this little concave thing-y, I decided to try again and see if I could get my ball into that area.. and what do u know, I get a hole in one... so Chris counted that as me going only once. muahahaha... now, I think I won, but it could've been a tie... or maybe Chris won. mmmm... I should make him count and see who won. But I have to say that it was actually quite fun!

I saw The Simpsons movie on Monday too! It wasn't too bad... I think it was okay, but I guess it was like watching a really long episode of the show (which I haven't actually sat down and watched in probably almost 10 years). If you're a diehard Simpsons fan, then I guess I would suggest that you go watch it.

I did make a purchase last week!!! I got this Cole Haan Handbag that I've wanted since it first came out earlier this year... well, I wanted the large one, but I found the medium one on sale at my store so I just HAD to buy it.. plus I had a $40 Nordstrom merch certificate!!!



I just looked at ColeHaan.com and they have it at regular price still AND they're taking it into the fall season!!! woo~hoo! That means that the bag I purchased will not be going out of style! niiiice! :-) I believe that is all that I have purchased lately... just waiting for my next paycheck on the 5th.

OH! I did get a promotion earlier this week. I will be working in Women's/BP Shoes instead of Salon Shoes. The floor is double the volume of what I was on before... and it's a better opportunity for me to experience having so many salespeople (35 to be exact, instead of my usual 12 or 13). I'll be working with my old manager.... so hopefully, it won't be too bad. I'm a little scared I'll be burned out, but we shall see. I don't start until next Monday.... so if you call me at work *ahem*Christy.... make sure you call 1300! hehehee...

That is all for now. I shall try to update more frequently....

swollen feet.....

So it's time to update once again! I should start updating this like once every other day or something, but I get tired and lazy.

The Anniversary Sale has been going on so I've been pretty busy and tired getting ready for that, setting up, and then going through the actual sale. Friday - Sunday I had to work over 8 hours each day... which means I was on my feet for a long long time.... and that equals swollen aching feet. It sucked!!! But it's okay, hopefully I'll have some nice overtime or something to make up for it.

I really haven't been doing much lately. I had yesterday and today off. Yesterday I went to Chris' house and we went to the post office, Coffee Bean, and Fry's so that Chris could get a video game and a stylus for his new phone. All we got at Fry's was candy and some cheapy stylus' for his phone. After that we went to WinCo and bought some random snacks for later that night in case we decided to watch some movies or something. THEN we just sat at his house the rest of the night watching tv and surfing the internet... quite entertaining... hahahaha

Today I had an eye checkup, but I have to go back next week because my eyes are still hurting. It might be because I had one contact inside out... but we shall see... After that I went to the mall with my sister because she wanted to get some stuff at Nordstrom. Got some Baja Fresh for lunch... gave poor Winky a bath (which she absolutely hated and meowed like I was going to kill her), went to the mall to get a manicure/pedicure because my hands and feet really needed some care after working the sale), and now I'm at home doing laundry, cleaning my room, and cleaning out Winky's litter box.

So as you can see, nothing too exciting has been going on in my life. I guess I'll just show you what I bought for the Anniversary Sale...(which wasn't a lot! So I'm very proud of myself on that!) Ok, so when you look down, it does look like I bought a crapload of stuff... but really, with the sale price AND my discount.. it really isn't that bad!!!


*this isn't the exact pair that I got, but I got some Citizens of Humanitys on Sale for $131.90 & with my discount they were only $88.37*


*then I got this Semantiks skirt for work.... it was $44.90 and with my discount... $30.08*


*not too sure what I think of this shirt... might return it if I don't wear it soon... but this was $78.90 and with my discount... $52.86*


*i though this was a cute sweater to wear on my days off except i have the dark brown version... $45.90 and with my discount... $30.75*

*I can't go to a sale and not buy shoes... I got these Enzo's in dark brown croc. They actually look a lot darker in person but I've always needed brown shoes and since these were only $59.90, I figured I should get them while I see them since I usually can't find brown shoes when I need them. With discount...$40.13.

Grand total of everything.....$262.17 with TAX! Not bad considering I gave myself a $300 limit for the sale. YAY to me... and if I return that blouse.. it'll be even better! woo~hoo!

It's hot!!!

Time for a weekend update...with pictures too!!! woo~hoo!

