Took this photo on the way to work, when I wore my new hat, because it's nearly freezing outside and my ears get cold. Plus...it's just awesome. (As is my giraffe phone cover, and my two-tone hobo gloves from Target. Whee!)
-C
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Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
i wanna see what it feels like
I knew I forgot something when I was going through my stocking from Nate! He also got me this adorable hat:
Took this photo on the way to work, when I wore my new hat, because it's nearly freezing outside and my ears get cold. Plus...it's just awesome. (As is my giraffe phone cover, and my two-tone hobo gloves from Target. Whee!)
-C
Took this photo on the way to work, when I wore my new hat, because it's nearly freezing outside and my ears get cold. Plus...it's just awesome. (As is my giraffe phone cover, and my two-tone hobo gloves from Target. Whee!)
-C
Monday, December 27, 2010
We're One in the Same
So Christmas has come and gone. I managed to get a list to my family early enough that I actually got things I wanted (!) this year, and not just some random things or money. It was kind of exciting, and I think I will try to continue making a list earlier than the week before Christmas.
I got:
-Handheld Sewing Machine (in Yellow) from Sister
-Fujifilm Instax 7s Camera from Dad & Grandma
-Kyocera Mandolin w/ Ceramic Blade from Dad's Girlfriend (she also got me Bean Soup Mix from the Women's Project)
-Lalicious Sugar Kiss Body Butter & Scrub from Grandma
-Purple Flannel Botas (Toms) from Mom
-ModCloth Giftcard from Aunt & Uncle (Dad's Side)
-Amazon/Target Giftcards from Aunt (Mom's Side) as well as candy(!) and a snowflake wine-bottle stopper
-Nabaztag Rabbit from Dad (I think this is what he's getting me...it hasn't arrived yet.) He also sent us a Wine Country Gift Basket. Noms.
-Cranberry Colored Bathrobe from Nate's Parents
And from the boy, I got the following items in my stocking (we only did stockings -- but we had a pretty high cap:)
-Lavender Sachet (for the closet...eventually for the dresser, if we ever get one =P)
-Lavender Incense
-Chai Tea (Black)
-Aquolina Pink Sugar Gift Set (Perfume Spray, Lotion & Shower Gel)
-Black/White/Sparkly Circle Scarf (from Express)
-Brown Knit Hat with BEAR ears. (I'm a two year old, it's ok.)
-Dino Sandwich Box (for packing my sandwiches for lunch in)
-Andes Mints & Ferrero Roche
And this:
It's Helenite, created from the last eruption of Mount St. Helens in the 80s. I love it. It feels so Elven.
Nate's Parents also got us stockings, mainly because they were sending us our stockings, and his mother couldn't resist filling them. Mine included: Pure Linen Candle (whee!), 500 Piece Puzzle, Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul, Dunkin Donuts French Vanilla Ground Coffee (yum!) and probably something else that I'm forgetting. Because I am forgetful.
All in all, it was an excellent Christmas. Nate had to work both Christmas Eve and the 26th, but we slept in on the 25th, opened presents, had some breakfast, watched TV, saw Harry Potter, and were just all around relaxed all day. Sunday, after he got off from work, we went to Target and did some shopping. We got Nate Cholula (I was going to put it in his stocking, but it was raining Christmas Eve and I am a lazy bum, so we just bought it at Target. It's also ok, because he was going to get me these:
but didn't have time, so we bought those at Target, too. They were on sale for, like, 80 cents! I love the holidays.)
Today it's back to work. Almost everyone who still has vacation time is off, so the office is really quiet. We have Friday as a holiday, but I'm hoping it will snow, like they keep threatening, on Wednesday evening, so that maybe we can have Thursday off, too.
Keep your fingers crossed!
Here's to a restful and Happy New Year =)
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
tonight i'm not takin' no calls...
h-o-leeeeeeee moocows, batman. i have spent the past week or so at work:
-signing 400+ company christmas cards for FOUR people who were not in the office to sign them
-putting address, return address and stamps on 400+ envelopes for said company cards
-stuffing 400+ company cards into 400+ labeled and stamped envelopes
-sealing 400+ company cards
-mailing 400+ company cards
OMG. so many cards. it took me two days of basically nonstop signing to get all the signatures on the cards, because my hand kept cramping up. i haven't written like that since we had to handwrite essays in high school. in cursive. uphill and backwards? no...that doesn't make sense.
aside from that, Nate and I did some shopping this weekend, and now we have a SPECTACULAR memory foam mattress topper for our crappy, back-hurting mattress...which really just makes me never want to get out of bed ever again. this means I've been slightly later than normal to work this week...but it's also a lazy, 3-day week, so I'm not too worried about it. most of the office is out, some of them for the rest of the year (since this week is short and next week is short.)
