Holiday Spiritness

We're pretty much fully half way through the month and i have yet to say anything about the Holidays!

Last weekend was spent in a lot of Christmas tree decorating, and apparently I'm kind of pro! HeeHee

I don't know about you, but I think that spending a cold Saturday night drinking vino & tree decorating with good friends is pretty awesome!!

Yvonne's little blue & silver tree

Sunday morning I woke up with the motivation to decorate my own tree - which had been standing naked in my living room for 4 days. Popped in Jingle All The Way in the meantime - I hadn't seen it but it definitely won't be making its way onto my list of favourite Christmas movies of all time.

My big red & silver tree

By day...

& by night.

I haven't been too much in the Christmas spirit this year, not sure why. Probably has something to do with living alone. But I put up my tree, put out my outdoor lights & am motivating myself to do some baking by buying all of the necessary ingredients. Things are pretty busy though, I'm not sure when I'm going to fit it all in!

Oh yes...and I may or may not have not started my Christmas shopping. At all. And I juuust started getting some ideas for gifts today! *eek* I think the fact that I was so stressed about not knowing what to buy people also didn't help the lack of Christmas spirit. So this week, it'll be in full force! :)

Tonight I'm enjoying some Glühwein, which is a warm winter German version of sangria. Basically, it's heated spiced red wine. And I looove it. I brought back a bunch of Glühwein spices 2 years ago & I'm glad I did. Not that I wouldn't be able to find any here at an ethnic store, but knowing where it came from makes it that much more delicious! I don't normally like red wine, but I love this so I definitely recommend trying it :))

That reminds me - I really need to do my Christmas cards. That are being mailed to Europe...oops!

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Money makes the world go 'round?

Back from my weekend shopping trip in PA with my fave twin - my mom! :)  We had a great time shopping, dining, sightseeing and wine tasting!

Interestingly enough, our trip was sponsored by - money. So whoever started spreading the nasty rumour that 'money can't buy happiness' should be glad they're (likely) no longer around for me to argue with.

I know this seems lame but i seriously feel the need to get my argument out in the open. And it's my blog so i'm gonna go for it!

Sure, there's a whole slew of [important] things that money can't buy:

- health [we like this]

- a great relationship/significant other [we all want this eventually]

- rivalry-free fam life [and keeping blood pressure at a normal level]

- genuine friends to support your ass when you're down [thank you!] & go out with [shots!]

- a JOB! [pretty please?]

...i could go on.

But there's plenty of stuff that i love which money CAN and does buy:

- gas for my car (which i bought with $$$ too) to go and see my fave people!

- a netbook to post my blogs & write my millions of cover letters [you like this]

- a TV to watch the shows & movies that make me smile :)

- plane tickets to satisfy my immense love of travel [Europe anyone? Yiiiiah]

- ingredients to make dinner & baked goods for people i love <3

- occasional shopping therapy to keep me sane ;)

...you get it.

Not to mention signing up for those glorified dating websites to get a date or two. Maybe even a marriage! Or two? I don't plan on going in this direction but to each their own.

In conclusion, money can buy my happiness - anyday. But it can't solve all my problems, i know this. Ok, i'm glad we agree! :)

Since you stuck around this long, here's more mini-rant. Watching TV while writing this provoked the following thoughts.

Eggo waffles. Yea i loved them when i was young but i have come a long way since then. I can now make my own BETTER waffles from scratch. And guess what!? Freeze then toast them up later. Trust me when i tell ya that they are delicious. And healthy since i make the whole wheat kind :) What up now Kelloggs?!

Oh there's yet another Monopoly on the market, what a surprise. The commercial claims that the Monopoly electronic banking - "kids love it!" Really? Probably because they don't have to use their fucking brains. Don't even get me started on how much i hate today's youth. Hate.

Why am i so good at math? (I already warned you about the nerdiness ;P) Probably because i played the Game of Life all the freakin' time and adding up THOUSANDS of dollars in my head is really useful for brain and math development. Maybe you little teenaged, hard-headed fuckers should give that a try sometime?

Just think about how much travelling i could do if i had all the money contained a box of Monopoly!! :)