Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!

Xander ,'Chosen'


Goodbye and Good Riddance 2013: That Was the Year That Was  

Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Thanksgivukkahmas, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Out you go, 2013!


brenda m - Dec 17, 2013 7:43:47 am PST #96 of 774
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Hah! I am the Xmas no-shopping shopping queen.

On Sunday I was at Fleet Farm with my sister to pick up a piece of furniture she bought and we found a gorgeous Columbia Sportswear coat [link] that fit and looked great and was seriously discounted from the real price. I called my brother and was all "she needs this, she needs it badly, can this be from you and SIL, I need an answer right now yadda yadda."

[She has the twin challenges of being poor and plus-sized and winter coat shopping is traumatic and demoralizing enough that for the past year or two she'd just given up and was wearing layers and layers of hoodies.]

So having basically hijacked their Christmas present, I just sent him off to the store to buy my present for his wife rather than him paying me back the money for the coat.

And with that, my Xmas shopping is done, and I never had to set foot in a store for that purpose.


lisah - Dec 17, 2013 8:28:52 am PST #97 of 774
Punishingly Intricate

I spent all last evening getting packages ready to send then walked out of the house without them. Dang brain! Tomorrow they WILL be mailed!


Amy - Dec 17, 2013 8:47:21 am PST #98 of 774
Because books.

Due to circumstances, I have not purchased one gift yet, for anyone. But tomorrow is payday! So that will change. Secret Santee, your gift might arrive after Christmas, but it will be there before NYE for sure. Promise!


meara - Dec 17, 2013 8:55:36 am PST #99 of 774

Yeah, I'm torn between being worried about ita and not wanting to make anything harder by demandin checkins! But it's weird not having her around.


Trudy Booth - Dec 17, 2013 9:07:14 am PST #100 of 774
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Just hit the dollar store for wrapping paper. I am terribly pleased with myself.


Jesse - Dec 17, 2013 9:07:28 am PST #101 of 774
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I wrote her the other day, but don't have much to report.


Atropa - Dec 17, 2013 9:35:21 am PST #102 of 774
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I've been sending her links to things she might like on Tumblr, but not asking her things.


msbelle - Dec 17, 2013 11:43:52 am PST #103 of 774
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Is it wrong that all I want to do is to go home and see what I got in the mail today?


Lee - Dec 17, 2013 12:16:19 pm PST #104 of 774
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

No, because then you come here and tell us about it, and it makes us happy too.


brenda m - Dec 17, 2013 5:08:53 pm PST #105 of 774
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I just did a whirlwind cleanup and got my Xmas stuff set up so that I can shortly sit down with Masterpiece Mystery and some of the lovely teas that I found on my doorstep today! The box smelled delicious before I even got it open. Nom. Thanks Secret Squirrel Santa!