I'm engaged!

Ok, so not really, but Brian DID ask me to marry him tonight. We were talking to some married people about how filing married taxes is awesome and that you get so much money back. Brian looked right at me and asked, "Tiffani, will you marry me?" Now his bf might not have liked that, but I did accept. He did not have a ring, but his friend had just given him a rainbow striped male genitalia lollipop. He gave that to me instead. I think we might have broken up because I left the lolli at his house. Oh well. It was nice while it lasted.

Happy Birthday to Brian! We had such fun at his party tonight. He made a fabulous ice cream cake. Super yummy! My "twin" (not really, but that is the nickname she has been given), Brandi, went with me. I took her to eat at Zoe's tonight. She had never been! I don't know if she liked it or not.

It is currently 2:45 am and I have to meet Carrie at 8:30 am at her house for some shopping. I am going to need some serious caffeine (Dr. Pepper) in the morning! Good night!

P.S.
I have been informed by a couple people that it is still flirting, even if I don't know I'm doing it. However, I can not be blamed for that because women are wired to flirt and flirting is not a bad thing. I did notice tonight that I DO flirt with gay guys ALOT! HeeHee. I guess that is pointless...

Flirting

So, tonight I was asked how to put "myself out there". I told her I didn't know because I didn't do it either. Then our other friend said I always put myself out there and that I flirt all the time. I TOTALLY don't even know I'm doing it. And they both agreed that I might not know but I was still doing it. So I asked for examples. KJ couldn't come up with one specifically and so I told her to tell me the next time I did it. So then we started talking about how HOT our salsa was at dinner (I'm talking three or four glasses of sweet tea) and she said I had flirted with the waiter, by NOT looking at him directly. I glanced up at him sideways when I talked to him and thus was flirting. That leads me to two very important questions...

For those of you who know me,

1. Do I flirt with every guy I interact with?

2. Is it even flirting if I don't know I'm doing it?

If the answers to those two questions are "yes", I am officially depressed because I am 28 and SINGLE and apparently flirt with anyone that has a well, you know what they have... Obviously, I am not good at this "putting myself out there" and flirting thing.


This is a dramatization of how I looked at dinner talking to the waiter. Is this flirting?

National Cheesecake Day

Today is National Cheesecake Day! Yea! To celebrate, The Cheesecake Factory had $1.50 slices of cheesecake. Yummy! You could only get one piece and you had to eat it there. Nonetheless, it was a heavenly slice of cheesecake for only a $1.50. WooHoo!

Prior to the movie, Carrie and I went to see "What happens in Vegas" at the dollar theater. It was sooooo funny. I laughed so hard. My fave part...

(Just finishing an adult situation...)
Her: "I need a key"
Him: "(stuttering) a, a, a, a, a key?"
Her: "Don't worry, I don't want to live with you. You're not the serious boyfriend/husband type."
Him: "And I take pride in that..."

So funny because I TOTALLY know a man just like that! HeeHee! (I hope this person is not offended that I put that on here. NO one knows who I'm talking about)

Tomorrow, I plan to get up early and head to one of my schools to do bulletin boards and set up my room :( Summer is over! BooHoo!

Can you hear me now?

I am thinking of changing my cell service. I'm pretty sure I've made that decision. HOWEVER... I can't make up my mind on which phone I want.

Here are my choices...

1. Samsung Instinct
2. BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8130
3. BlackBerry® Curve™ 8330

Does anyone have any suggestions or comments? Does anyone have another phone? I would love any help.

Basically, I want to be able to check email, myspace, facebook, blog, text, take pics, and I guess talk to people...

Thanks!

I'm connected, right now

Tomorrow, I have a dentist appt in the morning and my "yearly" in the afternoon. I am not looking forward to either one :(

I do have a praise report tonight. Yesterday, the church sermon was on "Imagineering". Imagining that something can happen in your life and then believing it will happen. So, there are a few things I have been praying and asking God for, but yesterday and then this morning, instead of asking for it, I stated that I believed that it would happen and thanked God for it and went on about my business. Well, of course, one of those requests was money (who doesn't pray for more money?). This morning, a gentleman from a local church called and asked if I was interested in an interim children's choir director job. I listened to the responsibilities and called a couple of friends who work there (I will be doing one of those friends' job while she is in school). I decided to take the position! It is only through December, but that is money I wouldn't have without this job. Wow, how God works when you believe.

