My little sister just IMed me and said that during her church today, Nicole {our last surprise} got up in one of the meetings during “the good news minute” and told everyone what had happened to her. My sister was in total surprise when she said “hey that was my sister”. I guess Nicole lives in my apartment complex!!! SMALL WORLD! Well Nicole, I hope you enjoyed your surprise and we can’t wait to hear a little about you!

It’s 10:40, and Tammy and I JUST got back (well Tammy is on her way home to Bountiful) from surprising our mom. The malls close at 9:00 here…so let me tell you what happened lol.

Tammy and I (and my kids) drove my husband to school and went to the South Town Mall to surprise some one. It was 6:00 pm, so it was a little harder finding a SAHM. During the day time, it’s easier because if a mom is at the mall, she is most likely a SAHM because if not, she’d be at work right? Well…so Tammy and I walked around. I first needed to change a $20 into two $10’s, but no one would do it. We decided to find Tammy’s husbands ex-wife who works there. She did it with no problem. Thanks!

We then headed off. We were on our way up the elevator and saw a mom, a man who I’m sure was her hubby, and her three kids. Perfect…she was the one. Because this was Tammy’s first time coming with me, I made her do the talking LOL. (You know you loved it Tammy!). She was nervous, but let the mom know what was going on. We took her picture and sent her off to shop. Tammy, the kids and I went to eat, did a little window shopping, and then headed back to wait for her to show her new out.

In the mean time, I felt really weird…almost like I was going to pass out. Tammy claims my face wasn’t looking very good. I took my kids to the bath room and when I came out, two mall cops were looking at me and then approached Tammy and I as we were sitting in the kids play area. They asked us if we were part of the project stay at home mom and we told them we were. I guess the people were a little weary (and excuse my spelling, I’m known to NOT know how to spell) of the whole thing and gave the money back. We were told next time to call the mall security before we did a surprise, so that anything like that happened again, they would be able to tell the mom that it was legit and we aren’t trying to scam anyone.

Tammy and I feel horrible that she wasn’t able to get something for her self, and if you read this…We are so sorry! This project is truly just to say “thank you” to all the stay at home moms! To give them a little something for THEM that they might not be able to do very often. But that for sure got us thinking about how to approach the moms to let them know we are for real and legit!

So, the story doesn’t end there. Because this was Tammy’s first time coming with me, she was super excited to surprise some one. We dropped my hubby and kids off at home and decided to head to another mall. It was almost 8:00pm, which only left us with a little under an hour. We went in and there were no moms. Of course, most moms are home putting kids in bed! We asked one mom and she looked at us like we were crazy and didn’t say much, and walked away. We did find a mom with a cute little baby sitting down, so we asked her. She was in-fact as SAHM. She was more then happy to go shopping, so we sent her off (her story and pictures to come later).

So here’s were the fun starts. Tammy and I leave, just tired and ready to go to home. We get to my car and I had locked the keys in the trunk! oh my, oh my! I tried to call my husband, but because he was just in class, his cell phone was off. Tammy called MY phone and it was IN the car! I called my husband (later I found out about 14 times LOL)…no answer. Call mall security and they can help.  Called the number I had for my sister…she didn’t answer. Called my husband again…no answer. I finally get a hold of my sister, who tells my husband (we live right by each other) and he has to WALK (or more like run) to the mall to unlock the door. THANKFULLY we live pretty close to the mall, so it wasn’t THAT long of a walk, but really…what a night! We are both tired and exhausted!

So, to end that big rambling mess….we sure hope that the mom we surprised had a good time and we are sad that the other mom didn’t get the chance to get a new outfit!

Thank you to the people who have helped pass the word on again! I have just gotten enough to do my next surprise!! yay! how fun! I’m going to take some friends and do the surprise TOMORROW! Fun times…so be ready for some pictures and stories in the next week. Also, I “may” be recording the surprise, and if I do, I’ll for sure be posting it (well that is if the mom will let me). Thank you all again for your support!

I don’t know WHERE the last 8 months went! I sit here in awe that It’s been that long since I’ve last blogged at Project SAHM! I have missed it. I miss seeing the looks on the girls faces when total strangers approach them with $150 for a new outfit! It’s been to long. I wanted to give the blog a new look…I like it SO MUCH more now! So WELCOME! Lets surprise some STAY AT HOME MOMS!!