Well, I’m on day three of my reintegration back to cubicle monkey status. Of course I’ve already gathered up a mouthful of commentary to share about my [beloved] co-workers and TDWSH, but that’s a post for another day! I really wanted to share some more of the Etsy purchases that have come in. You know, from my little online shopping binge last month? I’m so unbelievably thrilled with the most recent arrivals. They are MARVELOUS! I ordered these beauties from Diane at Treasured Totes. She is a fabulous seamstress and such a pleasure to work with. Check out the goods:

My new tote bag & matching cosmetic pouch for work. So black, so pink, so me! I know all the women at work (and maybe some of the men too) are hella jealous of my fabulousness when I walk in every morning carrying this super cute tote:

I actually put both my USB thumb drives, reading glasses, a mini bottle of anti-bacterial hand gel (a must-have for every self-respecting neat freak) and many other goodies in the pouch:

Lots of pockets inside the tote to store my text pager (yes we still carry freakin’ pagers where I work, bah!), desk keys, badge, etc. The badge itself could take up a whole pocket, it’s got so much crap on it. You know how big corporations get all apeshit with badge attachments- mission statements, company “values”, safety reminders, etc. If I wasn’t so fat, my badge would probably cause me to topple over. Heh. Anyway, I digress…

And this is the amazingly cute sock monkey diaper bag set that I asked her to make custom for me. I think she’s only made two others, and the patterns were a little different. So it’s a OOAK! I’m so in love with sock monkeys right now. If I could decorate my whole house in sock monkey decor I would! Except I seriously doubt hubby would approve. But tell me these patterns are not so cute that you want to eat them!

Again, these were made by Diane at Treasured Totes. I’m totally pimpin’ her work because she’s really talented. I highly recommend her Etsy shop.

Just posted a bunch of new-ish photos over on Flickr. Some have been seen before, so apologies for the duplication, but I needed to get “caught up” with uploading.

On Saturday afternoon, my Mom & Step-dad came up to babysit so hubby and I could go on a “date”. We were so damn excited! We hadn’t been out alone for some real adult time since before Q was born. Hubby even booked us a swanky room at The Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale. We actually got to sleep in for once in two years! And by “sleep in” I mean 8:00am vs. 6:00am. Anyway, we preceded to get fairly intoxicated. First we ate some serious num nums at Z Tejas. After dinner we did a little bit of barhopping where we slammed down many overpriced but seriously strong cocktails. Then we went to watch the late showing of The Dark Knight and followed it all up with some crazy hotel lovin’. All you married parental units totally know what I’m talking about when I say “crazy” ;D I think we were in bed asleep by 2am (ooh, what party animals!). All in all, it was great just to spend some time alone together, even if we did spend the majority of it talking about the kids and saying how much we missed them. LOL! At least it was drunk talk. Oh how I wish I was half as cool (and animated) in real life, as I am when I’m drunk. I thought I was pretty freakin’ funny that night, telling my story about having a fateful attack of diarrhea at the grocery store, while shopping with an infant in a super heavy carseat carrier (not exactly a convenient time to nearly have your butt explode). But then again, who doesn’t think they’re pretty cool when intoxicated?! We even bummed a cigarette from a couple of hoochie mamas. It was a menthol and we both got a little light-headed from it. And afterwards I hated that distantly familiar smell of smoke on my hands!

When we got home Sunday afternoon, my Mom & Bob told us all about their busy night taking care of the boys. I think they needed a vacation of their own by that point! I know they enjoy being with their grandsons, but even they fully admit that it’s a tough job to care for an infant and a toddler at the same time. There was even “evidence” of just how much of a stinker my little Q-man can be. Apparently, he went to bed with two crayons in his hands, only one of which my Mom was able to get way from him. He started to throw a serious fit when she tried to get the second one (he has this crazy obsession with holding crayons). So out of sheer exhausted, she decided just to let him fall asleep with it. The plan was to go back in and take it after he had fallen asleep. Well, she did go back in later, in the dark, but she couldn’t find it to save her life. She thought maybe he had thrown it under his crib or was probably sleeping on it. He had started to stir and she didn’t want to wake him, so she just let it go and went to bed herself. When she went to his room to get him up in the morning, she found that he had colored all over his crib sheet. At least he didn’t color the wall! It could’ve been much worse!

Some of the blue crayon, which I’m hoping will come out in the wash:

Here’s the little stinker himself:

And Baby G had a lot to say when we got home. Here he is “talking” up a storm to Momma:

It was a fun night, I’m so glad we had the opportunity for some Mommy & Daddy time. However, I now believe I’ve grown old and lame for a reason. I’m just not cut out for the party scene anymore!

I’ve finished the altered letters for Q, G, and P. The letters for the boys match the colors in their rooms. Hubby’s letter, of course, matches mine- which matches our office:

I hate to admit it, but I’m totally & completely addicted to Etsy. Over the past few weeks, I’ve spent way too much [of my husband's] money on the cutest handmade goods EVER! Some of the items I’ve purchased have finally started to arrive. Yay for me! It’s like Christmas, or my birthday! Yesterday one of the custom tote bags I ordered came in. It’s a simple bag in Michael Miller’s Frog Chow print. I plan to use it as a daycare tote. I don’t need to carry much, since our childcare provider will keep supplies at her house. But I wanted to have a little something in case I need to make a pitstop on the way home, but don’t want to carry the big ass honkin’ diaper bag back & forth everyday. The other items in the photos are also in the Frog Chow print, but were made by another seller (details after the photos):

Custom tote bag:

A close up of the fabric:

Tote and other items in same print (the long item is a baby sling):

The diapers & wipes pouch:

The diapers & wipes pouch is perfect for quick errands with the kids, or for quick restroom changes. Dads like it for public diaper duty because it’s much more discreet than a big diaper bag. It holds a travel-size wipes container, 2-3 diapers, and a small tube of diaper cream. I also have a small disposable changing pad in mine. This pouch along with the custom baby carrier sling was purchased from XoXoa Baby (on eBay). I’ll have to take a picture of Baby G in the sling sometime. He loves it!

The adorable custom tote was purchased from Ainsley and Oswald. Check out her Etsy shop. She has some other really cute items for sale.