Month: December 2005

If you don’t have a sense of humor, you just don’t want me in your little Secret Santa exchange. Or the office Yankee Swap. I’m just saying that I take great pride in finding the best worst gifts possible within the dollar limit. This year, I was in one Secret Satan exchange where I sent out a CLASSIC gift (that I won’t mention yet because we haven’t had our reveal). But Wednesday night I was out with my sister and a friend and we wandered the Mall at Whitney Field and ended up in the new clothing store where Cherry and Webb (or Touraines, depending on how old you are) used to be, down by Sears. It’s the 9.98 clothing store, everything is 9.98 or less. (By the way, folks who are on a serious fixed income, they have winter coats for ten bucks. Not beautiful, but functional, and I think that’s all that matters this time of year.)

We found the following item, which I immediately had to have. Of course, we had 15 minutes of giggle fits about it, but for $10, someone at my work Yankee Swap is in for a REAL treat! In the photo below, Mr. Dump models it, but kept yelling “hurry up, I think it’s starting to melt onto my body and I won’t be able to get it off!”

Mr. Dump didn’t want me to show his face in case someone found this and used it against him somehow.

Yes, that’s 100% pure vinyl, baby.

I can’t wait until the Yankee Swap!

Just saw a commercial for a plastic wall clock that plays “The authentic Meow Mix Commercial Jingle” every hour. Just shoot me.

Okay, something I DO want is a good free referral script. I want to see the list of the most recent referrers, including search terms. The stuff that comes with my hosting package doesn’t break down at the day level well enough for me. So if I get a lot of traffic this morning, I want to know WHY. Thoughts?

We bought Junior the 2005 Lego Advent Calendar this year. It’s our first year with this type – we’d done playmobile in the past, and some of the plain “oh, look, a drawing of a mitten” kind.

This is the least Christmassy Advent Calendar in the history of Advent Calendars. Now don’t get me wrong, the items he is pulling out are cool. But I don’t know, call me a purist, but does a little Lego burglar seem appropriate? We’ve gotten firemen, policemen, little fires, hoses, axes, equipment, and a burglar. I’m used to Santa’s workshop stuff, but I guess they’ve done those in the past. At least these will be usable all year round. They just seem iffy as part of an Advent Calendar. Is it me?

We bought Junior the 2005 Lego Advent Calendar this year. It’s our first year with this type – we’d done playmobile in the past, and some of the plain “oh, look, a drawing of a mitten” kind.

This is the least Christmassy Advent Calendar in the history of Advent Calendars. Now don’t get me wrong, the items he is pulling out are cool. But I don’t know, call me a purist, but does a little Lego burglar seem appropriate? We’ve gotten firemen, policemen, little fires, hoses, axes, equipment, and a burglar. I’m used to Santa’s workshop stuff, but I guess they’ve done those in the past. At least these will be usable all year round. They just seem iffy as part of an Advent Calendar. Is it me?

I am officially in a foul mood. Why, you ask? Well, not for any valid reason. My home and family are fine. The doginator only pooped in the house once this week and someone else cleaned it up. No, I’m upset because according to a story in the Sentinel today, Smokey Bones isn’t coming to Leominster. TGI Fridays is instead.

I’m very very very very sad right now. Why are we being deprived!? Don’t you think the people of Leominster deserve some good pulled pork and those little donuts you sell for dessert?

Bastiges.