Will the Christmas shopping ever be done? I'm one step closer! I found some things I think Kerry will really like, so I'll get those wrapped maybe Thursday night and mailed on Saturday. Yes, we have mail delivery and open post offices on Saturdays, lmao. The "other" item I bought that will be too late to get there for Christmas can just wait till next year. One of the items I bought was found sort of by accident. I was actually looking for something a little different, and while I was at that store, I thought I'd pick up something I still needed to get for a family member. While I was looking for that, I didn't see what I really wanted to get for Kerry, but then saw something else that I think she'll like just as much if not more. Confused yet? LMAO

So, while making that purchase, I got a discount coupon for the bookstore in the mall, and decided to look there for the book I needed to get for my adopted mom. They had it, and I got 15% off. Not bad! I was still walking around the mall, my feet were killing me, I was about ready to leave, when I passed this small kiosk selling stuff (don't all kiosks at the mall sell stuff?) Anyway, I stopped to look at what they were selling, considered maybe buying one for Kerry, and the guy really got me convinced of the benefits of it. I was trying to just buy one part of it, but then he offered me a deal ($15 off) the other item I wasn't going to buy, so of course, I had to buy it too! So Kerry gets both, lmao. And because I bought the second item, the first item wa s free! Really confused yet? Bwahahahahahaha

A friend called me tonight, asked if I wanted to go see a movie with her tomorrow night. I haven't seen her since the weekend before Halloween, so figured I better take this chance to see her. Who knows when I'll see her again. After some discussion about what movies we've already seen, which ones we don't want to see, and which ones we can't go see because we'll probably go see them with other people, we narrowed it down to The Santa Clause 3 and Deck The Halls. I would rather see The Santa Clause 3, I thought the first two were very cute, and can't wait to see this one with Santa battling Jack Frost. Should be funny and entertaining.

Well, it's after 10 now, I should get to bed. Didn't sleep well last night, and it didn't help that the guy living upstairs from me decided to ask an elephant to teach him to tap dance at 2:30am. They tap danced across the bedroom floor directly above my bedroom, out into the living room, got their feet tangled up and fell down. Loudly! At 2:30 in the morning! I wasn't sleeping well to begin with, and then to be woken up by that? *mumbles to myself about inconsiderate young men*

Well, now that Thanksgiving is over with, and my leftover turkey is almost gone, I have started focusing on Christmas. That one joyful day of the year that is preceded by a month of more stress than I normally like to deal with. There's Christmas cards, decorating, buying presents, wrapping the presents, shipping the presents, plus all the normal everyday stuff that still has to be done (work, eating, sleeping, paying bills, etc.)

I paid bills tonight, and I made a few purchases online, I'm only worried about one, though. Kerry's gift says the estimated delivery day to me is the 18th, which is too late to try to get to her by Christmas. I thought maybe I'd have it mailed directly to her...the website said states/provinces are required for shipments to the U.S. and Canada, but when I went to change countries, it only lists the U.S. So I guess I can't ship it directly to Canada. I really want her to have her present by Christmas, especially since last year my gift didn't get there in time. Yeah, I procrastinate for just about everything. Thought I was getting a head start this year, doing this before December 1, and well it didn't help me, lol. Then I had another idea as I was perusing another magazine, checked that item out, and it's out of stock too! So tomorrow night after work, I have to stop by a book store to pick up a present for someone, and the book store is by the mall, so I'll just zip over there and wander around, hoping I find something, lol. One way or another, I'll find something to send her, even if it's just a box of burned cd's! LMAO

So Kerry and Tori are having fun setting up their new blogs in beta. I don't think I'll have any time to do more with mine than what you see here, not in December, and probably not in January, since I'll be off the mainland for a week. That will be my big rest after the hectic pace of December, lol.

I had a nice five day weekend. Went shopping on Wednesday, then rested the rest of the days. Mostly I was a lazy bum, never even got dressed on Sunday, lol. But I didn't sleep that well Saturday and Sunday nights, so I wasn't ready to get up for work this morning. I watched the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie on CBS last night, Candles on Bay Street. Those movies make me cry EVERY time! But I love them just the same. And I love the Hallmark commercials, but they really need to make new ones, they're all a few years old now.

Happy Thanksgiving to the residents of the United States who are reading this. To everyone else, I'll eat a piece of turkey and a bite of stuffing for you, lol.

Sorry I haven't been posting anything lately. I guess I feel my life is pretty boring right now, and I have nothing to talk about. I get up, I go to work, I come home, I go to bed, I get up, I go to work, I come home, I go to bed...and the circle continues. Work is ok, nothing really interesting there to report. My love life sucks, like always. My personal life is as boring as always. I chat some nights during the week, I stream on Fridays, some weekends I go see a movie. I watch football on some Sundays and Mondays.

Ya'll know I'm going to Hawaii in January, I've already mentioned that. I did get a "save the date" note in a bottle from a nephew, he's getting married for the second time in March. So it looks like I'll be going to California then.

Wednesday I'm taking the day off work to get a lot of my Christmas shopping done. Then after Thanksgiving, I need to work on Christmas cards and wrapping presents so I'm not rushing on Christmas Eve to get everything done.

That's about it for now. Hugs!

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