Friday: I worked a closing shift, so this is not a fun day to talk about. Just went home after, surfed the internet and then went to sleep.

Saturday: Woke up. Sister went a little crazy on me because I "slammed" the new washer door. She is crazy by the way.... After that I got ready to go to Chris' house. Got there... went to Coffee Bean and the Montclair Mall to get his friends Sean & Michelle a wedding gift. I found myself some $29.99 Two Lips Shoes that matched my dress. Then I went to Gap Kids to get my old manager's son a birthday gift and card from Hallmark. After that we went to McDonald's so that I could get some lunch. Went back to Chris', ate, and got ready for the wedding!

The wedding was pretty nice. It was in one of the banquet halls I guess to this really nice community of homes/condos in Ladera Ranch near Mission Viejo. Super duper nice area. The wedding was all outdoors and the ceremony was quick! Which me and Chris enjoyed. I had a lot of fun looking at all the shoes that the women were wearing because some of them were Nordstrom brand shoes that I used to sell in BP! hahahaha. After the ceremony we got to eat appetizers. There was this huge table piled with cheeses, crackers, grapes, strawberries, and all that random stuff... BUT as Chris and I were walking in to the ceremony I saw tons of flies all over it... I did not eat off it... but other people did....! ewww... anyway. They had some veggies & dip and stuffed mushrooms inside this room (so I ate those since they were not near the insects). After there were speeches and then it was time to eat! It was buffet style and had about 6 different types of pasta, salads, and bread. Cake was chocolate with either strawberries or raspberries in it... it was okay. The wedding was nice. I think I had more fun at this one only because of the fact that they assigned people to tables so it was a little easier knowing where you were going to sit. The people at our table were okay too... so it wasn't bad, plus Chris wasn't running about with the wedding party this time so I was able to have him there to keep me company throughout the whole wedding.

Pictures for your viewing pleasure...

Sean & Michelle's Wedding

Sunday: Woke up and got ready to go to my old manager's son's birthday party at the park. Got there and ate tons of food! Talked to an old coworker (Ronnie Gee) and met some of my old manager's family and friends.

Justin's 1 Year Park Party

After that Chris took me home and I met up with my old dorm roommate Jacqueline from college. We took her to Pinkberry and drove her around Los Feliz and Glendale since she will be going to law school in Glendale. After that, I was tired so we went our separate ways and I came home and took a nap. Woke up around 7pm, got my laundry ready and went to Chris' to do my laundry since our new ones are not hooked up yet. Ran some errands at Target and got food at Chipotle...watched tv... and that is the end of my night!

I have work tomorrow... argh! Not fun...!

TAN!!

So I don't think I've been up to anything remotely interesting enough to put on here... but I shall try to think of things to write... Let me see... THE WEEKEND!

Okay, so I really don't remember what I did this weekend.... but I DO remember that on Sunday I got my haircut and I feel that she might have gotten mad or something at me because I told her what I wanted and she was getting frustrated because she kept saying something else? Who knows... anyway... she cut my bangs way too short and then blow dried them and sprayed crap in it... and in the end... it made me cry. I cried on the way to Chris' and while I was there because I was so sad that my bangs were so freaking short. So after Chris tried to calm me down and tell me everything would be ok... we headed out to Hollywood to go to Amoeba. Chris got his Thievery Album and I got the Weezer Green Album that I got stolen a long time ago. Headed out to The Grove right after to get some waffles. Bought a cute dress at Nordstrom. Then we headed back to his house to do nothing but watch some television. Ended up going home and being sad that my hair was retarded and some other things that have been bothering me (I'll tell you on the phone or through aim Christy!). Just lots of things I suppose that have been bothering me.. but then the hair thing just made me want to cry.

So anyway... the next day I figured out that if I just let my bangs dry and kind of put some clay in it... they're fine. I guess I'm beginning to grow to get used to them but it was quite scary when I had asked her to cut half an inch of my bangs and then she ends up cutting about 2 inches off... not fun! So the hair thing is over and done with.

I just got some self tanner yesterday to try. It's the Origins "The Great Pretender." Heard from people at work that it works pretty well.. so I guess we'll see what happens.

I'm trying really really really really hard to cut back on my spending. I have a very limited amount of money until my next pay day because I was a loser and made payments on my credit cards and put the $50 instead of $150 in my little log of what I spend... which in the end totally fucked me over because I didn't just do it once, I did it TWICE! Horrible... so now I don't know what to do. I'll be okay I think. I'm crossing my fingers that I won't get any unexpected expenses.. or that won't be good at all!

