When I told you about my chaotic birthday, it included Joe being gone all day putting out a fire, so to speak. Then, later I told you it all ended OK because when he was done, even though it was late, he talked me into going out and getting my AWESOME birthday gift anyway. Well, this is it. I’m turning into quite the computer geek lately and this was my combo Birthday/Christmas gift. 27 inches of Love. As far as combo gifts go, I’d say this one takes the cake.
I was tired a lot and had a little nausea in my first trimester, but I never really felt very pregnant. It helped when I could finally SEE it happening. It’s like week 19 hit and my belly just popped out! AND I could feel the baby moving around then too – that was cool!
I have my issues with Target. Namely, I know that this Oh So American appearing (maybe it’s the red and white?) company has taken jobs away from Americans and employed people in India with those exact same jobs. I mention it in my rant on the oh so unfunny and inappropriate “Outsourced”.
And then of course there are the Anti-Gay Donations that Target apologized for, but hasn’t stopped. Nothing says UN-American more than NOT supporting equal rights. Oh, and that reminds me, there’s a funny protest video regarding that. I’ll post it here after I get done with my current Target rant.
I’ve noticed the following at Target before: Usually when you buy in bulk, you get a better price, right? One would assume. But you know what that does. And it really makes an arse of you at Target where buying in bulk actually costs you MORE.
I’m sure they are hoping you don’t look at the price and just grab the bigger one, assuming there’s a price break. But there isn’t. You pay more. Here at the great American Target, you can buy 100 prenatal vitamins for $4.04 or you can buy 200 for $8.84. Nice, Target. Real nice.
Clean up your act, would you? I think I’m mostly disappointed because I liked you. You have a lot going for you. And none of us want to be forced to stop shopping there. But we’re catching on. One American at a time.
Oh, and here’s that funny protest video I mentioned – I give them an A+ for creativity:
What? I know Christmas is over, but I have until January 1st to keep it around. That’s my rule anyway. By January 1st I want all the Christmas decor back in it’s box for storage. It just seems strange to start a new, fresh year with a bunch of last year Christmas clutter!
We had a very (much needed) mellow holiday this year. The last two months have been especially busy and it was nice to only have one thing on the ‘to do’ list: Celebrate Christmas. We lit a fire on both the Eve and the Day. Ate cookies. Put the dogs in santa suits. Chatted with family. Ate some more cookies. Ate way too much stuffing and gravy. Ate even more cokies. And just hung out doing the Christmas thing.
I tried to make it a whole weekend of relaxing, but by 4:00 yesterday I couldn’t stand it anymore and I had to get busy. I did Pilates, laundry, errands, whatever. Anything to get me moving!
After the chaos of my birthday settled, it did end up being an OK day overall since I was able to fit in two fun things. A coffee date with a girlfriend around noon and Joe insisted we go buy my AWESOME birthday gift, even though we couldn’t go until 9:00 pm. I’m glad he talked me into it. I’ll tell you about it in a later post.
Yesterday another girlfriend invited me over to her house to celebrate my birthday. I told her it had to be a celebration of both our birthdays since she too was having one next week! She always puts out an elaborate spread of goodies with plenty of champagne flowing. Being pregnant, I had to pass, but she had bought me a bottle of non-alcoholic champagne, which surprisingly tasted just like the real thing! When it came time for tea (insert SIGH here) I had to pass on that too. No caffeine or even most herbal teas for me while pregnant. I’m being a good girl and following all the little pregnant instructions out there. So my cute little tea cup had to sit empty. But that’s OK because my cup is full right now in so many other ways.
