Well, I hope that everyone had a great Christmas! It’s hard to feel Christmasy when it’s like 20 degrees Celsius out there, but it’s still really nice to be able to walk around in skirts and light jackets and sweaters. I’ve almost finished my Christmas shopping, but I haven’t managed to do very much in the way of school work or any of my thousands of crafty projects that I have started. We’re planning on taking a trip up to Nacogdoches soon to get away and be alone for awhile, and I’ll hopefully get some schoolwork done this week. I feel awful since I haven’t done anything in the last 3 weeks or so. I think today marks 3 weeks since Dad’s passing. Hard to believe it’s already almost been a month.

Anyways, I’m going to tidy up around here I think, and then maybe me and Mike will go out and do a few errands. I’ve got a coupon for Bed Bath and Beyond that expires today, so I’ve gotta use it!

Christmas time is getting close and we’ve got presents bought and wrapped, and cookies baked, and decorations up. It’s great because I can run around in just a sweater and a down vest that I picked up from Aeropostale (wee) and that’s all I need to keep warm. There’s not much else to say, things are going good and I’m having fun. I picked up a really nice red halter dress for New Years’ because apparently we are going out! Wee! That’s exciting. Also went to see Shopgirl today because it was the last day that it was playing in Houston, but because of the traffic we missed the first 10 minutes or so. But it was still enjoyable. After that we went to Olive Garden and did a bit of shopping (which is when I picked up the dress). The dress store in that particular mall was really nice. All of their dresses were in size large, but somehow they all seemed to fit, sort of. A few looked really silly on me, but the one I picked up was really nice. There was a pink skirt there that I really liked, but I’m going to wait and see if I can find the perfect pink dress for my post wedding outfit. Yesterday, we went to the Sketchers outlet store and I picked up my wedding shoes. They are pink and white (mostly white) slip on sneakers, and so cute. Ideally, my “getaway” outfit will coordinate with the sneakers, but it’s ok if they don’t. I have a billion shoes at this point. I really wanted some fancy boots, but the ones I liked didn’t fit over my fat calves. Grr. Oh well. Maybe some other day I’ll get nice boots. Not like I can wear them in Nova Scotia anyways, what with the ice and stuff, which is hazardous to heeled boots.

Anyways, tomorrow is the dinner party, and so I have to help clean, decorate, maybe cook, and finish making those place cards. All that’s left is decorating the cards with cute little Christmasy buttons. Then Saturday is more shopping and then who knows what’s up for Christmas Eve, but then it’s Christmas! Yay! So the next couple of days should be pretty fun. I picked up a couple gifts for my Canadian peeps! I just have a few more people to shop for, so I’m going to have to be choosy about what comes back to Canada with me to make room for it all!

Anyways, I’m heading off to bed for now. We’ve been doing some wedding shopping, so there will be an update on that soon, and then of course a blog all about the Christmas festivities. So stay cool yo! Especially those of you freezing in Canada, muahaha!!

Well, I’ve arrived in Texas, so I now have the internet again. Yay! Things have settled down a bit lately, but there’s always more stress and trouble to follow. I won’t recount the happenings of the last two weeks here, it was rough and that’s that. I’m glad that it’s all over. I think it’s going to be a long time before I can go visit Dad in the cemetary. Just thinking about it makes me teary. I think that this Christmas is going to be difficult to get through without crying. Everything feels dislocated and unreal, although I’m enjoying the time with Mike. But I’m strong and I don’t let hard times slow me down too much. I really need to get my take home exams completed though! I’ve had them since the 5th, and I haven’t even looked at them yet. I just found it nearly impossible to study the past few weeks.

I had a really good day though, we had lunch with Grandma and then went out shopping. I had my first Starbucks overpriced beverage, which was a Mocha Peppermint thingy. It was pretty good. I purchased a few things at the Galleria in Houston (a massive mall), but the elusive “get away” dress remains unpurchased, and although a few that were really nice were spotted and even one (in the wrong color) was tried on but quickly rejected. One I really liked was $300 and sooo pretty, but obviously I wasn’t about to spend $300 on a dress. Not for something I wouldn’t be able to wear a lot.

Aaanyways, Mike and I are watching The 40 Year Old Virgin, so I’ll be back with more stories later most likely.