A Busy Day with Nothing Accomplished...Yet!

Have you ever had one of those?? I feel like I've been up and on the go all day long but haven't really accomplished anything! Hmph!

Mr. Madden was off work today so I made him get up this morning to go to my classroom with me (since we got an email that our hall was ready to go).  He usually comes and moves all of my furniture back for me.  Well, there wasn't much for him to help with since the custodians asked us to leave a diagram of where we wanted our furniture to go (a first for this school) and it wall all exactly where I wanted it!! :) YAY!  I didn't stay and work because I knew he would not be happy about that, but now I know that I can drop by to do a few things anytime!

Then we headed to Target to get some back to school stuff.  I didn't find what I wanted (those clear dry erase sleeves everyone else in the world is getting from the dollar bins!), but....OH.MY.WORD!

Look what monster-ously wonderful items I DID find!!

That's right!  Monster zip baggies in the dollar bin!!  Woohoo!!  I have a few ideas of how I'm going to use these cuties!  Then, in with the school supplies, I found...

Monster-Themed boxes of tissues!!  PERFECT!!  And, finally...

How cute is that???  I have no idea how I'm going to use this little guy, but I had to get one.  There were a few different colors/styles, but they were kind of pricey ($5.00 each) and since I don't know how I will use it yet, I just bought one.  Any ideas for using this adorable pencil pouch?  I thought of hanging him up to hold my blank slips of paper for my estimation station, but since the zipper is at the bottom that wouldn't work unless I turned him upside down.  BUMMER!

Of course I bought TONS of folders and other school supplies, but those were the CUTE things!  Then I had an appointment to talk about the Bachelorette get my hair trimmed.  {Sidetrack}  Are you watching?  Who do you think Emily will pick?  I was shocked at who was sent home last night and I really, really, really want her to pick Jef!!  I wasn't a fan of his until recently, but he has totally won me over!  My sweet friend (and hairstylist) insists that Emily ends up with Chris.  As in Harrison.  Now, that would be a way to end the show!!  She actually thinks that Em {we're tight like that} picks Jef but they don't work out and she is now with Chris.  As in Harrison!  Whew!  Can't wait...

On my way home from there, I dropped by Staples and Wal-Mart for - you guessed it, some more school supplies.  Nothing too exciting, but I did see these cute monster pencil pouches at Wal-Mart.  I resisted because I didn't have a clue how I could use them, but if you have some ideas for me I'll gladly go back and get them! (hehe)

Then, I hit the gym {blah!}, but when I got home a big brown box was waiting for me! {SMILE}

All of my Vistaprint stuff that I blogged about here had arrived!  I love goodies in the mail!! :)  While we're on the topic of monsters, I wanted to tell you all that YOU WERE RIGHT!!  My behavior chart that I blogged about making here needed mouths on those cute little monsters.

And...did you notice that I made new magnets thanks to your suggestions!  Love them...so much easier for the kiddos to manipulate.  I just used those clear floral stones, printed out my numbers, mod podged those suckers to the back and added a magnet!

Off to work on some projects with all of these back to school finds...and I have to be up bright and early tomorrow for a workshop!

I know it's Tuesday, but I want to get in the habit of joining in with the "Monday Made Its" so, I'm linking up...better late than never, huh?  I have some other almost finished projects that I'll link up next week!