15 December 2009
THIS IS FAH-REAKING HI-LARIOUS
You may have to open this puppy up separately, but check out the bottom right hand corner film - and WHY I might enjoy it. :)
Christmas!
I love Christmas. Not just because it's the day we celebrate Jesus' birth, not just for all the family time and fun, but also because of the SHOPPING! Omigosh I love to shop. If not for shopping, I think I'd be a couch potato. Give me a gift card for any occasion, you've just given me the BEST GIFT EVER! Most of the time I find myself buying things for other people when I get a gift card, but that's the best part of it. I love giving gifts. I love the look on the recipients face, I love the "omigosh, this is perfect" look as well as the "what the hell were you thinking?" look. They're equally fabulous to me.
Friday I set out to finish my shopping. Woke up ready to check my checking account to be sure my paycheck was deposited and I was out the door by 9. I tried a bit of a scientific approach this year - I used a list. Ha ha ha...yes, I just had to - I found I was buying too much for one person (Andy) and not enough for others (Gramma). I hit Kohls, Walmart, Fashion Bug, Target, Hobby Lobby, Subway, MC Sports, Decker Sports, Younkers, Granny's Cupboard, The Olive Branch (two local stores in Mason City) and omigosh did I have fun. I found way more stuff for Mom and Dad, finished the boys' shopping. Found even more stuff for Andy and even found great things for Gramma. I finished my shopping officially at 3pm that day. Of course that didn't stop me from doing more shopping on Saturday nor today. (I'm headed up to Duluth after work - bound to find a few more fun things, as well as take back a few things that I decided were excessive.)
Did I mention I found three sweaters and two necklaces for myself? Oh, that reminds me! The cardigan I got from Fashion Bug - I need to get a shell for under it. Add it to the list for tonight silly!
Andy and I finished watching the second season of "The Big Bang Theory" - absolutely worth watching that show. Bazinga...intelligent humor is the best.
Let's see - what else has gone on? Project Runway - good job to Irina - she did a nice job. ANTM - loved Nicole all the way through. Have you all watched "Glee" on Fox? Omigoodness is that a fun show. High school musical constantly! the music is fun - I love the broadway-esqueness of the show! Funny, yet stupid, plot line that keeps me hooked. I look forward to every Wednesday now! PR starts back up in January, right about the time American Idol does - poor Andy - he'll never catch me without a show I think.
As for Andy - he rocks. I love that man. He makes me smile all the time. We spent the week together last week just hanging out and I don't remember when I laughed so much. We focused more on hanging out than working on the house - although we did have heated discussions about how things should wind up looking. His parents came up for lunch on Saturday so we got to experience Bonanza (good food - crap atmosphere - dirty bathrooms). He sat through Love, Actually, and he may never actually admit it, but he liked it. Once he figured out that you had to pay attention to characters, that is! :)
Movies and books since I last posted? They include (thanks to Netflix lists) Up, Sunshine Cleaning, Northern Exposure (seasons one and two), Adventureland, Cold Comfort Farm (stupid), Miss Austen Regrets (weird), Freedom Writers, American Son (awesome), Faith Like Potatoes (couldn't get into it), Apocalypto, Wives & Daughters, Lust, Caution, Then She Found Me, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Dangerous Beauty, and I've started watching "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" - omigosh is that a funny show.
Well - I'm off to more shopping! Family Christmas is Saturday and Andy's coming up here (for the second weekend in three). Jennifer will be up from Texas and David will be home from MNTC for the afternoon, so all the cousins will be together for the first time in about three years. All the family is healthy, there's two new babies (Odin and Elias) and so we'll have five kids under age 5!
Merry Christmas!
Friday I set out to finish my shopping. Woke up ready to check my checking account to be sure my paycheck was deposited and I was out the door by 9. I tried a bit of a scientific approach this year - I used a list. Ha ha ha...yes, I just had to - I found I was buying too much for one person (Andy) and not enough for others (Gramma). I hit Kohls, Walmart, Fashion Bug, Target, Hobby Lobby, Subway, MC Sports, Decker Sports, Younkers, Granny's Cupboard, The Olive Branch (two local stores in Mason City) and omigosh did I have fun. I found way more stuff for Mom and Dad, finished the boys' shopping. Found even more stuff for Andy and even found great things for Gramma. I finished my shopping officially at 3pm that day. Of course that didn't stop me from doing more shopping on Saturday nor today. (I'm headed up to Duluth after work - bound to find a few more fun things, as well as take back a few things that I decided were excessive.)
Did I mention I found three sweaters and two necklaces for myself? Oh, that reminds me! The cardigan I got from Fashion Bug - I need to get a shell for under it. Add it to the list for tonight silly!
Andy and I finished watching the second season of "The Big Bang Theory" - absolutely worth watching that show. Bazinga...intelligent humor is the best.
Let's see - what else has gone on? Project Runway - good job to Irina - she did a nice job. ANTM - loved Nicole all the way through. Have you all watched "Glee" on Fox? Omigoodness is that a fun show. High school musical constantly! the music is fun - I love the broadway-esqueness of the show! Funny, yet stupid, plot line that keeps me hooked. I look forward to every Wednesday now! PR starts back up in January, right about the time American Idol does - poor Andy - he'll never catch me without a show I think.
As for Andy - he rocks. I love that man. He makes me smile all the time. We spent the week together last week just hanging out and I don't remember when I laughed so much. We focused more on hanging out than working on the house - although we did have heated discussions about how things should wind up looking. His parents came up for lunch on Saturday so we got to experience Bonanza (good food - crap atmosphere - dirty bathrooms). He sat through Love, Actually, and he may never actually admit it, but he liked it. Once he figured out that you had to pay attention to characters, that is! :)
Movies and books since I last posted? They include (thanks to Netflix lists) Up, Sunshine Cleaning, Northern Exposure (seasons one and two), Adventureland, Cold Comfort Farm (stupid), Miss Austen Regrets (weird), Freedom Writers, American Son (awesome), Faith Like Potatoes (couldn't get into it), Apocalypto, Wives & Daughters, Lust, Caution, Then She Found Me, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Dangerous Beauty, and I've started watching "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" - omigosh is that a funny show.
Well - I'm off to more shopping! Family Christmas is Saturday and Andy's coming up here (for the second weekend in three). Jennifer will be up from Texas and David will be home from MNTC for the afternoon, so all the cousins will be together for the first time in about three years. All the family is healthy, there's two new babies (Odin and Elias) and so we'll have five kids under age 5!
Merry Christmas!
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