Willpower? What Willpower?

Ever get an idea in your head and you know it's a bad one? And the more you think about it the more you realize it's a bad idea and the more you want to do it anyway? You can kid yourself all you want and maybe even delay the action a little bit but, really, who are you fooling?

I'm having one of those mornings.

Sometimes There Is No Title

Although I can pinpoint it all to an exact moment, the biggest difference, the most important of all, is happening now.

How Do I Know It's Almost Christmas?

1. I almost doubled my grocery budget for the week because I had to pay for the joy that is holiday baking. I'm always shocked by the price of a cart loaded down with things like chocolate chips, M&Ms, brown sugar, sweetened condensed milk, etc, etc. Oh, and the all important Whiskey Sours Mix :)
2. I keep running into people that say crazy things. I think almost everyone I know has, ha ha ha, forgotten to use all their vacation time this year and, ha ha ha, has to take the rest of the month off. I'm sorry, I like you, but you are completely insane. How do you forget about vacation time???

But you know what? I really, honestly, love this time of year :)

I Was Going To Cheer And Dance

Happy for the fact that my Powers Of Suggestion apparently work for football. Sorry, losing team :) However, after Friday I've learned that being too excited about good fortune (aka the shininess) only leads to heartbreak. So, instead I'm just gonna say "Good Game."

It's A Happy Anniversary

Ok, so it turns out that a Saturday is much better than a Friday. Jennifer, thanks for your comments. They made me laugh out loud. And, just so you know, I'm a big fan of Peep and hilarious crap found in basements, also :)

So, life moves on; it's our 11th anniversary and all is back to pretty good with the world. Because, as they say, it's only money, right??? And, after getting Chinese food for lunch today, I realized the source of my Friday pain. It was right there in front of me (well, wrapped up in a little fortune cookie...) "You may fall into a spell of shininess. Don't buy it." I think that's exactly what happened. I fell into the shininess and it kicked me in the butt. But, thanks to great friends and an absolutely amazing family, everything's gonna be all right.

Happy Saturday, Everybody.