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I have nothing fun (unless Swiffer dusting with one hand while simultaneously Dyson vacuuming with the other counts) to report from this past weekend. We did our usual Mexican/ Salvadoran dine out Friday night then dropped into Carter's to briefly visit with his in-laws and laugh as he tried to track down CO2 for his hush hush early birthday present. Saturday we ran out to Tyson's to purchase Leila's entire fall/winter wardrobe at one fell swoop in H&M - well I thought it was her entire wardrobe until I got home and inventoried her drawers to recall that she still needs PJs, undershirts, boots and shoes (the Crocs that have been on her feet for 7 months won't cut it much longer)...not to mention school uniforms. But anyway, I adore H&M for the kiddos. We do the occasional Old Navy splurge too, but $276 (still a bit of an ouch) at H&M bought us 1 winter coat, 1 tracksuit, 2 pair of jeans, 2 pair of cords, 4 long-sleeve tees, 3 sweaters, 2 skirts, scads of socks and tights, and hair accessories (that she only wants to play with - or put in my/Cesar's hair - not hers of course - hers is lucky if it sees a brush - not for my lack of trying.) I believe we spent $60+ on her coat alone at LL Bean last year. And the skirts and such are just as cute as Crew Cuts. I haven't really checked out their boy selection - seems to be the compiled of the fairly standard shades of blues, browns and sports motifs - but I highly recommend checking it out for the wee ones. Yesterday morn we took a walk to Old Town, which seemed to take two hours because Leila actually walked a good stretch of it, then I tackled the grocery store, laundry and attempted to get at least one room of the house dust and cobweb free during nap time. Good times.