I am uninspired for a blog post lately. I know, I know, I just came back from a blog hiatus, so I should be full of great things to blog about. Sadly, I am not. My mind is consumed with all things Christmas, but I don't really have anything in particular that would be of interest. Hopefully I'll come up with something soon! Until then, a recap of the weekend.
I took last Thursday and Friday off work because it was Columbia Junior League's annual Holiday Market. I worked for JTT on Thursday all day- 9:30 in the morning until 10:00 at night. What a long day that made! I stood for all but maybe 30 minutes of that on a concrete floor. Yikes my feet hurt afterwards! Then Friday I went shopping with my parents at the market. I got a few Christmas things scratched off the list (I'm 90% done now!), but felt a bit overwhelmed by all of the people shopping. That is why I prefer doing most of my shopping online. I hate lines and crowds of people just wandering. Anywho.
On Saturday we played Auburn for the SEC Championship. What.a.joke. It would have been nice if our football team had shown up for that one, as we got KILLED. No really. 56-17 is a massacre in my opinion. Because of it, we got the royal shaft and were selected for the Chick-Fil-A Bowl (formerly the Peach Bowl) in Atlanta, GA. No New Year's Day Bowl for us now, and Florida and Alabama managed to get better bowls than us- so not fair since we beat them both head-to-head and had better season records (or just as good). But, it's all about the money, which makes bowl season not as appealing as it used to be.
Moving off my soapbox. We had friends over for the game and cooked fish stew (it's delicious, don't turn up your nose) and chili, so that was a good time, despite the loss. And on Sunday, I worked the market again from noon until we finished breaking down at 7. Hectic weekend to say the least!
This weekend we have a surprise party for a friend's birthday, but that's all that I know of, so I plan to get the rest of my present wrapping completed while WEG hunts and helps cook and get things ready for the party. I also have my Book Club Christmas get-together on Thursday night, but let's be honest, we're more interested in the wine and appetizers than the book.
Hope I have something more entertaining for you later in the week! Until then, bundle up and stay warm out there! (It's a high of 40 today in Columbia, which is downright frigid for us- and 18 for a low tonight...brr! I live in SC for a reason and this is not it!)
Oooh, sorry about the cold weather! That's one thing that I'm really enjoying about NZ!
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, that game? What a let-down! We were so excited to watch it and my in-laws were actually at the game, and then it was just embarrassing. Yikes. I told Chris that at least now we know that his being out of the country isn't some sort of good luck charm!
Good luck with your Christmas shopping - hope you get it all done soon :-)
That game was miserable. I do love some Chikfila though, so I'm not too upset about that bowl game.
ReplyDeleteYou should put the fish stew recipe up, I would love to know how to make that!
I was totally dissapointed in the game. Talk about a let down. Geez.
ReplyDeleteI'll see you around and have a good rest of the work week!!