I'm In a Glass Case of Emotion!

My emotions have been all over the place this past day week. I was sick and cranky last weekend, happy about going to see my family, elated over the wickedly good deal I got at the purse factory yesterday (see picture below) and the fact I made it on to Flickr Explore yesterday (again, picture below) and then crying this morning because I'm going to miss Sean so much when I go back to the States.

I'm also a little perturbed right now at a friend who can't seem to make time in their, oh so busy schedule, to send back a message on FB. In fact, this person is awful about ever answering any message I send them on FB. I don't get it? How hard is it to simply write back a message? It's not like they are never on, because I see them online all the time. Makes me think we aren't such good friends after all. And that my blog readers, is a pretty crappy feeling.

Anyway, I've got a lot planned this next week before I head back to the States for 3 glorious weeks of friends and family time. I haven't been to the States since Sean's R&R in April of 2010, so I am well overdue for a trip back to the good old US of A. I'm already imagining all the great places I will shop (Hobby Lobby, the mall, Old Navy, Goodwill) and the places I will eat (Taco Bueno, Qdoba, Mazzios) and the drinks I will sip on (Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes). Oh..and seeing friends and family is pretty cool too. :)

This weekend Sean and I are having our 2nd annual snack night and Christmas Vacation movie night. It's a tradition that my own immediate family does every Christmas, but Sean and I started doing our own version of it last year, when we weren't able to go home for Christmas. We'll also be opening our gifts to each other since we won't be together on the actual day of Christmas. Then I'm hoping we can fit in a quick trip to Venice so I can look for a couple of last minute presents for people.  This year for our snack night we are making the following:

Mexican Pinwheels
Little Smokies with BBQ sauce
Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos
Spinach Dip
Caramel Bars

(If you want the recipe to any of the above, let me know and I'll try to post them)

Here is the picture that was Explored on Flickr yesterday as one of the 500 most interesting photos uploaded that day.

This photo comes from a Christmas session I'm doing with a friend's baby.

Without further ado, the pictures of my new purse!

I actually went to the store in search for a dark brown purse to match my boots and favorite wedge heels, but alas, there weren't really that many brown purses to choose from. Seriously, maybe one or two. I guess brown is not in this year. So, instead I "settled" for this lovely gray purse, that has brown stitching. It was in the "sale" room and it was a steal at 50 euro. Especially when I looked at the before price.

50 euro for a purse that was originally 218 euro? Yes, please!

Where are these tears coming from?

I don't know what it is with me lately. I keep getting on these crying jags where I cry for the silliest reasons.

Like tonight, I just dropped Sean off at his friend's house to play some beer pong. I opted not to go and really wasn't invited since it's a guy thing and I have to work tomorrow. They are all having a four day weekend so none of them have to worry about work. I don't mind him hanging out with friends and normally this wouldn't bother me at all, but tonight when I found out he wanted to go I felt so sad.

Maybe I've gotten spoiled seeing him so much. The first five months we were married I was living in Oklahoma to finish a work contract and he was in Louisiana. We got to see each other about 3 times during those 5 months and the times in between were torture. Now I've gotten used to actually seeing my husband everyday and I guess really miss him even when he's only going to be gone overnight. I feel absolutley ridiculous crying about this.

The other day I cried because I heard a song that reminded me of when Sean and I first started dating. I actually came home and cried on his shoulder. When he asked me what was wrong and I told him he asked me if I was pregnant. (That's a big negative by the way.)

Sometimes being a woman really has its downfalls. I hate being emotional for silly reasons!