Month: November 2003

Friday Five

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1. Do you like to shop? Why or why not? Yes, although I get tired of it after two stores. :)

2. What was the last thing you purchased? Hmmm … some Christmas decorations and a PS2.

3. Do you prefer shopping online or at an actual store? Why? It depends on the item. If it’s a big-ticket electronic item like a printer or camera, I will buy it online because I will always get a better deal and not have to pay tax. For stuff for the home, I prefer the store so I can look at stuff thoroughly before purchasing. I also prefer to get DVDs at the store as they are typically cheaper than online.

4. Did you get an allowance as a child? How much was it? If I did, I don’t remember.

5. What was the last thing you regret purchasing? I don’t usually have buyer’s remorse, so I can’t think of anything at the moment.

Sunday Brunch on Thursday

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Yes, I’m a bit late, but it’s the Thanksgiving Edition:

1. How do you usually spend your Thanksgiving Day? With family.

2. Do you have the traditional turkey dinner or something else? Usually, but often there is ham too. Yum!

3. What is your favorite Thanksgiving Day food? My grandma’s stuffing. She passed away earlier this year, so I’m going to have to find a new favorite. :(

4. Do you stuff yourself or eat in moderation? Usually I stuff myself, but this year I’ll be eating in moderation.

5. The day after Thanksgiving is suppose to be “the biggest shopping day of the year”, do you go shopping on that day? Oh hell no! The deals aren’t worth the aggravation.

I love weekends

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We had a busy, but enjoyable weekend. Around 4:00 pm on a Sunday it almost feels like it’s over already. That’s why I call it the “bad time”. Good thing we only have three days of work this week! We took next Monday off too, so we’ve got five days off in a row. Sweeet!

Anyway, yesterday we spent two hours at the bank because I had my old 401k rolled over into an IRA Money Market account. Afterwards we did some shopping at Walmart for some Christmas decorations and Target for a lunchbag as mine ripped and leaked all over last week, then came home to take apart my car. We also rented Dumb and Dumberer which was ok. I rented a SpongeBob game for the PS1 which wasn’t any good. We both ended up crashing not long after SNL came on.

This morning we put my car back together and so far it’s running smoothly. We went to a matinee showing of Elf which I really enjoyed. I love Will Ferrell. He’s one of the few actors who could pull that movie off, I think. After the movie we went to Target again so Joe could get the Playstation 2. We got the package that comes with a network adapter and game and also picked up an extra controller, a memory card, and the Spyro game that was on sale for only $10. I got some snowman decorations that I’m itching to put up – a matching welcome mat, hand towels, and a tablecloth. I can’t wait until Thanksgiving is over so I can put up my Christmas decorations and change the bathroom decor back to something more winter-like.

Joe hooked up the PS2 while I did a massive cleaning on the bathroom (it really needed a thorough cleaning (read: it took over an hour)). He was playing Socom which looks really cool. We also tried Simpsons Road Rage and Spyro. I really love the graphics with this system. I was reading some negative reviews regarding the quality of graphics for the PS2, but I think those people are just never satisfied. Of course, I’m coming from the PS1, so anything is going to look fantastic in comparison. Hopefully my car won’t give me anymore problems since we dropped $300 at Target today. *Crosses fingers*

Wanna play a game with me?

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How lame are we? We bought two Playstation 2 games today and we don’t even own the system. *Shakes head*

We’re probably getting one, though. Joe never buys anything for himself, and I told him if he wants one, he should get it. After all, we just saved $550 by fixing my Jetta ourselves (we confirmed it was in fact the coil pack that was cracked when we started my car this morning, lifted the hood, and saw sparks flying from it). Of course, that is technically still to be determined as Joe just got the coil pack out of the car and we’ve yet to seal it all up. I’m fairly certain, however, that it will be just fine.

Which means tomorrow we pick up our new game console. :)