DYI: Success!

Before: Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear...

so it worked. really. grabbed the ruby and went into the bathtub to try this whole "at-home grooming thing." it wouldn't be official without the "thing"..anyway, so she looks a little pathetic because i shaved her face to get the poodle look and BF says she looks like an anteater. :( aww..poor rubbles (pronounced roobles. she wouldn't let me shave her legs so i shaved her head, her face, and her body, but no legs. seriously now she looks like the funniest looking creature. ever. i love it. i've read that grooming your dogs can create a bonding experience.. yeah, right. me in the bathtub covered in fur. juno looking at me like i'm trying to steal her soul. practice makes perfect, obviously, but i'm really excited and motivated to get this down to save a ton of money.

AFTER: so pretty. tee hee

speaking of money, i'm doing really well on the whole.."i'm trying to be debt-free thing." really. whenever i'm hungry and need to get something to eat, i've been resorting to *gasp* the pantry. and i've come up with some yummy meals on the fly and concocting some pretty darn good food. i'm going to only buy things when i need them (i know, novel idea, right?) instead of impulse shopping. i'm going to resort back to my old ways that i had in england of using the envelope method that i've mentioned before. i get paid this thursday so i'm excited to get it started (although the final season of will and grace comes out on tues and will be almost all of my fun money for two weeks. crap.) but this is where the fun part comes in. prioritizing..figuring out what i want to spend my money on and the most important items. yay!

i know, i get way too excited about bill paying. what can i say? i'm a geek. :)

diy: can i handle it?

so i decided after spending $80 a MONTH on dog grooming for my pups that I'm going to give it a go myself. mind you this is the same person who thought it would be cheaper to give my husband haircuts..after one attempt, he had to shave his head. and he never let me near it again with the clippers. oops.

i went to a big box store today and bought a wahl pet clipper kit that contains the clippers, shears, and a card to send away for an instructional video for free (3-4 week wait..yeah, don't they know i'm going to try before it comes in? my dog is gonna look like a blind toddler went at her..) i figure it can't be too hard right? and for $30.. it's less than one hair cut for one dog. how hard can it be?? (famous last words).

wish me luck, i'll probably need it. i'll post some before and after shot of my victim..err..dog. i hope i don't traumatize her.

man my butt is falling asleep.

yup. i'm at work. go figure. i'm sitting here after having to get here at 7:30. why am i complaining? wasn't supposed to be here til 11. i hate the first days of school. lol. so my day is going to be 12 1/2 hours. boo. trying to avoid buying numerous things while blog and net surfing. what am i in the market for today? dog tags. like i.d. tags for my pups. ruby was originally named phoenix (you know, the phoenix rises out of the ashes) but after having juno and phoenix..just sounded like i was naming all my dogs after cities..(yes, i know juneau is spelled j-u-n-e-a-u). anyway, ruby fits her better anyway.

had successful weekend. woke up saturday and took juno to a new groomers. i.love.them. the building is seriously MAYBE 600 sqft. it's a cute little brick building and it's called abracadabra. she used to go to a big box store to get groomed. but she's traumatized. seriously. she will completely resist when i take her in there and pee all over the place. so i vowed never again to take her there. plus i'm supporting small business, right? anyway, took her in and they were blown away by her cuteness. she was really shy with them and being her little 21lb box of protectiveness but she came back beautiful. :)

they were very compassionate and listened to what i wanted. they said she did very well except they think she might be a little "tramautized" (their word, not mine) from her nail clipping experience at big box store so they decided not to do anything until next time so her experience would be positive. :) although when she saw me they said that was the most emotion they saw all day, she loves her mommy. ahh. i.love.her.

anyway, while juno had her spa day i decided to make it a rubbles/mommy day. took her to the dog park where she was very anti-social, walked around a bit, and then petco to get more clickers (workin on the clicker training!). nice to have a little one-on-one with the grover.

i definitely need to get out and do something this weekend. i'm sick of sitting around doing nothing. just got an email from peta about a protest going on in front of a pet store that sells dogs. it's all the way in scottsdale (1 1/2 hrs away) so i may go for a few hours. i don't know. i need to get more active fo sho.