'tis the season to be busy...

[tinuvial]

Yesterday I acquired a new Netgear wireless router courtesy of Best Buy's holiday sale (I chose to buy online rather than camp out - free shipping, so what's the point of freezing?).

Today I acquired a remote control car for my nephew from 1saleaday.com. I had it shipped to my Dad's house, so his grandma will wrap the gift for me. I am still on the lookout for a holiday gift for my niece.

My boss & my co-worker are getting two-part gifts. One part is acquired, I need to go to Michael's for red/green tissue paper (to finish wrapping) and some plastic beads so that I can make their 'school color' badge lanyards to finish those off. I will probably try to swing by Michael's tomorrow while I'm out and about.

I'm in charge of getting a gift for one of the other bosses at work, but I have to finish collecting money before I can take that any further.

I started out this morning with breakfast at Panera Bread Co. I got to Omaha Steaks at about 8:05 a.m. I thought I might not make the first 100 customers, based on the turnout from last year. Last year I arrived at 7:30, and was like #40 in line. It took almost three hours to do my shopping last year. This year, there was no line. There were three other people in the store ahead of me, and it only took me 20 minutes to complete my purchase.

Came home and put the puzzle in the freezer together, and found out I still have a substantial amount of room left, which is good. Then I headed out and got a new set of wiper blades for my Sport Trac. Boy what a difference those made.

I had dinner with Luke & Chuck tonight at Red Robin. Definitely my favorite place to eat out. I've become friends with one of the servers there, Melissa, so it's always a great experience. They were on their way up to Lake Lanier for the lights tonight.

Tomorrow morning I am going DeKalb Farmer's Market with my friend Janet, who is in town for the holidays from Charleston, SC. I've been trying to make out my list for tomorrow, but so far, all I can come up with is spices. I'm sure there will wind up being impulse buys tomorrow. I'm also planning to go to Michaels and Target at some point.

Currently, no plans for Sunday other than more straightening up around the house. I got the mountain of laundry done earlier this week (Wednesday). My office is still a disaster though. It was the one room I didn't finish organizing before Dad came to visit, and it hasn't gotten any better. The rest of the house has stayed pretty clutter free, except for the fact that now I have a bunch of cardboard boxes to break down after my Omaha Steaks visit today.

Ciao for now.