"where the treetops glisten and children listen, to hear sleigh-bells in the snow"
yesterday at lunch i began my shopping adventure, i went to return stuff (duh) and then grabbed a quick lunch. after work i met my mom and we began our 5 hours of shopping. i searched high and low for a NYE top, then started shopping for other people :) i found a nye top though! here it is, but mine is gold and FYI it looks better on. and i'm wearing black pants. now i just have to find shoes, but l*bo has pointed me in the right direction. i may just use my usual black purse and then i need jewelry.
i only have 3 more gifts to buy. i'm so proud of myself! the season of giving! so i talked to my boss and she ok'd my request to leavea few hours early both fridays, and i found out i have 37 hours of vacation time so i can use a few hours if i need to and still have about 4 days of vacation, by april i'll have 7 and that's plenty to use for anything wedding wise (not mine ;) duh) or a quick summer trip and thanksgiving to NYC! (obvs by t-giving i'd have more)
shawna and i were talking about dogs (as usual) today, she asked why i wasn't ready for a dog. i guess i had a bad experience with mr. jones :(. i told her it's hard b/c i don't live close to work and i have to go home and let him/her out and then come back out. perhaps i needed a larger dog that could stay outside, but then i retracted and said, if i had a bulldog or puggle i would make an exception. i'm ridiculous, i have no idea what i want. whatever.
you know the episode of SaTC where carrie gets her shoes stolen from her friend's party and then makes her eventually pay for them (in a sort of round-a-bout way), and her friend goes to prada and they tell her to control her kids. that's how i felt the other day in white house/black market. this child was running around, yelling and then she tripped and fell on the tile and started BAWLING (i'm not mad at her for crying if she is hurt), but i proceeded to cringe, turn and leave the store. i agree, control your children. white/black is not a "kids" store, isn't the limited too like next door? whatever.
so lately i've been very sleepy when the alarm goes off, but my mind is racing with everything i have bought the last few nights i cant get to bed until after 12. something i used to do, but haven't done in awhile, i started to do again: i'll shower, check my email, then hop back into bed for about 5-10 minutes, i don't really sleep, just lay there with my eyes closed and i set my alarm to go off at 7.48am. this morning i noticed that 7.48 was coming quite slowly but didn't think anything of it, until i finally opened my eyes to see the clock say 7.59! i cried out "SHIT!" and jumped up. i have my outfits planned for both thurs & fri *yeah i'm weird* but not today! so while i dry, straighten, moisturize, i'm also trying to pick an outfit. then put on makeup... amazingly i did it all in less than 15 mins. i RULE. but still. damn clock. le sigh.
i'm about to meet bundy for an early lunch at einstein's bagels, i've never been there for lunch. yummy! (<--that's for you brad) then come back and keep working. i have lots of little projects that are keeping me busy but not stressed and that's nice. this week is going by slow, but it's fine.
tonight i'll be finishing up the xmas shopping and then finding the NYE stuff i need. going home and packing for this weekend, staying with my 'rents thursday night, but i don't really have time to go home thurs, pack, go to the 'rents, return something at BC mall and then meet for trail of lights, so i have to improvise. then friday after work we'll be heading to SA, so excited to see my fam, love 'em!
peace.
