Can't seem to get it right!

I am having a heckva time finding a blog template that I enjoy looking at for more than a day.

I'll fall in love with one, then I realize something is missing, like the date at the top of the post. (On the cute valentine-y one I had) I want something "happy" to drive away the winter drear. But then I worry that the text colors are readable and "matchy".

Yes, I do realize I am WAY over thinking this.

But see for the amount of time and energy I put into this, it has to meet MY strict standards.

Lou lou blogs are SO cute...but the MESS up my template so bad, that every time I change it I have to redo the WHOLE thing. It's painful.

"So, Sara just find one already and stop!" you say.

SHAY, if only!

Love, browns, but it's winter, I can't look at a dark color. Love pink, but after awhile it's like someone through up girl;

I ask that you bare with me while I find myself...or the template I can stand. I totally love the one's you can have made, that look like a scrap book page...but I like to change so often it wouldn't be worth paying for one if I'm just going to change it in a few months.

I am so disappointed this weekend, Rob and I had a date day right?

We did not sleep well Friday night because our house guest Reggie was missing his family. DEEPLY. I read until about 10:30PM, as soon as I turned out my light the pacing started. He is not a quiet pacer, he is a hopper. He has to, he only has 3 legs. Then he started whining and barking. Finally at 1:15AM he laid down. At 1:30AM Hubby's alarm went off to wake him for the paper route. Reggie began barking while Rob was getting ready to leave. I told Rob he had to take the dog with him, or he would bark the 2 hours until Rob came back. It took him another round of pacing and whining and barking to get him to lay down. It was now 6:30AM. The kiddos are up at 7AM. I was tempted to call off the date, because I was afraid of what Reggie might do if he were left alone. I was sure he wouldn't destroy anything, but lonely dogs do find trouble. I called Pollie to tell her of our night. I was reminded of what she had told me.

"Sara, I'd rather you be my friend then my dogsitter."

I felt terrible, but we could not make it through 3 more nights of not sleeping.

Pollie made arrangements for Reggie to go to a kennel. He actually seemed happy to be there. Which I thought was weird, but I knew that he would be well taken care of and we all would be able to sleep.

So we were tired. I'm not sure our plan was a good one, seeing as we were sleepy and all, but we

decided to go see the movie Australia. The 3 hour megathon movie. It was only playing a a very select few theaters in the area. We couldn't find the darn theater. No, we don't have GPS, so spare me the "Oh, you have to get GPS." I'm crabby and don't want to hear how it is a must have.

We missed the movie, now I have to wait for DVD. ARGH! So we had lunch out instead of dinner. Which through the whole rest of the day off. Because see we were going to go home and spend alone time. The kids were suppose to be gone until after dinner. (Which in my head is 6-6:30PM)

We got home and they were already home. Then our babysitters feigned they had other things to do and had to "go". Leaving us with the kids at 2PM. Don't even TRY to calm me from that one! I am still very ticked off.

Okay, now to the unfinished business.

Some of you gals asked what the kings cake tasted like. I made ya a little video.

Rachel did tell me once what the colors meant, but I can't remember. Hey, you try remembering something someone says right before they tell you the are sending you cake. All I heard was

"I'M SENDING YOU CAKE."

Beside getting a cake to start the weekend, it ended well too.

I scored this outfit for a mere $28. Which I only paid $19 of it because of merchandise credit I already had. Shirt $4 Zipup hoodie $7.50 Grey stretch cords $16.50. I almost bought this dressy coat that was originally priced $228, I would have paid $43. It was really cute, but I couldn't think of more then maybe 4 times that I'd wear it. It was light weight, and dressy. I don't get a lot of oppertunities to get fancy. If I dream abot the jacket or can't stop thinking about it tomorrow I'll go back and get it. But for now I can't believe I got an entire outfit for under $30 bucks.