Now I remember why I skip watching the Thanksgiving Day parade every year – BORING! And why does it end with Santa Claus wishing everyone a Merry Christmas? It would be awesome if a turkey came out and mowed his ass down.
I was yelling at the tv, “shut the fuck up Santa, or I’ll slit your reindeer’s throats” to which Joe added, “you’re going to find Rudolph’s nose in a box”. LMAO!
I’m such an idiot! I was so worried about going to my parents’ and Black Friday shopping that I forgot to buy the stuff to make our own little Thanksgiving dinner this weekend. I guess there’s still time, but I had wanted to take the green bean casserole to my parents’ tonight. Just a little problem – I don’t have any green beans! I also want to try my hand at sweet potatoes but I’m out of marshmallows. Dumb! Maybe I should go back to bed. Joe is still sleeping if you can believe it. I’m rarely up before he is.
WTF am I doing up before 9 am? I could not sleep even though I went to bed after midnight.
I think I’m all wound up about the shopping tomorrow. I envision total mayhem, including people trying to steal my shopping cart full of gifts. Please tell me it’s not really like that. Our only stop is Target (and boy, you should see the list), but I fear for my sanity. Getting up at 5 am after staying out late is not my idea of fun exactly, but I’m kinda psyched.
Oh and we’ve decided on a black 8GM iPod Nano for the girl after talking to her mom last night. I really hope she’s ok with getting one present while her brother opens a bunch. She said she understood that would be a possibility but I can’t help but feel like she’s going to be disappointed in some way too. Ah well, life’s lessons, right? Hopefully she’ll be too excited with her new cool toy to care. Although I won’t be able to post about it right away because she’ll have to use my computer to download iTunes since her computer doesn’t have Internet access. Doh! Maybe by then we’ll know about Joe’s job situation and I’ll have a shiny new laptop. A girl can dream.
I’m contemplating making caramel apples to bring over to my parents’ tonight, but I honestly don’t know if anyone there likes them. I guess I could always eat them myself. They came out so good last time and we got the honey crisps again. It’s true what they say – they are the mac daddy of apples.
Ok, no one said that but it’s still true.
Ok, I am sooo confused right now!
The Girl wants an iPod for Christmas. Joe called her grandmother today to check whether she planned to get her one and she said no because she was getting both the kids a Nintendo DS (as long as their mom says it’s ok). So we decided we will get her the iPod. The problem is choosing the right one. I’m an iPod virgin because I don’t own one or want one, so I need some help here.
I’m looking through the Black Friday ads online and I see the 4GB Nano is $150 and the 8GB Nano is $200. Target has a deal where you get a $15 gift card with the purchase of the 8GB Nano. However, I found out that the 80GB iPod Classic is only $250. Damn! That’s 10 times more space for only $50 more!
But will the girl not like how big and bulky the Classic is compared to the Nano? Is 80GB way more space than she needs? It just seems silly to spend $200 on 8GB when for 25% more money she can have 10 times more space. But you know how girls can be and if all her friends have the Nano, then she’s going to want that one too. Joe’s friend, who has two sisters, say they all want the Nano because it’s small and cute.
To add more confusion to the mix, I saw an ad for tomorrow at Meijer where they throw in a $50 gift card with the purchase of the 4GB Nano so it’s like paying only $100 for it. And then we can buy the girl something else since $150 was our original budget for each of the kids.
Ugh! I have no idea what to do now. I’m still leaning toward the 80GB because I’m a sucker for a good deal. It’s not like there isn’t plenty of stuff to get the boy to add up to that price (including games for his new DS).
So please share your opinions! Just don’t get me thinking about what color iPod to get or my head will explode.
Joe ordered spark plugs for my car last week. They were delivered yesterday and inside the box along with our merchandise was a fun-size bag of M&Ms. Dark chocolate peanut M&M’s, in fact, which are the best kind. Kinda weird, but just what I needed after a long day at work. It makes me wonder – was that intentional or did the person who packed the box drop the bag inside and not realize it in time? Oh well, in either case, thanks for the free M&Ms; they were yummy!