Best Laid Plans

The plan was to stay at home, eat leftovers and knit. I had every intention of doing just that. But, I have embarked on the single most difficult knitting endeavor ever. Its "Level 2." That means easy people. This shouldn't be difficult. Seriously. And I can't show you because it may or may not be a gift to someone who may or may not read this blog. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.

So, to get a bit of breathing room from something so ridiculously simple, I headed down into the trenches. Black Friday.

Well, not really. I went down into Westwood to Bel Air Camera. I was fightin' the crowds. It took me 3 seconds to make eye contact with Victor, it took him about 15 seconds to grab what I needed, about 2 minutes to discuss the purchase and another minute to be rung up.

Do I suffer for my deals or what?

Ok, for those of you who don't know Bel Air Camera, you should. In this age of big box stores taking over the world, Bel Air Camera keeps getting bigger and better. I mean, how many camera stores do you see in buildings that used to house banks. Everyone in there knows their stuff. Its a nice change from a kid earning a few bucks an hour over minimum wage shrugging when you ask a question about a particular product. In the interest of full disclosure, I paid about $30 more since I didn't stand outside of Circuit City at 4am this morning.

Hmm, getting up at 4am or paying another $30. Fighting crazy crowds or paying an extra $30. I don't know about you, but I think it was worth it.

So yeah, I ran a few errands and came back to continue the most difficult project ever.

And ate my left overs.

Even the best laid plans can have wee bit of modification.

Merry Christmas!!

I don't know why, but I've just been in a craptastic mood these past few weeks. Maybe its the holidays, maybe its work, maybe its the fact that I have NOTHING TO WEAR...who knows. But, since it is Christmas, allow me to pull my head out of my @ss and give thanks:

• I have an amazing family (even if it is the world's smallest).
• I live in a beautiful house in a great neighborhood in one of the coolest cities in the world.
• I have two dogs that have more personality and love than most people.
• I have an amazing sig. other (even if he doesn't read my blog).
• I have wonderful friends (even if a few of them live in the wrong state or country.)
• I have travelled to as many states this year as I have my entire life.
• I have been to trial and learned Concordance.
• I have been healthier this year than any other I can remember.
• I learned to like hot green tea.
• I had my grandfather in L.A. for the first time in 25 years.
• I hit my never-in-a-million-years ideal body weight and saw pictures of myself looking like a bobblehead. (No, I'm not still at that weight.)

I know there's lots more but its Christmas and if I don't get to sleep soon, Santa won't bring me my gifts and some other size 10 might end up with my new clothes and we really can't have that since I still have NOTHING TO WEAR even if I am being thankful.

And doG bless us, everyone.

A Crime I Didn't Commit

Things you may not know about me:

1. I hate to clean my bedroom. And, I usually won't unless someone is literally flying in to see me. I blame this on having a housekeeper when I was growing up. I'd make a mess, go to school and magicly everything would be clean when I would come home. I think I'm still waiting for the magic to happen.
2. My closet is organized by color then style. My cd's are organized by type then artist. You would never know this by looking at my room.
3. I'd rather spend money on clothes than food.
4. Grocery shopping is usually dictated by coupons. (See No. 3 above.) I rock them so hard that I only spent $28 on my mother's Thanksgiving shopping list including the turkey. We're talking turkey, stuffing, veggies, salad fixin's, milk, and cereal (for me, not for Tday). Seriously, I rule.
5. I gave up my personal trainer instead of giving up the trainer for my dog.
6. I have subscriptions to W, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Bazar, Lucky, Martha Stewart Living, Everyday Food, Real Simple, and Oprah. (I'm letting Oprah go. I've had enough of her.)
7. I'll rearrange dinner plans for Heroes and Grey's Anatomy but I'm willing to miss America's Next Top Model.
8. I don't buy myself jewelry unless forced.
9. I approach sample sales with a strategy.
10. I'm moderately obsessed with Ziploc bags of all sizes. (snack size, XXL, you name it, I own it.)

In my quest to take over the world

or at least improve my little piece of it, I've been buying and reading books about stuff I want to do. The latest victim is a wee book on blogging called No One Cares What You Had For Lunch . So, with that in mind, you can let me know how the blog is going with the new ideas. If the blog is still boring, we can blame the book. I wouldn't be my fault or the fact that I'm not a professional writer or anything. (Not that I'm comparing my blog to people who can actually write. Nope. Not at all.) Its just always important to have people to blame that aren't you. (My the things you learn as an only child...Oh, the wisdom I can impart to the world!)

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If Princess ruled the world, her birthday would be a national holiday. The week between Christmas and New Years is pretty much a wash anyways. So, why not make December 30th a national holiday?

Princess Day sounds like a damn fine day to Princess. She wouldn't have to take that day as a vacation day and if your employer *cough, cough* closed up shop and pulled vacation days out of your accrual, Princess Day wouldn't be one of those days and that would be good. Its not like you're actually working that week. No one is around, and for the sad few who are around, you're chatting about what you got from Santa and trying to plan New Years. So, if it were a National Holiday, you could do that from the comfort of your own home.

Princess likes this idea.