mission: Christmas Shopping

completed in 12 days or less. these are the things that make me feel accomplished in life.

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i'm going to be random. i feel random.

this weekend has been filled with: a little bit of this, a little bit of that. went to office holiday party on friday night, got a little wasted, but only a little. intended to stay for about an hour and that's it, inspired by the angry, ugly feeling that i had upon wakening friday morning: not only do i have another day left in this week of work, but i have to spend tonight with these people, too? rrrr. not so much the people in my department, because i like them. but the people beyond. the young twentysomething freaks. the loud lady in sales who is all sunshine and roses one minute, but the next--look out. at the party she impolitely pushed aside my husband at the bar, impolitely pushed me aside at the food table, then proceeded to light a napkin on fire while moving a metal warming tray. which, by the way, why was she doing that? we all watched in removed fascination/horror while she stamped the flames out on the floor, which in that particular area was luckily made of stone.

then our jackass of a c.e.o made some speech about what a great job we've been doing, but hey, for 2005? let's work harder, weeee! cheers to that, jackass, for paying all of us peanuts while you buy a 2.2 million dollar house. i mean, let me rephrase that. congratulations on being able to purchase a 2.2 million dollar house because you worked for it and you deserve it, but excuse me while i try to find something better. working on that movie deal. or at least the afore-pitched Chronicles of a Jackass, which i really am still serious about. and believe you, me, you will have an entry or two of your own in there.

stayed three hours at the party, not one, but it wasn't too painful overall. got great blackmail pics, and some cute ones as well.

finished up with Christmas decor, but did have brief moment of remorse for not making the house the Christmas mania/Fantasyland that i usally do. i am just feeling cluttered as of late. but as i was putting the boxes back in the closet, still filled with many loved things, the sad chiming of little Christmas tune sang out from a music box and i thought, oh i am so sorry little music box. maybe next year. when i have a new lovely big house with room enough for a whole Christmas-crazy area and enough sunlight to share with the plants, which must, even in the South, live inside during the winter months and so far are doing okay, but could be better.

i watched part of Elf, again. i wondered where the other Christmas movies were, who knows, since i made that rule not to rifle through every box. s washed the dogs, which was much needed. last night we grilled beef kabobs. we're doing very good with eating leftovers and not shopping at Target so as to afford decent presents for everyone. i lazed. i straightened up the guest bedroom, which was atrociously packed with this and that due to Christmas and post-wedding fallout.

and, and! i finally sorted the Tupperware. for years this has been weighing on me. and now there it is, my nice little Tupperware cabinet.

i'm being so domestic, so wife-like.

but i'll leave with this: tonight is the SURVIVOR finale!!!! eeeee. and i will eat Chinese food. mmm.

and also, this is the Jackass Moment of the Day, which will go in the book that i will surely start writing soon enough: today after showering, i was like, oh, my skin is dry--as skin is often dry in winter. so i was like, hmmm, maybe some lotion would be good. some baby oil would be ideal. but then i was like, oh, i don't have baby oil. but, i do have baby lotion that is almost as good. i noticed that in fact i appeared to have two containers of baby lotion, one of which i used liberally. then, as i was putting said container back in the closet, i noticed that the container i was holding was in fact baby lotion body wash, as in soap. and the other container, that was the actual lotion. i had to get back in the shower and wash it all off. what a jackass.

hee hee.