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Black Friday shopping trip cancelled

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Well I was supposed t be in a car with my friends probably sitting in a long line of cars waiting to get over the boarder to the US by now … but uh that’s not going to happen.

My friends and I were going to drive into the US this evening so that we could take advantage of some Black Friday sales, but one of them can’t go now and we decide to cancel the trip.

So now I’m just sitting at home watching a rerun of Flashpoint on TV with my husband. I love that show. The police snipers are up on a roof top right now looking through their rifle scopes at a kidnapper. Tense. I’m always on the edge of my seat with that show. I hope they return with new episodes in the new year!

Anyway … if any of you are taking advantage of Black Friday sales I hope that you’re successful and get some good deals. Stay safe!

A sure sign that Christmas is coming

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Oh oh … I just got a sure sign that Christmas is coming.

My husbands sister just sent the annual email with all the updates on the kids, questions about what kind of get together we’re going to have at Christmas time and the questions about what to get mom for christmas.

She always wants to go in on a group gift. I’m not sure why? It’s nice every once in a while when there’s something really special or perhaps something very expensive to buy as a gift, but not every year! I kind of like picking out my own gifts and not always having everyone sign their names on it. LOL

Anyway … are you ready for Christmas yet? Did you buy you gifts yet?

A lazy weekend

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We’re just having a lazy weekend. We’ve been so busy over the last couple of weeks- traveling and having visitors stay over … it’s nice to try and have a quite weekend.

I say try … because it didn’t exactly work out that way. My husband wanted his cousin (who’s a manager at a Mercedes dealership) to check out our car so earlier this afternoon we took a drive out to his house and let him take the car out for a drive on the highway. Oh and we also took a trip to Costco while we were at it.

Our car got a passing grade from my husbands cousin. It handles well and he couldn’t find any problems with it. Good news!

When we first arrived at Costco I thought it was a mistake going there on a Saturday … we had to line up with our cart just to get in! I thought about looking for the nearest exit signs once I got in there it was so crowded! However, once we started shopping (I headed to the pharmacy first while they went to get some food) it went fast and when we were finished there was hardly anyone in line at the cash registers so I think we were in and out of Costco in half an hour. It might have been our fastest visit yet!

So far we have no plans for tomorrow and I like it that way. I think I’m going to sleep in and then maybe later in the day we’ll watch some movies. Like I said – it’s a lazy weekend!

What are you up to this weekend?

Man do I ever need new clothes

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I need to go on a shopping spree! Yes I do!

Now considering that I actually hate shopping (yes I’m one of those rare females that doesn’t live in a store) the fact that I’m admitting that I need to go on shopping spree is a big deal. LOL

I guess I just don’t really like the mall or department store experience all that much. Plus, I’m not a big fan of trying on clothes and being disappointed when something that looked so good on the hanger doesn’t look fantastic when I put it on.

So … maybe I’ll do some online shopping. I found a place that sells rocawear sneakers and several other great brands of clothes and the prices are quite decent. I think I could go on a shopping spree just at this one online site.

Do you shop online? Are you usually happy with the items you buy online?

Trying to decide what to get my husband for his birthday

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I just realized that my husbands birthday is coming up. It’s next weekend! He’s going to be 45.

In our home we don’t care all that much about birthdays, but 45 is a big birthday, so I’m trying to think of something nice to get him.

He’s actually been playing softball with a team from work once a week this summer … so maybe one of those personalized baseball bats would make a nice gift.

Music is his world though. He plays guitar and 13 other instruments. You wouldn’t believe how cluttered our house is with instruments and music related items and equiptment. If we weren’t already watching “It might get Loud” on TV right now I’d get him that DVD. He’s certainly enjoying watching The Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack Black talk about guitars and their musical backgrounds and what they think of the music industry as it’s evolved in their time as musicians.

Maybe I’ll take a look around and see if I can find some more music (guitar) related documentaries on DVD that I could get for him. I know he’d love it.

Any suggestions?

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