Apparently I haven't updated with anything of substance in over a month.

First off, thanks to mutinous, dine, bertee, shinyslasher and teapostal for the holiday cards and/or postcards you sent me! Am I forgetting someone ( Read more... )

Working for this company has always been a bit bizarre, but my new position takes it to new heights. You want to know what I spend most of my day doing? Googling. I get paid to Google. When I'm not Googling, I'm going to stores and taking photos of their products. And when I'm not doing that, I read magazines and newsletters about new products. My ( Read more... )

Confessions of a Shop-a-holic ( Read more... )

OMG someone finally came and did the measurements for my kitchen! So in 5 weeks, they are going to start the install since they have to custom-make everything. The only problem is that I ordered the wrong fridge; I wanted a compact double-drawer fridge/freezer but instead ordered a double-drawer fridge. Well, if the one I should've ordered won't ( Read more... )

Thanks to the anonymous person who sent me a v-gift! If you would like to step forward, I will offer you a ficlet of your choice!

Holiday shopping is now all done. Collapse.

What the fuck is up with this weather?! The wind is so strong up here today that I could not open the back gate into Lincoln Park to let the dogs out. Poor Lillie almost blew away and I almost got knocked on my ass. Yesterday I walked a million blocks in the rain and then when I left my brother's house, it was snowing. I don't even know ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving was pretty chill. My paternal grandmother was supposed to come to dinner but she bailed to go to one of my uncle's houses, which is fine by me because we get stuck hosting her every year and she's not the most pleasant of company. Think Glenn Beck with Alzheimer's. Mom and I braved the hoards on Friday, but didn't get out there until ( Read more... )

I spent the whole weekend down at my parents' place. Friday night was fun because I went to see Toy Story 3 in 3D with them (fantastic movie!), but the rest of it just reminded me why moving out was such a good idea. Thankfully, they were up in Wisconsin all day Saturday, which gave me time to borrow what used to be my car to run errands. One of ( Read more... )

One of my favorite stores is CB2 despite it being ridiculously expensive. It's the hipper, funkier version of Crate&Barrel. Anyway, there's one near the North & Clyborn L stop so I went in and ended up buying juice glasses, appetizer plates and chopsticks. Did I really need any of this stuff? Well, no. But it's so cute! Especially the juice glasses ( Read more... )

omg black friday shopping=death ( Read more... )