Happy Times on Monday!

Went on a road trip yesterday after church to Tupelo Mississippi. Had the BEST time having a slow night with my late Grandmother Geddie's sister, Betty. She lived next door to my Grandmother when I grew up. Her husband Jake was a builder, and he did magnificient wood work, Aunt Betty worked for Gross and Janes Tie (as in cross ties) Company for 40 years with the same boss...My Grandad!...She is a spring chicken at 85, still walking 2 miles a day and full of vim and energy....you know the best old ladies are truly antique little girls....and she always sends me home with my heart smiling and my soul soaring with her sharing and wisdom!

Had a fantastic time with my Great Aunt Betty who turned 85 lately in Tupelo. While I was there, I found a 75 cent lamp shade and a place that monogrammed for $8, so for $8.75 I have the perfect topper copying one for $65 I saw in Southern Living...Yay God for bargains! Don't you just love it when you can do your own version of something expensive you love?

If the good times and companionship with Aunt Betty wasn't enough...on the way home I met Nancy, who just opened a store in Russellville, AL and she had this cute thing for $20 for the purse and $10 for the matching wallet...can you say spoiled? I spent my whole allowance on it and the monogrammed lamp shade...and I'm pleased as punch....but what to do for fun money for the rest of the month? $60 is my limit for the month, for all my extras (haircuts, clothes, etc)....but it has been the best fun!

God is good...and sometimes His ways are not even to give us what we need but what we want!