"I went to Taylor"

MacKenzie had to go to the vet yesterday for her yearly shots. She took them like a champ. She was awesome. She got a clean bill of health and lots of praise for being so cute. :) Her visit was only $52! YAY! I had worried about how much it was going to be for a few months now. Last year it was well over $250. I guess we should have shopped around! ;) Anyway, all is well with MacKenzie and she is enjoying her new Victoria's Secret dog that I got for free yesterday. After MacKenzie's appointment went to so well (and cheap!) we decided to go to breakfast in Colorado Springs. Jackson really likes the drive down there as it is breath-taking. We ate at, of course, Cracker Barrel. Again with the bad service but seriously good food. Our waitress was from Indiana. (Jackson was rocking an IU sweatshirt and I had on an IU t-shirt. They still lost last night. Badly.) She was from Gary, though. That's really not exciting. At all. We left breakfast and decided to stop at a mall we always see from the interstate. It was really nice. Jackson says he is too spoiled by Clay Terrace to think just any outdoor mall is nice, but I will vouch for it. I needed a new white dress shirt because I spilled hot tea on myself Friday and the stain was not leaving. Grr. We shopped around and I brought up to Jackson that I wanted a new couch. He was somewhat agreeable, but not running to the furniture store that instant as I wished. We decided to stop in at Pottery Barn as I was still looking for the perfect present for my friend Kate's birthday. In Pottery Barn we saw that the euro size of our existing throw pillows were on sale. PERFECT! We decided to just recover the back couch cushions to extend the life of our couch. (See photo.) A mere $60 outlay instead of several hundred. Awesome! Needless to say, we were in Pottery Barn for a LONG time making decisions and mulling things over. One associate kept coming by to ask if we were ok. Jackson started giving her a hard time about it and we got to talking. She asked if were from Indiana. Yes. She went to school there. Where? TAYLOR UNIVERSITY! I screamed, "SHUT UP!! I'M FROM UPLAND!!!!" I was so excited that if I didn't have a bad knee I would have jumped up and down. Honestly. I was that excited. We talked Upland for another 15 minutes or so and I was smiling so much (I love small world moments) that my face hurt! We agreed to come back and visit her often. How fun. She was a really nice girl and was at TU at the same time as a lot of my friends. Crazy!I also got out all of my Valentine's Day decor yesterday. A little late, I know. It looks pretty cute! I love the placemats from Susie. They really doll up the table.

After we finished shopping in Colorado Springs we came home and played a lot of ball with MacKenzie outside. It was supposed to snow today, but we have had a stay of execution and it is not coming. Excellent. Anyway, we feared she'd be stuck inside all day today so she got a lot of ball playing action. Then we went to see He's Just Not That Into You last evening.

It was so cute!! There were a few "signs" that I disagreed with, but for the most part it was spot on! I highly recommend it. We had to go back to the mall after the movie because the gift I got Kate was broken inside of its box. Oh man! I hate that. Of course this Pottery Barn did not have a replacement so I am back on the hunt with only a few days left. Grr!

All in all it was a productive Saturday. Sunday looks like it will be lazy. We overslept church, again. Next time I'm setting an alarm.