Gotta love the internet. And digital cameras

So I've had a little bit of trouble mailing a Christmas card to my former roommate, who now lives in Boston. He has been a little out of the picture for the while, being really busy with work. I was writing all of my Christmas cards and I realized that I didn't have his address anymore. I thought of calling him, but I knew he wasn't going to be in town that weekend. So I e-mailed him instead and just contemplated sending the card to his parents' house. I had to look up their address on Canada411 and since they live in a small town I was pretty sure that I had the right one. Well, I had the envelope all written out, stamp on it ready to go, and I kind of forgot about it on the kitchen table for a few days.

The day I was going to mail it (mind you, this was ON Christmas day, which was on the weekend of course), I got an e-mail from him telling me what his current address was and that he had actually just been to his parents' house for Christmas (why didn't I mail it earlier?!). So....I had to re-write the envelope and transfer the postage. Then I carried the card around in my purse for a day waiting for the opportunity to mail it. Well, today I finally mailed it in the box on my street. But as SOON as the envelope left my fingers I realized that I didn't have enough postage.....cause I was now mailing the card to the States. Now it's sitting in the box and will probably not make its way back to me for another couple of days. I think it's a sign that this card just should not be mailed.

On another note, if you have been reading my blog you would have read a post about a sign I passed by while driving through Mennonite country. I have indeed confirmed that the picture is NOT of an octopus, but of a baby (of course). See for yourself:

Okay....so it DOES look like a baby, but I still believe that it could look like an octopus at high speeds. Speaking of speed, I had to actually slow down on the highway to get this picture:

Look how close I was with the trip meter! And guess how old my car is? 13 years. No, the dials didn't go all the way around. That really is 88888 kms. Booyah.

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas everyone :)

Poof

Today I feel like I have been living in a giant bubble that just burst, and all the bits and pieces of my perfect little world are now scattered across my bedroom floor. Okay, maybe my metaphorical bedroom floor. I feel so deflated. WOoooooooooooooooooosh.

Maybe it's just because my bank account is deflated. I paid $1600 in bills today and I still haven't finished my Christmas shopping. I just haven't been satisfied with the gifts that I see out there. I pride myself on buying the perfect gift! Now, those bah humbugs will say who care about buying presents for people? Well....yes, it sucks to give gifts and not receive them, but there is just something about Christmas that makes me want to open up my wallet. I call it : Andrea-can't-friggen-stop-spending-money-disguised-as-Santa-Claus. Or maybe I'm just doing a little bit of retail therapy to counter the winter blues. And yes, today was a prime example of how people can suffer from the winter blues. So much snow that I got sent home early from work today. At 11:30 am.
(Example of BCBG retail therapy)

I also found out today that my cousin is getting married. This is a 1st cousin, who I haven't seen since 1986 and who lives in Australia. However, so graciously, has invited my family to his wedding, which is in 3 weeks. Now don't get me wrong, but what kind of crazy individual would be able to plan a trip to Australia in 3 weeks, take time off work on such short notice, AND be able to afford the last minute airfare (which, by the way is $3000) ?? Guess we aren't that close haha.

Well, good thing I'm broke, or else I really might have gone. Screw working!

So what will I be doing this Christmas season? Probably nothing. How many Christmas parties did I get invited to? Zero. How many New Years' parties? Zero. Oh well, there is always shopping...oh wait, I'm broke.

On a lighter note, I did manage to see something kind of amusing the other day:

Why do you have to stop when the dogs are barking?? How do you know if they are barking??

I'm old

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

My mom is hilarious (yes, we know). She is sitting beside me on her laptop and she just msged me on MSN and wrote

"happy birthday"
"baba/y"
"did we forget the cake?"

And I wrote
"ywa"
.....

I swear we're not drunk....
hahaha.

Amish Country

You see weird things when you are driving around the backroads of rural Ontario. Like anti-abortion billboards. I think I passed one that said, "Choose the gift of life. My mommy and daddy did." And, I know I was driving by at 80 kms per hour, but...I swear it had a cartoon of an octopus on it. I was like what the hell??? It was like driving through the twilight zone.

Anyhew, I'm going to drive by again tomorrow. I'll share any more billboards with you.