I went to the local tattoo/piercing place to get...

my ear lobes re-pierced! Lol I felt so lame. I sat down and this girl next to me asked what I was getting done. She was getting a Monroe, and I told her I was getting my ear lobes haha. I had my ears pierced back in like elementary school and stopped wearing them in middle school, I think. I miss being able to wear earrings and I don't want to be like my grandma and have to wear clip ons, especially with my wedding around the corner.

I was having a miniature panic attack inside lol. Turns out, my holes never fully closed - they were still actually open, but I couldn't get an earring in there. The guy just had to stretch them out a bit so he could fit an earring in there. He said I was better off coming to him than trying to do it on my own or to go to Claire's/Icing/Piercing Pagoda with those crappy piercing guns that can't ever be properly sterilized. I had very minimal discomfort. I was expecting it to hurt really bad. I'm such a wuss when it comes to pain and I hate being on the receiving end of needles! But whatever, I can wear earrings again now, yay! And since this is a healed piercing and not a new hole, I don't have to go through the whole "healing" process. I can actually switch out my earrings now if I wanted to.

yay!

Charming Charlie!

I hung out with mama bear again today and we went to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch and then walked around Crocker Park. They had a new store next to Sephora called Charming Charlie. We decided to check it out.

I'm in love!

They sell accessories - LOTS of fashion jewelry, handbags, wallets, wristlets, shoes, scarves, coffee mugs, even clothing! Everything is also organized by color which I love. We seriously spent like two hours in that store, they had so much stuff! and everything was reasonably priced, too. I hauled three things from the store. I'm definitely going back to buy more stuff. If you have a Charming Charlie store in your area, definitely check it out!

I bought this wallet for $12! has tons of space for my cards and comes with a checkbook cover in the same pattern. *AND* it's in animal print, which I love!

This bracelet was $14. Dark gunmetal gray chain with light/dark purple and black beads and dark gunmetal gray leaves. Toggle clasp.

This bracelet was $12. Purple and pearls. Not the best picture in the world, sorry!

can you tell I love purple? :P

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. My hubby is still in Missouri. As much as I wanted to send that Chipotle burrito, I didn't, because I was afraid E wouldn't get it the very next day and it would be sitting at the APO or something. E lives in dormitory-type housing...a two-story building with long hallways and tons of rooms that kind of look like hotel rooms on the inside. They also have a maid service. Unless the box could fit in his tiny little mail box, he would have to go pick it up.

Since I can't spend Valentine's Day with E this year, I'm going out for a nice lunch at Luigi's with one of my nursing school buddies :)