cyber monday

[doglove]

hey everyone - how was your weekend? Are you shopping today? 

I am trying to figure out how best to do christmas on a very tight budget after Buddy's surgery. I think a lot of people will be getting some homemade cookies. I'm not really in the buying mood since I have negative money anyways. I hope a lot of friends and family will understand this year. Boo. 

[bullygirl979]

doglove, if they are true family and friends, they will understand you are on a budget and love the delicious cookies you made! Heck, I'd rather have awesome baked goods that took effort over something I don't need any day of the week. I mean, c'mon, everyone needs cookies!!

[bullygirl979]

I'm back after being in Texas for 6 days. His brother is a fairly nice guy, and he treats me WAY better than when P and I first started dating. But, he has this bad habit of pointing out his generosity. They bought theater tickets and automatically included us. I was sitting next to him and he found out how much they were (from his wife) and he chokes, does a half laugh and says "They were HOW much?! I guess this is your Christmas present." Annoying as 1) dude is LOADED and 2) I didn't ask you to buy me a ticket. So don't throw it in my face.

Anyway, trip overall was good and I had a nice time with his SIL (the one who previously uninvited me to Thanksgiving a few years back, lol). We did a 3 mile race on Turkey Day. We previously were only running 2.25 miles so I was REALLY hoping to keep a 10min/mile pace. I ended up doing it with a 9:47min/mile pace. WOOT.

[chalupa]

Thankfully my family AND M's seem to have all agreed to no gifts this year. Thank goodness, because I'm short on both time and money this year. I've been begging my family to stop gifts for years now (we're all adults, and if there was something affordably priced that we wanted, we would all have bought it by now!). I'm tired of everyone giving each other a $50 Amazon card, LOL

I did a sh!t ton of shopping for winter clothes for Owen this week. Of course, 2 of the blankets I bought on Friday became today's deal of the day, but I got on live chat with the company this morning and they're adjusting the price, so I'm getting a refund of over $100. Woot!

bullygirl979 I'm glad the SIL wasn't an ass, and yay for an awesome run!

[tiramisu]

doglove I agree, your true friends and your family should all understand. I'd also much rather have homemade cookies than some of the other gifts out there.

@bullygirl glad to hear this trip went well! The movie ticket comment is really dumb, though. Those are what, $15-$20 max? Not even worth making a big deal over, to me.


The weekend was good! I got together with a friend on Saturday who I haven't seen in a couple of years. It was *so* nice to catch up. Yesterday I had a second date with the guy I went out with Tuesday. We went hiking and then to dinner afterwards. We have really great chemistry but I'm trying to not jump into something just because of that, so I successfully declined his invitation to go inside to his place for a little bit and he handled it well (no pouting, no pleading). It was a really nice weekend. I'm not ready to go back to work today!

[doglove]

Thanks guys. <3

[bullygirl979]

tiramisu, the tickets were like $85/person as it was a professional show. Don't get me wrong, I am SUPER appreciative of what they do. I mean, he uses his miles to fly us down for free. But, I try and convey that. I always say thank you, I help cook, do dishes, clean up, etc. etc. From what P says, this is his norm. To half throw people under the bus so he looks good. Mission accomplished, I guess.

[bullygirl979]

chalupa, yay for having Owen!! And, I totally hear you. We abolished the sibling gift exchange years ago because we ended up buying what the person gave on their list. There were no surprises. It was so lame.

[cuddlyevil]

doglove, ITA with everyone else, your friends will understand.

bullygirl979, I am sorry he was kind of a jerk about the tickets but I am glad you and SIL got on well!

I had a great weekend. I worked super late Friday. Had my performance on Saturday, it went really well! Then I took myself out to a nice brunch place. Then I fed my friends cats, then headed to my nearby local and had a drink. I had every intention of only staying for a bit, ended up there for almost four hours talking to the GM/owner. Yesterday was really low key.