We got our printer from Nate's parents, so I've been looking online for easy holiday decoration ideas, since we have both photo and regular paper (both at home and at work) for me to craft with. I was thinking of making some heart garland out of some of our photos of the trip, to hang over our bed until we get some kind of frame/headboard going on (but seriously, who knows when that will be,) but I will probably not do it until this weekend, after I have finished my stocking stuffer shopping for Nate (we're only doing "stockings," no big gifts, so no big wrapping projects,) while he's at work, so it be a sort-of surprise. i do, however need some brads -- or some way to attach the string (which I also need) to the pictures once I print them out, besides the scotch tape we have. This requires finding a craft shop near the apartment, which may or may not be an easy task.
In any case, our stockings are hung, and I bought a small (fake) Christmas tree and some silver and white star ornaments from Borders, because everything was 50% off, plus a Christmas-tree smelling candle, so the house is looking more and more festive! We were contemplating working serving Christmas dinner on Christmas day, but we'll probably just hang out at the house, or take my co-worker up on her offer to hang out at her house with her, husband, baby and some extended family to play Kinect and eat entirely too much.
I've been getting really into decorating the apartment (besides for Christmas,) which, as I was telling Nate, I think is because this is the first place we've lived together that we chose together. Our apartment in MA, he chose and moved into about the time we started dating, so I didn't move into it until about three months after. It was mostly his furniture and his housewares, with the things which were important to me (from my first apartment in Boston,) mixed in. The second place we lived was with his parents, so no decorating there, and the third place we lived was in our car. It's nice to have a place that is a fresh start, for both of us, so we can decide on furniture, both pieces and arrangements, and decor together. We found this awesome bar table and chair set at Bed, Bath and Beyond when we were there looking for our mattress topper (which was our big Christmas gift to ourselves,) which will fit perfectly in the little hallway space next to the kitchen, for less than the one we were looking at on Target.com. Plus we have a 20% off coupon, so that will be the next big furniture purchase. And then we can put up pictures and artwork, and it will be like we actually live somewhere, and aren't just vagabonds. Terribly exciting!
-C
-signing 400+ company christmas cards for FOUR people who were not in the office to sign them
-putting address, return address and stamps on 400+ envelopes for said company cards
-stuffing 400+ company cards into 400+ labeled and stamped envelopes
-sealing 400+ company cards
-mailing 400+ company cards
OMG. so many cards. it took me two days of basically nonstop signing to get all the signatures on the cards, because my hand kept cramping up. i haven't written like that since we had to handwrite essays in high school. in cursive. uphill and backwards? no...that doesn't make sense.
aside from that, Nate and I did some shopping this weekend, and now we have a SPECTACULAR memory foam mattress topper for our crappy, back-hurting mattress...which really just makes me never want to get out of bed ever again. this means I've been slightly later than normal to work this week...but it's also a lazy, 3-day week, so I'm not too worried about it. most of the office is out, some of them for the rest of the year (since this week is short and next week is short.)
We got our printer from Nate's parents, so I've been looking online for easy holiday decoration ideas, since we have both photo and regular paper (both at home and at work) for me to craft with. I was thinking of making some heart garland out of some of our photos of the trip, to hang over our bed until we get some kind of frame/headboard going on (but seriously, who knows when that will be,) but I will probably not do it until this weekend, after I have finished my stocking stuffer shopping for Nate (we're only doing "stockings," no big gifts, so no big wrapping projects,) while he's at work, so it be a sort-of surprise. i do, however need some brads -- or some way to attach the string (which I also need) to the pictures once I print them out, besides the scotch tape we have. This requires finding a craft shop near the apartment, which may or may not be an easy task.
In any case, our stockings are hung, and I bought a small (fake) Christmas tree and some silver and white star ornaments from Borders, because everything was 50% off, plus a Christmas-tree smelling candle, so the house is looking more and more festive! We were contemplating working serving Christmas dinner on Christmas day, but we'll probably just hang out at the house, or take my co-worker up on her offer to hang out at her house with her, husband, baby and some extended family to play Kinect and eat entirely too much.
I've been getting really into decorating the apartment (besides for Christmas,) which, as I was telling Nate, I think is because this is the first place we've lived together that we chose together. Our apartment in MA, he chose and moved into about the time we started dating, so I didn't move into it until about three months after. It was mostly his furniture and his housewares, with the things which were important to me (from my first apartment in Boston,) mixed in. The second place we lived was with his parents, so no decorating there, and the third place we lived was in our car. It's nice to have a place that is a fresh start, for both of us, so we can decide on furniture, both pieces and arrangements, and decor together. We found this awesome bar table and chair set at Bed, Bath and Beyond when we were there looking for our mattress topper (which was our big Christmas gift to ourselves,) which will fit perfectly in the little hallway space next to the kitchen, for less than the one we were looking at on Target.com. Plus we have a 20% off coupon, so that will be the next big furniture purchase. And then we can put up pictures and artwork, and it will be like we actually live somewhere, and aren't just vagabonds. Terribly exciting!
-C
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