During a lull....

[vanillafluffy]

The internet keeps cutting out, but since it's borrowed, I can't kvetch too much. While it was down this afternoon, I spent an hour cleaning off my desk. Might not meet everyone's standards of "clean"---I didn't get the whole thing down to bare wood and scrub it---but I got rid of lots of little scribbled on post-its and index cards, crumpled

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[ang5fam]

Well, then I will also hope that Santa stuff money into my stocking to pay my bills!
We can all have Christmas fantasies, right??

[vanillafluffy]

We can all have Christmas fantasies, right??

And I'm sure we all do!

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[ang5fam]

Not so much~ I gave up on those long ago!

[vanillafluffy]

How bleak.

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[pwcorgigirl]

Everybody does indeed like brownies. :) I've been making them lately instead of buying store-bought cookies. The Kid is going through what I hope to God is his last growth spurt and is eating us out of house and home. A pan of brownies lasts a lot longer than a bag of faux-Oreos.

[vanillafluffy]

erybody does indeed like brownies.

Good, because I just bought a half-dozen boxes of mix. I have some foil pans shaped like Christmas trees (that I got on markdown during more prosperous times), so that'll take care of gifting and potluck and all that.

faux-Oreos

I said that out loud in my head and giggled, becauses it made me think of the guards in "The Wizard of Oz" singing.

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[vanillafluffy]

If someone doesn't love brownies, can I have theirs?

Sure---if you'll come and pick 'em up. :-)

I've got some frosting, I want to see if the dollar store has poping bags or something that'll serve that function. A squeeze bottle, maybe? Just to make it a little more festive.

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Paying for your own gift

[kukkurkurat]

Oh, I agree with that one so much! You see, you have this odd situation with J, but I have had to pay customs´tax for my Christmas present at least twice. And it has not been cheap.
This happened AFTER I had informed the person in question how much the package could weigh and how low one should mark it by its worth. But... Y-chromosome makes people unable to learn, it seems.

Re: Paying for your own gift

[vanillafluffy]

Let me guess, the cousin from Texas? Hope it was something awesome enough to make up for the inconvenience! (This is something he's sending to you, right, or have I misunderstood?)

Here and now, it's technically Christmas Eve. In a few hours, Mb will pick me up and we'll go to the food bank. Then I'll catch a nap and do some baking---not necessarily in that order---then drop off J's brownies on my way to the C's party.

Tomorrow, I have no plans other than seeing Django Unchained. I have no invitations, although I have post-Christmas plans with a few folks, and that's okay. (Do you ever feel like sometimes being around other people just makes you feel lonelier?)

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas---stay warm!

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Re: Paying for your own gift

[kukkurkurat]

Yes, he sent it to me. One of those times will be forever remembered - the time when I opened the box and on the avalanche of candy there sailed out a book titled "Ways to avoid diabetes".

I hope your Christmas was good: that what you planned worked out.

Re: Paying for your own gift

[vanillafluffy]

More or less...gorged at the party on Christmas Eve, then spent the next day quietly at home napping or on the toilet. I did get to my movie though, yesterday---Tarrantino, man, he's crazier than Rodriguez, but he tells a helluva good story. For a movie that was nearly 3 hours long, it didn't feel like a 3 hour movie.

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