[tiramisu]

Nov 27, 2017 9:37:36 GMT -5 bullygirl979 said:

tiramisu, the tickets were like $85/person as it was a professional show. Don't get me wrong, I am SUPER appreciative of what they do. I mean, he uses his miles to fly us down for free. But, I try and convey that. I always say thank you, I help cook, do dishes, clean up, etc. etc. From what P says, this is his norm. To half throw people under the bus so he looks good. Mission accomplished, I guess.

Okay, yes, very different. His style is just...odd. I don't understand people who feel the need to flaunt their spending (because it's not really generosity at that point). So, yay for him for "treating" you without you asking. I'm glad the trip was otherwise good and that SIL is being nicer to you now.

[bullygirl979]

Nov 27, 2017 10:04:29 GMT -5 tiramisu said:

Nov 27, 2017 9:37:36 GMT -5 bullygirl979 said:

tiramisu , the tickets were like $85/person as it was a professional show. Don't get me wrong, I am SUPER appreciative of what they do. I mean, he uses his miles to fly us down for free. But, I try and convey that. I always say thank you, I help cook, do dishes, clean up, etc. etc. From what P says, this is his norm. To half throw people under the bus so he looks good. Mission accomplished, I guess.

Okay, yes, very different. His style is just...odd. I don't understand people who feel the need to flaunt their spending (because it's not really generosity at that point). So, yay for him for "treating" you without you asking. I'm glad the trip was otherwise good and that SIL is being nicer to you now.

I don't know if it is because he didn't come from money? So now he has to make it known? The shame of it is that it annoys P to no end and it strains their relationship. It's so bad, he wants to say something to SIL about it. I mean, I can deal as it isn't my family but I feel bad for him. And SIL is VERY nice to me now. I got several hugs

[spindle92]

I am waiting for my bank to call me an ask about fraudulent charges because I have used my card soooo much today it is not even funny.

[udscoobychick]

doglove , your friends/family will definitely understand! And homemade treats are sometimes the best presents!
tiramisu , yay for another good date!
bullygirl979 , glad your trip went well!

Our trip went pretty well, too, except for the part where housekeeping at the hotel left our door unlatched all day. Thankfully, both DH and I had our laptops with us, so there were no valuables in the room, and nothing seems to be missing.

But I had a great day yesterday! I spent the morning helping to bottle gin at a local micro-distillery (and got paid for my help with lunch and a bottle of whiskey!), and afterward, I went to my studio and had a great practice session! I nailed a few moves that I either hadn't attempted on my own ever or hadn't done in a very long time, and I was able to get ~2 min of choreography done for my solo routine.

[kaneen]

My 5 day weekend was lovely. I had a bunch of my family in town for the holiday. I cleaned/cooked all day Wednesday and cooked all day Thursday. I had planned to eat around 4pm but when I checked the turkey around 3 I realized it was no where near ready. So I look at the oven and realize I've got it on 325 rather than 350. So....we didn't end up eating until almost 6pm. Oh well, I had plenty of snacks for everyone to tide them over. And my meal came out pretty much perfect. My brother said that it was hands down the best Thanksgiving dinner he has ever had in his life. Now I'm swimming in leftovers.

Everyone left on Sunday and now I need to get my house back put together. I plan to get out the Christmas decorations soon, maybe even tonight.

I had my lunch date with first class seat guy today. It was really nice and actually took so much pressure off to have it just be lunch. We both had meetings we had to get back for so there was no awkwardness around how long we'd sit and talk. He told me as he was walking me to my car that he wanted to make sure I knew that he is on the tail end of a long/difficult divorce process. He said that he hated to have to tell me that but felt it was only right that I knew. He didn't want to not see me but also didn't feel like it was right to keep that from me. It's apparently been going on for 2 years but he thinks is just about done. He was clearly nervous when telling me and I thought that was actually really sweet. I actually also really appreciated him being forthright about it.

[tiramisu]

So, it turns out I'm kinda smart. I got the results of my neuropsych testing today and holy crap! I was above average in almost everything (most in the 90-somethingth percentile). The neuropsychologist told me if grading neuropsych reports were a thing, he'd give me an A+. Holy shit. So much for holes in my brain!