yesterday was far more productive than saturday. i finally made it to the home depot and i now have all the tools in hand to create an honest-to-goodness closet in the renovated bathroom. perhaps i'll get around to actually assembling it all tonight. or tomorrow. let's not be too ambitious.
of course on the way home from the HD i got lured into one of my favorite clothing stores by their immense "SALE" signs. i'm such a sucker. so not only did i buy 2 pairs of shoes on saturday, but yesterday i bought 2 pairs of slacks and a new top. and a belt! i've been beltless for far too long.
i've really gotta curb my addiction to shopping. it's gotten ridiculous. plus, i'm suddenly $4800 in debt, due to the new furnace; i don't really have any room to be splurging on cute red boots. i need some sort of shock therapy, maybe. something pavlovian to keep me out of the stores. i'm taking suggestions. i wish they made a patch, like those nicotine things for smokers. an anti-shopping patch. it could pump checkbook ledgers into my bloodstream and keep me focused on my debits and credits.
ray & i watched the season 4 finale of the sopranos last night. oh. my. god. i won't ruin it for those of you who haven't seen it, but man... it's a doozy. i cried. honest-to-goodness tears ran down my face. (and i'm not even PMS'ing, so you know it must've been powerful.) i don't know if i'm going to be able to wait until season 5 comes out on DVD; i might have to buy some HBO in a couple of months just so i can watch season 5 all the sooner.
<BZZZZT!>
SHOCK THERAPY!
i need HBO like a need a hole in my head. focus on the debt, christa. focus on the debt.
last night lisa taught us how to knit. well, sarah already knew how, so she was just there for a refresher course. but mary, lisa's mom & i had never knit before, and lisa really had her hands full... none of us are very crafty, i'm afraid. however, i enjoy doing things with my hands so i persevered. i even brought some needles home so i could practice. i want to knit an unconventional baby blanket for my brother & his wife (who are due in may), so i'd better get crackin'.
oh, it sucks having to work on a national holiday. what sucks worse is having a really busy workday on a national holiday; i feel like i've barely had enough time to breathe today... and i sure that ray is at home, napping. bleah.
on a happier note, here's a little of a joke ruth sent me last week:
> By following the simple advice I read in an article, I have finally
> found inner peace...the article read:
>
> "The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you've
> started."
>
> So I looked around the house to see all the things I started and
> hadn't finished...and before coming to work this morning I finished
> off a bottle of red wine, a bottle of white, the Bailey's, Kahlua,
> and Wild Turkey my Prozac, some valium, my cigarettes and a box of
> chocolate. You have no idea how freakin good I feel...