For the 4th of July weekend, Jay went to Ohio to visit with his Dad, Ricki and his brothers, Kris and Kraig. He had a great time and Dennis and Ricki enjoyed having just the boys visit. While he was there, he did a little needed shopping. Now Jay is not one to like to shop and it is hard for him to tolerate shopping, but everyone was going to the outlets and he needed some new summer things. He called to ask my advice on which stores he should go to for the things he needed and he also asked if there was anything that Arabella or I needed (very unlike him). I let him know to check out Carter's for some winter or next summer things for Arabella and the only thing that I wanted/needed was another bathing suit cover-up. I was pretty detailed in what I was looking for and besides I wanted one like the one I already have, just in another color. Pretty easy, right?? Well, when he called later that day, he told me about his purchase for himself and Arabella, and he told me that he found a cover-up for me, but he didn't really like the colors. Oh well. Not the end of the world. So when he got home on Thursday night, I was just looking forward to the new sneakers that I ordered and had sent to his Dad's house (call me crazy but I was able to get them at Dick's online for $70 and the same sneakers here were $150, crazy!!) and when I saw the Nike bag, I was very excited. But when he handed it to me, he said that I had to guess what it was, not sneakers, that was for sure. I thought it was a purse, but no way would he get me a new purse. He jokes about putting all of my bags or at least some of them on eBay. I was shocked when I opened the bag to see Coach tissue paper, what they heck had gotten into him. Seriously, he actually went into the Coach outlet. Now for sure I thought he was joking. But when I opened it, this is what I saw...
Holy Crap!! I can't believe it, the last time he bought me a bag, we were in NYC and he said he would never buy me one again. I just love it!! It is perfect and I have been thinking about getting a cross body bag for a while, but have been putting it off. I love that I can wear it across my body and it frees up my arms for when Arabella and I are out running errands, and it has more space, which is nice now that I am trying to not have to carry a diaper bag with me everywhere. The handles also fit on my shoulder in case I want to carry it that way too. Thanks Jay for such a wonderful surprise, you did good! So maybe the heat in Ohio did get to you or maybe like Mike thinks this could be Jay's way to easy me into the idea of him getting another project car...
