money from heaven

So if you couldn't already tell, it's been a challenging week or two but you'll never hear me say it was the worst week ever. I hear that expression often and I always have to close my eyes just for a second and take a deep breathe without asking "really, are you sure it was that bad?" But we all deserve our "days" because we all have them.

Last week it was missing work, some sickness, hearing that my brother will have to get surgery... and then on Friday when I thought the weekend was going to kick off just right, our water was shut off. There has been a leak down by our curb and apparently the city determined that it was coming from our property. We had to get a plumber over after first searching for one.  $3,000 later. They have to dig up the concrete near our sidewalk to get to the leak. Just like that....$3,000! So... Ted, Elle and I walked up to the square for a nice dinner and a drink to cheers to our sorrow. I've been doing a lot lately, splurging on things-did Elle really need a $300 highchair?....I hired California closets to redo our downstairs closests- in need of organization and better use of space- the home is 103 years old and closets are really small, we booked a suite for my brother-in-law's wedding next Summer in FL instead of the basic room and oh yeah- we spent two weeks in Europe (remember, my Hermes scarf purchase?)......so now I am feeling guilty about all of this because of having to fix this darn pipe! 

So naturally with this going on I woke up in a cranky mood. Elle and I would go on our fun little Saturday walk while Daddy would work on the leaves (not a bad gig) and today the weather was so wonderful, Sunny and 70. It was the perfect Fall day but I was in a bad mood. Elle and I had to run into the bank quickly and as I was walking out I was thinking how badly I wanted a latte from our little local coffee shop. But in my mind I was saying "you don't need a $4.00 latte today- you've spent enough". And just as I said that to myself, I looked down, and there it was- money from heaven. A crumbled $20 bill in the size of a dime was staring right up at me. I looked around of course to see if anyone had dropped it. Nope- no one around. It was for me. I seriously laughed as I opened the Twenty dollar bill out of it's crumbly stage and thought Mom probably sent this down saying, "will you stop your whining, all of this is out of your control, I know you're bummed you had to spend the money, I wish we could help, now go get your ridiculous $4.00 non-fat-sugar-free-vanilla-latte and enjoy this beautiful day".  And so I did.....and with the $16.00 I had left, I purchased 4 gourmet cupcakes from a new local cupcakery named "Abby girl sweets" -hey, at least the money was spent on our local businesses. 

Pictures of Elle from our walk today.....

Thank you for the coffee and cupcake money- it made my day!