Ladies, sometimes it's good to be me!

A few Saturday's ago Linda & I went to TJ Maxx. I find the best stuff there when I'm not actually looking for anything. I have, however, been searching for a new pair of black dress boots for months, but haven't found anything suitable (Not because I'm all that picky, but because I've got messed up feet & most shoes are not wide enough for me. I'm headed towards a life of orthopaedic shoes in a triple wide.)

I found this pair of boots on the clearance rack:



They are Anne Klein New York Carmi boots. The original price tag at TJ Maxx was $124.00, which I would never pay for any pair of footwear EVER!! They were then marked down to $99.00, then again to $69.00, and yet again to $39.00, when I happened upon them!!! So I decided to Google them to see what they would cost at a regular store. Get this, they are going for $295.00 at shoes.com!!! That's more than an 85% savings!!!

It's the little things that make me happy!!

This is it!! I'm going to go live with the Amish or something...

I love animals as much as the next guy, but I'm also a leather wearing, fur coveting carnivore!
Cows were meant to be eaten and the only reason I don't have a mink coat is because I'm poor!!

Then I come across this madness!! These PETA freaks are just that, FREAKS!! They want to change the name of fish to Sea Kittens. Why, you ask? Because kittens are cute and who would want to eat or hurt a kitten. No, I'm not making this up, I'm not nearly that cleaver!! Check it our for yourself!!

http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/about.asp

And believe me, if kittens tasted like Lake Perch or Walleye, sorry Karma, Calvin & Hobbes, pass the tartar sauce!!

I'm going to go live on a island in a mud hut or become part of a nice Amish family where I have no access to TV, radio, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, etc. Because, if I hear anymore of this sort of craziness I'm going to have to check myself into a mental institution!

(I have to give credit to Ray for tipping me off to this crazy BS. Thanks, dear!!)

O Holy Night - Part Deux

My mom is totally right, Josh Groban rocked O Holy Night, but Michael Crawford will always be king!! He gets extra points for that group of kids he parades out on stage. Cute!

I thought I'd post my nominees in the female category of "the only people who should be allowed to sing O Holy Night are..."

First:


Usually I want to smack Celine Dion, but I really like this version.

And Martina McBride rarely does anything wrong (ignore the lame video & just listen):



And in a category all unto itself:



Merry Christmas everyone!!

This one is for Alli...

So Alli, I hear it's mid-term season. This little guy doesn't like it either:

I Hate Mid-terms...

"This is my worst semester EVER. In History, I have a paper due on the Code of Hammurabi; in Government, I have to write about Alexander Hamilton, and I haven't even started reading Hamlet for Literature class."

Hang in there Al, it's almost vacation time :-)



The above is complements of our friends at Cute Overload: http://www.cuteoverload.com/

Get To Know Me - Christmas Edition

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both

2. Real tree or Artificial ? Artificial. I have cats & hope an artificial tree is less tempting for them to climb.

3. When do you put up the tree? Early to mid-December.

4. When do you take the tree down? Twelfth-Night (January 6th, I believe)

5. Do you like eggnog? Yes, especially when it's spiked. Yum!

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Cabbage Patch Kids.

7. Hardest person to buy for? My dad.

8. Easiest person to buy for? My mom.

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes. I inherited my grandmothers nativity, complete with removable baby Jesus.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Neither. Maybe next year when I'm married and don't live with my mom. And never one of those stupid "Christmas Letters", EVER!!!

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I don't remember getting one I didn't like.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Story. I swear we watch it for all 24 hours on TBS every year!!

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Whenever I find something that would make a good gift.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? My mom's apricot kolochky!! I could eat them until I puke!!!!

16. Lights on the tree? Yes

17. Favorite Christmas song? I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? STAY HOME!!

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? comet, cupid, donner, blitzen, dancer, prancer, rudolph. that's all i can come up with.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Don't have my own tree yet, but I think there is an angel on the top of my moms.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning only!!

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Stupid Christmas music on the radio starting on Thanksgiving!

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I have a small white tree with pink lights that I put in my room. So I guess pink & white are my favorite color theme :-)

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? I prefer the Christmas breakfast that my family has. My mom makes waffles and much like the kolochky, I stuff myself. (do you see a pattern forming here?)

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Cash for my wedding. I don't need any more stuff.

26. Who is most likely to respond to this? Crystal & my mom.

27. Who is least likely to respond to this? Karin

I'm sorry to do this to you...

I found a website called Cute Overload. And it's just that, tons of cute animals doing cute things. It's just one of those sites that I check out when I have nothing else to do and end up spending way to much time watching a kitten play with a grocery bag. Anyhow, I'm not sure if it was all of the cold medicine I was taking or what, but I thought it was hilarious and now it's all I've been hearing in my head for the last 4 days!! So, if I have to be miserable and sing this ridiculousness, so do all of you...







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Congratulations America!

Way to go America, you just elected the man that said this (and by "you", I mean not me, I unfortunately, was allowed to vote only once) :

“Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.”

So, what I want to know is, have we counted the votes in these extra 7 or 8 states? Maybe these were the votes that McCain needed to squeak out a victory. Hmmmm.....

I guess it's a good thing that I've been working late and on Saturday, I'll need that extra cash when "He Who Shall Not Be Named" (that's what I'm calling our new President-elect. He's a jackass and I refuse to speak his name, just so you know...) is in office and taxes the crap out of me so he can give us everything for "free"!

It's going to be a long 4 years and everyday I don't drive my car off a cliff will be a good one.


On a lighter note, I'm going to try and grow out my bangs. I'll keep you posted on how that's going.