Pistachio cheesecake

Tuesday: I put together a few things to mail out.
Green happy mail:

 Letter M

 I bought this for a monkey tag, but ended up sending something else.
Aquarium tag:

 I walked to the mall (about 2 miles), so I could go looking for a comfy skirt. I had this great maxi a few years ago, it was comfy and matched everything (it was navy/brown tie dye), and then I stepped on it one day and it ripped.
Stopped at Walmart to pick up some tape and see if they had any cute dresses. Every time I wear a dress to work everyone compliments it, so I thought I'd wear a few more.

 double stick tape ($6 each), dress ($9), shirt ($3), Trolls blind bag ($3), chocolate covered fruit ($4), minions plates ($0.25), minions napkins ($0.25), green button ($0.50), Ugly Dolls blind bag ($3), minions happy birthday sign ($0.50), My Little Pony blind bag ($3), Jif cookies and cream hazelnut spread ($2), Dove chocolate ($2), and Oreos Latte thins ($3).
As you can see, I found a dress and a shirt, picked up some double stick tape. I was so excited last time I went to Walmart I didn't pick up any tape and then of course I was getting short on it. I just need to remember to pick up a pack every time I go to Walmart, I could use a lifetime supply of it. Picked up a few blind bags, I wanted to pick up two of the Ugly Dolls, but compromised and got one each of the Ugly Dolls, the Trolls and the My Little Pony ones. There was another cool one, but it was $4, I'm trying to stay under $3. I found the Minion plates, napkins and sign in the clearance aisle and they turned out to be cheaper than they were marked. I picked up the Dove chocolate, cause it sounded interesting. It's called Blonde chocolate, it says a mix of white and milk chocolate with caramel. And I had to buy the latte Oreos, just to try them out, they'll probably be left at the library. Also the Jif was in the clearance section, that might be left at the library as well.
Went to JC Penney looking for a skirt, found some cute dresses instead:

 And this one:

 They were both wicked cute, but I'm not spending $50 on a dress, plus they are more dressy than I need.
I did find this guy, though:

 It was only $3.50, so I totally bought it.
At that point I was ready to head home, but had just missed the bus, so wandered down to TJ Maxx, I couldn't find anything to buy, but how cool is this giant boot?

 It's a planter and was $12, I did not buy it.
When I tried on my shirt, it fit:

 As well as the shirts I bought last week:

 This would look much nicer with a black skirt or pants.
This one is a bit short:

but it's a petite, so that's to be expected.
And the dress:

I needed the longer work mirror.
I rarely try things on at stores. I didn't today because I was covered in sweat when I was shopping and that's just gross, especially if it doesn't fit. Usually I'm shopping from Goodwill or Salvation Army or some other thrift store, so I figure, if it doesn't fit I didn't spend a ton of money and it will just get donated back. It's amazing to have two different clothes shopping days and to have everything fit.
I realize now looking back at the picture of the dress, it totally shows my stomach. I had my shapewear on the bottom and my more pronounced bra on top, it was rather uncomfortable by the end of the day. Also, I'm not sure you can really tell the difference with the bra.
I ended up with 16,000 steps and almost 7.5 miles by the time I went to bed, I was exhausted by the time I got to bed, but of course I didn't sleep well.
I found a pile of mail when I got home:
A birthday surprise.

I love how she wrote on it not to open until my birthday.
My June Secret Sister:

 It's the first time I've liked everything in the package.
I think I've decided to no longer do swaps in my mail groups. The secret sisters are fun, but in one of my mail groups they took away the favorites (again), and we're supposed to list favorites upon sign up. It just feels like there's more and more rules for these swaps in my groups, and I know it's because some people just kinda suck and ruin it for everyone, but it's tiring.
I don't always get stuff I want in the tags or swaps, and with swaps you have to commit more money wise, so I think I'll just do swaps in my art groups and do tags in my mail groups. Maybe I'll save some money.
Letter M:

 I'm not entirely sure why I did the alphabet tag, I told myself after finishing the last alphabet that I wasn't going to partake in the next one because it seemed I got more that I didn't like than I did. I keep running into that with certain tags, like the initials and the favorite color and telling myself to not do it. But, then I want mail and you can't have it both ways.
Anywho, these are wicked strong, I left them at work.
Smile Time tag:

Basically a happy mail tag, it's ok. I like the cactus tag and the large flower doily thing.
Wednesday: was more weird than normal at the library. Thought we had someone that had a no trespass come in (could have been his doppelganger), we had a box of mouse puppets come in (the mail was missorted), my interlibrary loan volunteers opened it and couldn't figure out what it was for, it was actually for the youth department, plus it's summer, which is always more busy.
Bought a whole bunch of baking stuff to make this:

 a pistachio cheese cake for my birthday. I haven't made cheesecake in awhile and forgot how much cream cheese was in it. I also think I need to buy another pie shell. The recipe had me making the pie crust and using a springform pan, but that's a bit too much work, so I was just going to use a pie shell I already have. But, if you look at that picture, there's about 2-3 inches of height in that thing, my pie shell is no that tall, I feel I'll have enough to fill another pie shell. I know I did last time I made a cheesecake. I'll pick up the other pie shell on Saturday after work, and if it ends up that I have enough for two, I'll probably take one to work on Tuesday.
Mail was late again, got some die cuts:

Due to doing a card sketch in a group. I may just do the card sketches to get the die cuts.