My neighbor tried figuring out why I can't use her internet. We still don't know why, however, she accidently unplugged the router while talking to me and it seems I have signal again! Maybe it just needed to be reset. WooHoo! However, I believe I am telling DirecTV bye-bye this week because of technical issues they can't seem to fix without an $80 service call and then a possible $75 new dish. And then that would mean a new 24 month contract. So, I contacted my local cable company and talked to them about incentives to leave Dish and they gave me 50% off services for a year and then 25% off the second year. So, I have decided to go with cable AND get my very own internet! And I'm getting a DVR! WooHoo! I can't wait! This is only going to cost me about $20 more a month (YES, cable is more expensive than dish! Can you believe that?) But I am getting internet and DVR (Which would be $130 more with dish plus a monthly charge as well). I think I am doing a good thing, I hope. I HATE change!

I also think I am changing cell service. I currently have At&t, but am thinking about Sprint. They have a nice "everything" plan for $99.99 ~ unlimited texts, media, and minutes! I don't have unlimited minutes and I am paying more than that right now! I would save the $20 I am spending on cable, so I would still be paying the same amount a month in bills. But I would be getting MORE STUFF!!!!! That is always great!

Teacher Appreciation

Carrie and I headed to Staples this morning for Teacher Appreciation Day! Hooray! Or as one store called it Teacher "Appriciation" Day. Spell check must not work on all computers. What a shame...

Anyway, we were a little let down this year by the lack of freebies and good deals. The store did give us a flash drive, very nice. However, they did not give us a tote bag (I never have enough of these. Just kidding!) We left that Staples and went to another one, where we got another flash drive. They gave us a goodie bag too! Score! They also had a 50 cent box of stuff that I could use in my treasure box at school.

This is a list of our activities today:

1. yard sale
(I bought a set of three baskets that were marked $7. I asked if she would take five and she DID! I will use the large one for my copious amounts of water bottles.)

2. Staples #1
(We bought scissors for $.99, regularly $5.99)

3. Staples #2
(We bought $.50 stuff and some expandable files on clearance. Carrie said I needed these for my National Board Certification work.)

4. Chick-fil-a
(Breakfast)

5. Target
(ONE magazine holder. I needed a red one and my Target made me mad last night! So I went to another one today.)

6. Library
(Carrie returned and then checked out CDs. Miss Katie Jane was not at work today)

7. Goody's
(Two pair of shoes and a pair of capris. It is going out of business and everything is 70% off)

8. Kirklands
(Nothing. We were checking to see if these cool music wall hangings were on sale yet. Not yet)

During 6, 7, 8 and 9, it was STORMING! We decided to skip Home Depot until later when we went to eat dinner and hopefully it would not be raining.

9. Sam's
(Gas)

10. Home
(Lunch, A Bee Movie, nap)

11. Wrapsody
(Nothing. Just wanted to look. The window display was cool.)

12. Wings
(Dinner)

13. Home Depot
(Weather stripping for door and air condition filters)

We were quite busy today. Tomorrow, I am headed to church and then need to get started on organizing and cleaning my house :( We'll see how much organizing and cleaning I get done.

You are not connected...

Sorry, dear readers. I have not been able to connect to the internet at my own home in about three months. I have been other places to update my blog, but not this week. I am so sorry you have been out of the loop. Basically, I have been at a back to school workshop two days this week and then not much else.

I did go to see "Hancock" last night. It was good. Heath, Ryan (Heath's roommate), and my friend Brandi, and I went to see it. It was funny, but a little different from most of Will Smith's movies, mainly because there was some strong language.

Today, Carrie and I went to Target. We found a few good deals, especially some plastic magazine holders for $1 each. I desperately needed them for my guest bedroom where I keep all my teacher resources. We each bought ten, all the store had. I already need at least five more! I have an abundance of teacher resources. Tomorrow we have decided to go to the other Target and see if they have some more. Keep your fingers crossed. We are also going to Staples for their Teacher Appreciation Day! WooHoo! More free stuff!

Well, I hope everyone has a great weekend!