Going to eat lunch with Juli in Tustin tomorrow morning, so I better get going to bed. Good night!

How I Missed My Computer...

So my computer has not been at my house for almost a week now and I finally got it back tonight and I have to say that I missed it very very much. I did get to read Shopaholic and Baby, which I have not finished, but I did get to read a lot of it and clean my room while my computer was gone. It wasn't even the internet that I missed... it was just the fact that I am able to entertain myself in many ways with it... like watching DVD's, listening to songs, surfing the net.... so many things!!! But yes, I am happy that it is back! hooray!

Oh, and the WORST part about not having my computer is that I had a REAL 4 day weekend... Friday to Monday.... which means I was home all those days with absolutely NOTHING to do, and I don't watch much tv... so I was pretty bored.

Friday: called out from work because I was feeling really nauseous in the morning and the night before. I woke up around 1pm and then went out to visit Chris in Riverside. That is the longest drive EVER... made me really cranky too because I kept getting lost! Ate lunch with him in the cafe, shopped with Chris in Nordstrom for a bit, i got this black camisole, white capris, and this other short sleeved top that ties in the back in purple which i can't find onlinegot a manicure at the nail salon outside of Nordstrom (which, by the way, was the worst manicure that I've EVER gotten.... but the nail color was quite pretty. I wish I had written down the name darn it.) Then I waited in my car for him to get off while I charged my phone. After that, we drove back to Claremont, had mexican food for dinner, and then we went to Ontario Mills so that Chris could find a CD that he wanted. Got Coldstone... then home I went.

Saturday: ended up calling out AGAIN because I was feeling nauseous AND I was sitting on the toilet all night (too much info, I know). I don't quite remember what I did this day... oh! went to the dry cleaners, got some boba, then drove out to hang out with Chris. He drove me to Victoria Gardens to find something to eat, but because I was still feeling sick we just got Pinkberry. Then we drove back to his house and we went to Quizno's because I wanted soup. Did that, went to Blockbuster but couldn't find a DVD so we watched a DVD that I brought from home... "Amelie." Since it is such a long movie, we didn't finish it and then I ended up going home.

Sunday: had the day off. slept in until 2pm. Went and watched "Sicko" with Chris. It was not a bad movie, but it made me really depressed and I didn't like that at all. It's a very interesting topic though, but it's one of those things where you just feel kind of helpless because I mean, what are you really going to do about it and how are you going to fix it? It's a horrible thing though, the whole health care system... very messed up. After that we ate at In-n-Out, hung out at Chris' and then home I went.

Monday: had the day off AGAIN. Woke up at 8:30am so that I could go to Chris' house and go to Huntington Beach. Got some coffee at Starbucks and off we went. Got to lay out on the beach for about 3 hours, then walked around that little restaurant/shopping area that they have across the street. Slept on the way home while Chris drove. Ordered pepperoni pizza. Then we hung out at his house for awhile. Drove out to Ontario Mills to kill some time before we went to Carl's in Riverside. Now I HAVE to say that I am extremely proud of myself for only spending $20 at Ontario Mills and getting 3 things!!!! Not too bad right? I'm starting to really like shopping at sales and finding pretty cool things. I got a pair of boxers and terry cloth shorts at Old Navy & some fake Tom Ford sunglasses at the Nordstrom Rack ALL for about $20. COOL HUH??? After Chris and I shopped, we went to Rside where Carl and his daughters were bbqing some steaks and chicken kabobs. After watching the season premiere of Extreme Makeover... we left to get some rest for work the next day.

Today: FINALLY went to work. Had a migraine for most of the day. Was so bored I was forced to go to Cinnabon and get some Cinnastix.
The owner lady knows me, it's quite sad that I go there that often that she recognizes me. Nice lady though. Then after work I picked up my computer, drove home, went to Wokcano with Chris to eat dinner, then to CVS to get some cotton balls and here I am at home.

I have tomorrow off! woo~hoo! I'm going shopping with my sister in the afternoon, eating dinner with the family, and hopefully I'll be able to go see fireworks with Christopher.... too bad he has to work. Oh well...

Hope everyone has a happy 4th of July! :-)