Monday!

It's Monday!

I feel like I haven't written a blog spot in months.

It was kinda nice to take a break from it for awhile. I just didn't really have anything good to say. Not that I ever have profound, earth shattering, things to say...this last week was particularity uneventful.

Well, except for Christmas!! We had a good Christmas. It was very quiet.
We opened presents, ate a lot of food and candy, drank a lot of beer, played a lot of board games, and saw the movie Benjamin Button, or as Michael likes to call it, Benjamin Buttons.

We were both kinda hoping that we would somehow get iPhones for Christmas, so we've been holding out to get new phones for almost a year now. Since neither one of us got one, and since we decided that they were a little over rated, and way out of our budget...the $130+ phone bill is way out of range...we decided to finally upgrade our phones.

I am really happy with mine :D It's super cute, and easy to use.
I also got some more text messages so I can text my little heart out.

Michael's is cool too, but not as cute.

Saturday was really warm, and all the snow melted away, but I captured some shots of these icicles right outside our front door before they melted. So now there's no more snow! Yay! I better be careful about what I say regarding snow. We'll probably be hit with a severe snow storm tonight or something....

So yeah, that's about it.
New Years is coming next, and I can't believe it's going to be 2009.
I have a lot of plans coming up in 2009...lots of things going on...

Anyway, hope everyone is have a great Holiday thus far. :)

Mark Your Calendars!

I'm going to have a sale!

Yes, this Saturday December 2oth I will have a special section in my Etsy shop with items 20-50% off. Yay! I want to make some room in my shop for the new items I'll be adding in January.

Also, if you live in the Detroit area you should check out the Detroit Sounds and Spirits show!
There will be two stages with bands playing your favorite Christmas songs along with their very own. Also, I will be there along with Comfortably Lovely, City Bird, and a few others, selling some last minute Christmas gifts :) It's $15.00 at the door, and all proceeds go to the Detroit Coalition of Temporary Shelter.
An organization that provides emergency shelter and transitional housing for single men, women and families with children who need assistance in becoming economically self-sufficient.

The Magic Stick
December 19th
$15.00

Yup!

Lots of snow today. I think we got about 4" last night.
I think I can safely say that if I never have to drive in snow again, I can die a happy woman.

I can't believe that Christmas Eve is a week away! Wow. There are lots of presents under the tree for me, and I can't wait to open them. yay! I love presents.

That's about it!
Hope everyone is having a good Wednesday.

Merry Christmas!

Ok those of you who know me really well also know that I love Christmas.
I love the lights, the songs, the PRESENTS.

Well, I think I am done with all my shopping with the exception of a few things here and there...

I went to the mall this morning and it was so fun. I love to shop, especially for Michael, who I was shopping for today. I know I know you're probably thinking hey, "Michele, I thought you took the handmade pledge....dude, what's wrong with you?" Well, shopping handmade is a lot different for Michael. Trust me. The man is a complicated person to shop for. You see, he is one of those people where everything he owns has to be useful. It has to have like 30 different functions, and it should last about 50 years or more. So, you see I couldn't just get him a hat, or a scarf...he'd probably lose them anyway. (He's lost his wallet, that was handmade by Chikabird on Etsy twice in the last week...)

Anyway, the majority of my gifts this year were handmade and a majority of those gifts were made by me :)

So I'm at the mall. I have a gift card for Victoria's Secret that I have been saving for such an occasion. I'm by myself and I have some time. Trust me, you don't want to be with me when I have a gift card. I try to get as much use out of gift cards that I possibly can, even if that means spending two hours trying to figure out how I can get a pair of PJ's, some slippers, 5 pairs of underwear, and a bra out of $75.00. (I almost did it.)

As I am standing there in the big ass VS amid all the hot pink, blaring music, and highly obnoxious sales women I realize that I really hate shopping at VS. It's so hot. There is so much to look at. The music is so loud. I feel for those poor men trying to buy lingere for their wives, or girlfriends. Those poor guys really have no idea what hit them when they walked in and neither do I.
I almost have a panic attack whenever I go in there and at least I know what size underwear I wear...

Anyway, I did manage to find a nice comfy pair or lounge pants that didn't say PINK, or Angel all over them. I also managed to find a nice tank top that didn't have glitter, or stars all over them with the words I Love Pink all over it. It's nice and plain white, but there is a silver start in on the bottom corner. That's ok though. A little compromise never hurt anyone.

So I have about $15.00 left on my card. I really wanted to get some new underwear with the rest, but do you know how hard it is to find regular cotton underwear in your size in that god forsaken store?! All I'm asking for is some black, gray, white, or pink underwear in an underwear store. I don't like low rise hipster bikini thongs....

Ok, so that's my rant. I wish I never had to step foot in that store again, but I still have some monies on my card...and it must be used. If you're asking yourself why I didn't try shopping online, my answer is this; they charge you $15.00 to ship.

So ok, after my shopping adventure, I came home and did a lot of work.
I'll post the pictures even though I couldn't get a goog picture of any of them. There isn't any light that comes into this apartment when it's gray outside. But, I'll post the best of them.

If you've made it this far into my post, thanks.