Domestic Geek

Current mood: panicky
It can't be the holiday season--I'M NOT READY! When I left work this morning, I saw that the King Soopers shopping center near there has it's parking lot Christmas decorations up already. Noooooooooo! Then I was sorting mail on the table a few minutes ago and there are turkey ads in the papers. Nooooooooo! OK, deep breath. Panic moment over.

I had to run to my bank yesterday, so I stopped in to browse around at Archiver's and saw something that I MUST HAVE for my craft room: a Build-A-Bear Scrapbooker Bear! I didn't dare look for a price, but it cost $45 on the Build-A-Bear web site.

Since I'm rather poor right now, there will be no pumpkin massacre for me, so I'm going to have to make due with the next best thing: Virtual pumpkin carving.

Current mood: full
All in all, not a bad birthday this year. I raked in $150 towards my camera so far. Now I just need to figure out which one to get. Marcus and I went to the Apple Store to look and I'm more confused than ever. Any suggestions on what I should be looking for in a digital camera? I need something a little better than the cheapest you can get, but I don't know enough about photography for the fancy, schmancy ones. There was a Nikon for $999 that I would've loved to have, but it's really too much camera for me. I'd have to take a class or something!

My present I got for myself came in the mail today. I've been looking for this little figurine forever since I saw it in the back of an old cross stitch magazine. It's a Cherished Teddies titled "Justine and Janice." I also got another Cherished Teddies figurine in the auction. Can you believe I got them both on eBay for $1.36? Whoo Hoo!!! I'm sure the seller wasn't happy for what they went for, but that's the risk you take when you start the bidding at $.99. The Justine/Janice one usually goes for $10-12. Granted, they don't have boxes or papers and the Justine/Janice one was extremely dusty, but I wanted it for my craft room. I'm not a collector.

Marcus took me to Applebee's tonight for dinner. We went with Mike & Nina. Never in my life have I ever had a bunch of waitstaff sing to me on my birthday, so I asked Marcus to tell our server that it was my birthday for the express purpose of getting a song. Our waitress sucked and while she did remember to send me a free brownie (which I really could care less whether I got or not), she put "no singing requested" on the ticket. Boooooo. I think she just didn't want to sing. Loser. Party pooper. Spoilsport. The server that brought the brownie was acting like she was going to get singers, but it never happened. Oh, well. She also didn't put our orders on separate checks as we requested, she was really bad about refills (she disappeared with Marcus' glass and totally forgot to bring him another), etc. Our tip reflected our displeasure with her.

Well, I guess I should get to bed. I've spent way too much time on the computer today and my neck and back are really starting to scream about it. I need to get into work early so my birthday weekend is not spoiled by having to see my @ssh*le manager. G'night.

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

I had Dad over for grilled steaks and corn, potato salad and strawberry shortcake. YUM!