Today is a GREAT day! I finished the editing project I’ve been working on day and night for weeks. I had my first weigh-in at Curves (I started October 1) and I’m off to a good start on my new healthier lifestyle. I went out to breakfast with my husband Dave. AND . . . we stopped at Lowe’s to get a couple of 2 x 4s on the way back home and I was admiring the mums out front and a clerk came and told me that all their plants are on sale for ONE DOLLAR!!! each (because their Christmas trees are coming in soon!) so we got these eight beautiful pots of blooms for EIGHT DOLLARS!!! But . . . the REAL reason I’m writing this post is to thank my blogging friend Dianne Faw for the lovely handmade copper foil pumpkin pin she sent me from her recent giveaway! Please check out Dianne’s amazing craftiness here . . . I absolutely love visiting her blog.
What a beautiful pin! And so great to see a post from you!! I’ve been starting to wonder since I haven’t seen anything from you…and haven’t had you popping into my site. Glad to hear that today is such a wonderful day and that your editing project is done!!
Kenley
Thank you, Kenley! It has really been a crazy schedule. Today I’m cleaning up my office/craft room and then I’m sewing and crafting all weekend! I’m so excited! And I get Fridays off the rest of the year to make up for the overtime! Yay!!!
YAY!!!
Yay for the editing! Yay for the weigh-in! Yay for the mums! Yay for the gorgeous pin! So happy for your great day! (And wondering if Lowe’s will still have any mums left tonight…)
They had lots! And it wasn’t really advertised . . . .they were just grabbing people who were walking by! So I hope you get some . . . they’re SO pretty!!!
So I’m obviously reading too fast because I read pumpkin pie instead of pumpkin pin. Thought it was a strange thing to get in the post…..
If ever there’s a perfect example of “Right place, right time” this has to be it. You were destined to have these pretty colours brightening up your walkway & entrance to your home!
It really is!!! I kept thanking them for the lovely *gift.*
what a lovely surprised filled day
And now it’s mid-afternoon and still perfect!
Gorgeous pin, but mums for $1 I would have bought out the store if I could. Maybe one would have survived the wildlife eating them. The latest is a rabbit we spotted eating the flowers.
I hadn’t thought about that!
But we did attract some bees the second we got them out of the car! 
bees are good!
What a big score with the mums!!! Those are my birthday flower so I’m quite partial to them!! These are gorgeous!!!
What a fun birthday flower! I always admire them every year and once in awhile buy a small plant, but this is heaven! And I love these daisies, too . . . such a pretty orange. It’s fun going outside and seeing flowers everywhere!!!
Lucky You!…If you plant them…they will come back next year…and continue to do so…
the pin is quite pretty …Glad you had a good day…your post is always fun…makes you feel good afterwards…mkg
Thank you for the tip! I don’t know much about gardening, but I’d love to give this a try. And that you for the lovely compliment, too. You’re a sweetie!
What a wonderful day you had. I will have to check if my Lowe’s has some mums! I love them too—beautiful colors! Enjoy your weekend; I know you will be creating more fantastic items.
–Vickie
Thank you Vickie! Today I had fun cleaning and reorganizing my office/craft room. Tomorrow I get to sew!
You did have a great day !! I love the pin, and I am heading to Lowe’s tomorrow, maybe they will have the same sale here. Good luck with Curves, and keep us updated.
Thank you, Ponytail! I hope you’re as lucky at Lowe’s as we were!!!
Those don’t look like end of season plants at all. Wow, that is the deal of a century. I really love the mauve pot! You’re pumpkin pin will look great with your hair too!
I love that one, too! And I can’t wait to wear my new pin!
Have a wonderful weekend, Boomdee! 
What a positive post. You are so appreciative about so much! FYI… we have something in common. My husband’s name is the same as your husband. ~Thea
Thank you, Thea! And we do love our Daves, don’t we?
Hi there, nice to hear from you. I’ve been off line too. Stresses of life… The flowers are lovely.
Sending you some love and prayers today! (Wish I could send one of my plants, too!)
Nice to start my day reading about YOUR great day!! The flowers and pin are beautiful!
I love to share the joy!
Thank you! 
Score!!!
I know!!!!!!!
Sweet pin; enjoy it. You sound like you are full of energy, which is probably the result of all your recent hard work and good choices. I always forget that, that working hard doesn’t make me tired as much as it energizes me to do even better tomorrow. And tomorrow I will make some good choices myself – right after I check out Lowes!
Thank you . . . what a sweet thing to say! And good luck at Lowe’s . . . I hope they all have the same wonderful bargains!
ONE Dollar plants are awesome!
I KNOW! I still get the biggest grin every time I walk outside and see them!
I have the biggest grin looking at them too:) Good find!