Tis the Season… thank goodness its over
The two weeks leading up to Christmas were the most hectic days I’ve had in a long time. Not only did I have to work long hours to finish everything at work before the holiday, but our office was also being carpeted over the holidays and we had to clean out our office as if we were moving. As if I didn’t have enough to do already!

And although I started my Christmas shopping early this year, well earlier than I normally do, I still found myself picking up last minute gifts on Christmas Eve. I bought Christmas cards; but I apologize to all my family and friends, because I was just too busy to get them mailed out. And anyone who has ever received a gift from me knows that I like to wrap pretty packages. But pretty packages take time and so I spent many hours gift-wrapping. I also baked desserts for two Christmas dinners and made Christmas fudge.

Are you tired yet? I know I am. I’ve spent these days since Christmas relaxing, putting things away and reclaiming my laptop and trying to recapture my writing spirit.

Tis the Season… thank goodness its over! Now if only I had a few weeks off before going back to work. But unfortunately my time off is quickly coming to a close and I’m sure chaos will ensue post haste.

Labels: Christmas, shopping, Tis the Season, Writing

  posted by Matildakay at 5:03 PM 2 comments

The Wish Book
Do you remember wish books? I remember looking through catalogs when I was a kid and circling the toys I wanted. The possibilities were endless in the Sears or J.C. Penney catalogs.

Those childhood catalog days bred the wish book desire and obsession into my soul. I’ve always been one to pour over catalogs and wish for all the pretty things I found inside. And with the Internet… the wishing possibilities are infinite.

Until a couple of months ago, I had diligently avoided ebay.com afraid that I wouldn’t be able to control myself. I was right to avoid it. I broke down recently and searched ebay for a vintage perfume bottle and found more choices than I could navigate and too many that I wanted to buy. My one item gift turned out to be a disaster in over spending. I have since realized that although ebay is a wonderful thing. I don’t think it’s for me. I don’t like being in a bidding war and I don’t like having to leave pleasing little feedback comments after the item arrives. Too much work involved. I just want to buy what I want and wait for it to come in the mail. I don’t want to be spammed in my inbox with reminders to leave “feedback”. That’s why amazon.com and I are good friends. (Amazon even has a wish list!) I buy what I want and they mail it to me. No fuss, no bidding wars, no hassle, just good old-fashioned purchase power.

While you can find anything with google, I still peruse all my favorite stores websites online. However, I love sitting down with a catalog and flipping through the pages and finding all the possibilities inside. A tribute to my childhood I’m sure. Lately I’ve been obsessed with the 2008 Ikea catalog and my growing need for a bigger DVD storage unit. Ikea has endless storage possibilities!

A new wish book found its way to my house the other day in the mail. I received a Pottery Barn catalog belonging to someone on an adjacent street with the same house number as mine. I’m sure that lady whoever she may be is missing her catalog because I’ve been pouring over the pages and finding new things to wish for.

Labels: amazon, amazon.com, catalogs, ebay, ebay.com, Ikea, ikea.com, j.c. penney, obsession, pottery barn, sears, shopping, wish book, wishing

  posted by Matildakay at 8:29 PM 2 comments

Break time over…
You may have noticed that I’ve been distant from the blog this past month. In many ways, I took a much-needed break.

There has been a lot going on in my life, some of which I’ll eventually share with you all. But for now, I’ll simply declare break time over.

How many of you went out shopping at 5am on Black Friday?

I did.

I braved the mobs for great deals and waited in an incredibly long non-moving line with no roller coaster at the end of it.

Was it worth it?

I guess I’ll find out on Christmas morning.

As we rush full steam into the holidays…

I’ll do my best to get back into the bloginess of things.

Repeat after me: "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."

Labels: Black Friday, Blogging, Christmas, Dory, Finding Nemo, just keep swimming, shopping, Writing

  posted by Matildakay at 9:46 PM 1 comments