A Great Weekend

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We had such a nice weekend! Brian got off work early Friday, we dropped Camden off at his Gram and Gramps house, and we headed to town to do a little shopping, see a movie, and eat. Shopping was fun because I got to buy stuff! Bought a couple of new piano books and a new Christmas CD. Went to Kohl's and found a new sweater and two shirts. We saw Casino Royale, the new James Bond movie, and it was actually pretty fun. Headed to Olive Garden next where we waited for 45 minutes out in the freezing cold only to be seated in the smoking section (full of smoke!) and had horrible service, but the food was good so it all turned out okay. Our last stop was to the little bakery to pick up cheesecake and coffee.

Saturday was pretty low-key as well. Just hung around the house doing a little cleaning and alot of relaxing. Sunday we had church in the morning, but no evening service, which was wonderful! What is it about cancelled church services that's so nice?

Work today has been hectic, but I'm happy there's only 1.5 more work days left this week!

I had plenty of time to scrap this weekend, but am having serious issues! I scrapped four pages and promptly trashed all of them - just not satisfied at all. I've got lots of really great photos to scrap so maybe my inspiration will return quickly. I did finally finish one up tonight that I'm happy with. The photo is slightly blurred, but I think it's cute enough that it's okay. I used Amanda Rockwell's fabulous Back in Black collection.

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