Woo to no alarm till New Year!

All best possible to Tim.

Glad you like your hair, Zen.

And belated birthday felicitations, Consuela!

Hec, I got my hair cut really short today. I like it.

Yay! I love your curls short around your fine bone structure.

Timelies all!

Slept in this morning, as Mr. S didn't wake up until after 8:30. (probably shouldn't be surprised, as we've had trouble getting him to go to sleep this week)

Hey! guess who dropped the ball on the group charity giving project?

THIS GIRL!!

Good thing giving $$ doesn't take much time.

Everyone who signed up should get an email later today.

anyone really like the 12 days of Christmas?

Is that an existential question?

I wrote a bunch of cards (holiday) and then realized I should have been writing different cards (church thank-you). Oh well. I also decorated my tree, which is a real Charlie Brown tree. ALSO oh well.

it is not. it is a straightforward random question.

I am also starting on cards.

I don't dislike iTwelve Days of Christmas, but it is LONG!

I went Christmas shopping at a "Craft Antique Co-Op" today. It was Dickens Day and they were all dressed up and having fun. I am mostly done. Just really my mother to get. I think Maria suspected the things I got for her... It was so big, we couldn't even finish, and we were there for about 6 hours. My family was doing "one gift", but I decided that a themed thing (like a hat and gloves) counted as one. So I got my uncle an alpaca hat and gloves and my aunt two dish towels, a salt and pepper shaker and some foodstuffs in a basket. I got Maria an Alpaca Hat and gloves she admired and an owl salt and pepper shaker ((I already have an owl mug and an owl doorstop). I was able to get a little Lennox collectible for Maria'smom.. So now just Sylvia and Aidan and I want to get my Dunkin Donuts peeps a bag of treats like I regifted last year to take over when I get my Christmas coffee.

I also got myself a nice Ralph Lauren tweed hat new with tags for $10, a cute $1 bracelet with prices and frogs on it, and one Franciscan Desert Rose (my favorite pattern) teacup to have my tea.

I have decided to go back to my college source and become a lots of jewelry wearing person, probably because I found so much jewelry in my cleaning. I had great, costume jewelry and turquoise pieces from my grandma. We had very much the same taste.

My mother asked me for mittens, so I've already bought her two pairs, but I might return them both in favor of something else! Because her favorite store has matching mittens and a hat she might like (and I think she needs a new hat!), but they are $$$. So I have to decide. (The ones I bought were (a) on sale but possibly the wrong color and (b) at a store by my house I was already buying something at.)

I had the most obnoxious customer today, he took the crown away from the couple who kept saying all our fitting rooms were closed. My very first customers are all adults, Mom in her 70s maybe and her son who was in his later 40s to mid 50s maybe. And other family members. Dude starts in with "Did you take Valium this morning? did you take Valium this morning?" While his mother is trying to talk to me and someone else and then he goes "you're going to need it , she's difficult" about his mother.

Who was standing right there.

I was already hot, I'm tired, I'm over people's damn drama about the holidays and I am really over pushy, demanding white men who think belitting people is the most fun ever. So in a moment of frustration I said "I didn't sleep well last night, I'm sorry I won't be able to be entertaining for you today."

His mother was difficult but I managed through.

my coworker was like "Oh my god did you really just say "I'm not your entertainment?"