2010: Day 1

Well, Happy New Year Blog Readers!!! Hope you had as much fun ringing in the new year as I did!

I had every intention to do absolutely nothing on the first day of this year. Whatever. Apparently, I have issues with doing "nothing" because I did a whole lot of something!

Here's the rundown:

First, I went to the gym. I did 30 minutes of cardio (low-impact) and mentally prepared myself for Hades. I figured I might as well baptize myself by fire! LOL Nothing like WallyWorld on the first day of the new year. I needed to test out my "joy" resolution. I arrived sans makeup and in sweats. No list. Drum roll......I passed with flying colors!!! I managed to even smile, wave, and make "light" conversation with peeps in line. ;)

I obviously worked up an appetite at the gym AND Hades, so I treated myself to a Sonic Burger with tots. Yeah, totally erased the workout but sometimes ya just gotta live a little. ;)

Up next, power nap. I did manage to squeeze in a little "nothing" time! What a great nap! Aaaaaahhhhhh. I'm loving 2010 already.

Managed to cook dinner (spaghetti...a real stretch! lol) and watch a movie. Sidebar: I did not eat black-eyed peas today. I have followed this tradition for as long as I can remember, but I'm feeling rebellious. Shaking things up a bit. Not telling my aunt or my parents. I may be rebellious, but I'm not stupid! LOL

AD suggested we go get some hot chocolate and make a side trip to (gasp!) Hades. He wanted some frozen biscuits, and of course, RedMan. Great. Great. I should've added a disclaimer onto my resolution limiting the trips to Wal-Mart to one a day. Well, let me just say that I was most definitely tested.

I go in (still no makeup and in sweats) for what should've been a 5 minute excursion TOPS. Get the biscuits. Go to line 8 (because that's where the all-consuming tobacco lives) and time screeches to a halt. The cashier is eerily quiet. The two ladies in front of me...eerily quiet. The man in camo at the front of the line, well he's kind of staring toward the back of the store. This can only mean one thing. I know what it is, but need confirmation. I ask the lady in front of me, "so, what's up with this?" She gives me the "look" and utters two words that sends chills down most shoppers spines.......PRICE CHECK. Instantly, I bond with the other two women in line. We don't even need to speak. Our eyes are focused on camo man. The manager comes back about 4 minutes later and tells the guy that the price is not what he thought, but 19.96. And here's where I could've lost my joy.....he didn't buy the item. Geez Louise. I shake it off, and laugh. The other ladies chuckle with me as the guy walks away. Not laughing in a "butthole or insincere kind of way" but just like, "yeah, it's the first of the year and nobody's stealing my joy" kind of way.

2010 is going to be a great year! I just KNOW it! Later blog readers......