Twas the day before..thanksgiving?

I dont know why but I really like Britney Spears' new song "3"..."living in sin is the new in" really now that doesnt exactly walk hand in hand with my moral compass, most days that is. Anyway, I spent the last two nights at my mom's and I had a hard time sleeping because there was NO noise at 4am. Ironic? Yes. Getting up for work this morning was rough, I really didnt wake up til like 1030 almost which is when I finally figured out how to use the coffee machine at work. It makes single servings out of this little coffee ground containers-- nifty! I am easily amused. I am off friday and saturday from the bank but I work Black Friday and saturday night at Bath and Body while Dogsitting for Lisa. I'm quite excited to have tomorrow off! I will vegging in sweats with Baxter watching movies, he doesnt know it yet, but he will be chilling out with me on the couch.

I've come up with a Christmas list that keeps growing. Things I want:

1. Julia Childs' "Mastering the Art of French Cooking".
2. Yoga Pants
3. Underwear - Yup, I need them. I dont think I've actually bought any in the last two years.. it's time.
4. Work Clothes. I am now a working adult, I need to look like one. It's one thing to look like I'm 15 when I'm not working but I'm just trying to stay away from that in general. There's this store called "White House Black Market" which I fell in love with. I got my dress for Graduation from there, I might have spent a pretty penny but I felt like it was totally worth it... I graduated college, enough said. So, I want to get clothes from there, atleast I dream of getting clothes from there, if someone wants to get me a gift card or give me money, I'll gladly accept.
5. A new TV. The one I have in my room at my mom's house is the one I got for my 9th birthday. Time for an upgrade. I'll probably get around to this later rather than sooner because I just can't prioritize buying a new TV over paying my credit card bills.
6. A pair of snow pants. I have the jacket and the boots, now I need the pants, and maybe some gloves.
7. a new phone, yeah, I know... my blackberry needs replacing, I'm really hard on cellphones, so even if I can just replace this with the same phone, I'll be happy.

Alright, so that's all of it for now, I'll be happy if I just get some. I"m not really that crazy on getting everything I want for Christmas or I'm not happy.

That's all for now.

TGIF

I tried YOGA for the first time the other night and it kicked my butt. I was covered in sweat, granted it was Yoga Fitness but still, phew, I need to get in shape. It was a great motivator to keep going. I've been losing a little bit of weight not much but enough to wear my jeans/pants now fit better and don't feel quite as tight as before. I can't afford to buy new clothes at the moment so my only alternative is to eat better and go to the gym.

I will be in Gaithersburg next week dogsitting Baxter for a few days over Thanksgiving week. I'm pretty excited. I could use a day where I watch movies and I can be lazy. I am working Black Friday at Bath and Body Works this is my 4th Black Friday. I love it there, it goes by so fast and all the people are sooo nice. In the three years I've worked there I've had one cranky customer and it wasn't even my fault, lol... the register wasn't working correctly and it didnt like her check.

I've made up my Christmas Gifting list. I've also been scouting out ideas for New Years for Rachael, I think we're going to have a Silver Ball kind of theme. Silver is just so pretty this time of year. I can't believe it is only 35 days til Christmas. WHERE DID TIME GO!? However, I am VERY glad 2009 is almost at a close. If this year could end tomorrow I would be so flippin' happy. I've had some good things come of this year, dont get me wrong, but the majority of the year has just sucked. I graduated college, I met Gabe, and I'm still best friends with Rachael. Oh, and I got a job at a bank, with full-time + benefits potential. I can't complain about that at all. My boss rocks too!

I want to create one of this cool "100 things in 1000 days" lists on here. I tried to follow through with my picture a day project but I couldn't because my laptop died about two months ago. I did just discover mobile blogging so I could potentionally skip all the hassle of uploading pictures manually and I can just rely on my blackberry. I can't wait to get a new phone in June. The curve I have to great but I think I want one of the green recycled phone that Sprint has. Of course by then they'll have made phones out of goodness knows what by June of next year.

Alas, it is almost closing time at the Bank! I must go!

Holidays: The To-Do List

The Holidays are basically here. Thanksgiving is next week and then the madness of what is Christmas Shopping begins. Since I've got very limited funds, I've decided this year I'm going to craft presents. I wanted to make the few people that are getting presents, really special ones. Rachael and I are going to Michaels either this week or next to get supplies. I have already come up with my idea for Gabe. He's not much into getting gifts but I really feel like what I'm going to do is going to be really cool and reflective of what I've learned in the last few weeks. I suppose I should update you on how that's been. He and I haven't spoken but a few times and that was just recent short text conversations I've had with him. I've survived not talking to him. Of course I knew I would but the moral of the story is that I"ve had time to really get my life on track and take care of myself. I've set new rules and goals for myself and I've really had fun. I cook now which has been a struggle up until recently. I'm not sure why I thought I couldn't do it but whatever that reason was, it's blown out of the water. I've tried getting to the gym, tonight I will be going to Yoga with Liz. She and I were Zumba buddies til I started working crazy weird hours and Davids Bridal and then now that I'm at the bank, I dont get off til 6 so Zumba has to take a backseat momentarily. :(.

I have reconnected with Rachael, I have gone thru a period of distancing myself from all of those in my life because I just didnt feel like being hurt or let down anymore. She didnt do this but I just started be quiet and not the same to her too.

Work is going well. I love it.


Christmas to do list:
-crafting items
-print pictures
-find silver decorations
-buy new years sparkle nail polish
-buy cookbooks (Julia Child, Mastering The Art of French Cooking).
-buy new work pants/tops.
-get rain boots.
-get snowboarding pants
-get a curtain rod and new curtains
-get new heels
-figure out where I'll be for Christmas.

Life is good. Life is beautiful.