We made french toast the other day. It was delicious and Dawson ate up every bite of his plus the strawberries on my plate!



I discovered these delicious Hello Panda chocolate candy things at Target. Oh how they remind me of my childhood in Hawaii..





On another note, I'm getting into reading again..



Well, I want to find time to, anyway. But between Dawson and school and finding a job soon, I don't think I'll be able to. But I'll remain hopeful.



And that would be Dawson in his Elmo shoebies!

I have been craving oranges lately, much like I did near the end of my pregnancy with Dawson. And luckily, they were on sale this week, so we picked up a good amount. I gave Dawson his first orange and he really liked it. He spit out the pulp, though.





Don't they look delicious? Yeeep, they were!

My obsession with nail art & nail polish has resurfaced, and in perfect timing, too; CVS had a bunch of nail polishes on sale for 75% off, and almost all of them had unexpired coupons attached to them, which means they were all nearly FREE! Needless to say, I picked up a bunch.


See? A BUNCH. And guess how much all of this cost me? $3.58. WITH tax. Yes, I am proud of my findings. I'm such a bargain shopper MOM.

Went to Target to pick up some baby things and ended up in the Christmas clearance section.. I'm surprised they had a decent amount of things left. I picked up some peppermint lotion & body spray.


I couldn't resist! My weakness is definitely things that smell good. I'm so attracted to anything pepperminty. It smells utterly delicious.. and they were 75% off as well. They were about $1.49 each. Not bad at all. :)

While I'm on the topic of peppermint, I got some of this for Christmas:




SUPER duper yumminess. I'm trying to keep with my resolution, so I've definitely got to monitor my chocolate in take. I'm only allowed to have one square a day. It's all about portion control!

The doorbell rang at about 11am this morning and when I opened the door, a man greeted me with flowers, saying they were for "Samantha-Lee". I was like "Hey! That's me!"; He prompted me to sign a paper on his clipboard and handed it to me. I was so surprised! The card didn't have a name on it, but it did have a phone number which wasn't mine.. so I hunted down the owner to this number and it ended up being my twin, Danny Lee's! The flowers are so pretty and I love 'em! Dawson thinks they're pretty, too.. he keeps pointing at them, smiling saying "Mom!"





More after the jump..

I've been trying really hard to eat healthy; it's been a difficult task, especially with so much junk food in the pantry. :/
For lunch today I had a tuna-celery lettuce wrap/shell. It looks kind of gross, but it was delicious!

I took my little brother PJ to see Harry Potter 7 (Part One) today. To refresh my memory, I watched HP6 last night.. and had chili cheese fries from Del Taco.



It was unhealthily delicious. The chili cheese fries, not the movie.. HP7 was INCREDIBLE. I cannot wait for part two. I really wish the story wasn't coming to an end; it really makes me sad to think about it. I'll feel somewhat empty when there are no longer any yearly HP movies to look forward to.. :/
I felt so sad when Dobby died. I want a Dobby..

We had a WIC appointment today. It was somewhat pointless, seeing as how they were discussing solid food feeding; Dawson is 9 months, so he's already been eating solids for almost 4 months now. Plus I'm pretty sure we already watched that video the last time I was there.. anyway. Afterward, we headed over to Babies-R-Us & Target. I needed to pick up a few things for Dawson and like always, I ended up picking up more than I went for. But it's okay! Because everything was on clearance! Plus I still had a gift card that remained unused and forgotten until now. So I only ended up actually spending about $5. :)



Dawson's new "thing" is really funny and cute. Lately, he has been knocking over his laundry basket and sorting the clothes. I have no idea what the criteria is for each pile, because everything is mix-matched! Watching this whole act is extremely adorable. He picks up each item, examines it, then either places or throws it into a pile. He caught me taking a picture of him doing so.

Pretty much self-explanatory. Aside from being a full-time single mommy, I'm also a full-time student. I'm unsure my future career plans, but I do know that I would like to do photography as a hobby. I would love to be a photojournalist, however, I honestly don't ever see that happening. Right now I'm doing PSY 101 homework & studying. This class is so difficult; totally unexpected. It has a surprisingly large amount to do with science, which I was not expecting. It's very interesting, though. A LOT of reading & note taking, which is why I use a clipboard; plus, my computer takes up majority of my desk.. haha. :)



For lunch, I had a salad. I'm trying to stay on the healthy side, yet I can't help but put some croutons in my salads; they're so bland without them! Romaine lettuce, garlic croutons, tiny slices of ham, and topped with a (perhaps overly) generous amount of Light Caesar dressing.. yummy.

Breaks over. Back to studying.