Busy Thanksgiving Week...

Well, crap. I did not mean to go a whole week without posting. I blame holiday busy-ness... So, quick recap of what I did this week.

Anyway, as usual, I put in a ton of hours at work. Worked an eight-hour shift on Saturday, during which I worked two birthday parties (and thus got to be the kid-cow twice), and did a bunch of other stuff, and it's all making me so tired.

Thanksgiving was nice...we got up, watched the parade, had lunch, prepared some food, re-watched some of the parade, and then prepped for dinner. My aunt and uncle came over, and we had a great time eating and talking and all that.

We celebrated with my dad's side of the family on Friday, which involved a deep-fried turkey and a ton of sides and desserts and everything, and just chilling out and hanging with the family, which was nice.

So, I spent my week constantly checking Ebay...I put a set of dolls and some of their clothes up for auction, and figured I'd be lucky if one or two things sold. Well, two things sold within the first day, and then all but one of my eight listings sold! I had five outfit sets, one pair of dolls, and two pieces of furniture, and by the end, only one of the furniture pieces was unsold! So, I made about 250 dollars just from selling all my stuff, which is awesome.

Oh! So, we're officially going to my aunt's in NY for New Year's, and we're officially going into NYC for a day. Because we stayed up until one in the morning Thanksgiving night (after all the turkey and pie and stuff) to buy show tickets. So, we're going into the city on Wednesday, January 2nd, and my mom let me convince her to let us see two shows, if I paid for the tickets for one of them, which I was so willing to do.

So, we're seeing War Horse in the afternoon, at Lincoln Center on 65th, which I am so excited about, because 1) I loved the movie, and 2) I cannot wait to see the puppet-work. And then, we're planning on having dinner in the theater district, and then heading the the Walter Kerr Theater on 48th to see The Heiress, which I am really looking forward to because of the cast. One of the actors from Downton Abbey, Dan Stevens, is playing one of the leads, opposite Jessica Chastain in her Broadway debut, and I don't think there's any question that we'll be hanging around afterwards to try and get autographs.

Um, I think that's all the news-worthy stuff going on right now. I'll try to post again soon...I have Thursday off from work, so maybe then?

Making Some Money...

Well, so I've actually got a few things to blog about, so yay!

Work has been crazy. Like, I worked Thursday, which was Spirit Night for Jefferson Elementary, so it was busy. And then I worked Friday, and Jessica asked me to drive to the Stanleyville Chick Fil A to get shake base and ice cream mix and forks. And Saturday was just, well, crazy. I was scheduled from 8:00am to 2:00pm, and I got there and Jasmine asked me to do a few things (cut lemons and make a few brownie sundae cups) and Byron asked me to make a gallon of unsweet tea and change the trash.

And then Sandra, one of our marketing ladies, asked if I would be interested in learning how to do birthday parties, and I said yes, so she showed me what the party applications look like, and how I should set up the dining room (there was a party going on that morning), and I helped her with that. I made drinks, and brought out food, and then made ice cream cups for the kids. And then I got to suit up in the kid cow outfit and go out to greet the partygoers, which was kinda awesome.

So, I'm now officially doing kid cow, so if y'all happen to stop by one day (like this coming Saturday, because there are a couple of parties going on), and the kid cow is out, it just might be me inside. Also, I got hugs from Sandra and a high-five from Mr. Moore, the owner, because I'm now doing kid cow.

Oh, yes, and Saturday was busy. There was some basketball tournament going on or something, so we kept getting bus-loads of kids coming in. I was working front-line for one rush, and then Tyler and I did dining room for the afternoon, which was insane. It was just a matter of maintaining the dining area - cleaning tables the moment someone got up to leave, restocking the condiment bar, taking out the trash.

Also, yours truly can still fit inside the tunnels in the playplace. Yep, I was cleaning the dining room and some lady came out of the play area to tell me that her daughter was up in the top part and was scared to come down. So, I climbed up inside, and helped her down the slide, and I spent the rest of the day laughing because it was just such a random thing. I ended up staying 45 minutes past the end of my shift, just so I could clean some trays and stuff like that. When I finally got home, we chilled for a bit, and then went to the mall for a few things before going to Coppola's for dinner, and then, I just basically crashed when I got home.

Today was fun. I got up, got ready, and then we went to the grocery store. We did our Thanksgiving shopping, picked up McDonald's for lunch, went home, put the groceries away, ate, and then I started on my project for the day, which was putting some stuff on Ebay. So, my mom and I put together a couple of pieces of posterboard, and I got to taking pictures, and then uploading, cropping, and editing.

And then, I finally started making my listings. So, in total, I had eight separate listings - one set of dolls, five outfits, and two pieces of furniture. The best part of the evening came when I listed a set of holiday outfits for the Bitty Twins I was selling. I got the listing confirmation email at 7:14, and by 7:17, someone had hit the "Buy It Now" button on it and it was sold.

So, I spent the evening listing things, and then printing the shipping label for my sold outfit set, and we'll be taking it to the post office tomorrow. And with one bid already on the dolls, I know I'll be selling them too. I'm hoping everything sells, both for the money and for the fact that I can get them out of the house.

Alright, so this week...I'm working Monday and Wednesday during lunch, and Saturday 8:00am to 3:00pm. Thanksgiving with my mom's family on Thursday, my dad's family on Friday. Other than that, not much going on, but I've got a mile-long to-do list, so that should keep me busy.

Working And Shopping...

Right, so I'm doing this now, so that I don't have the pressure to blog this Saturday, because I'm going to be working the next few nights, as well as Saturday morning/early afternoon.

Unfortunately, I don't have much to say, other than that I've been working. I put in just over 30 hours over the past two weeks, and am set to put in about 20 hours just this week alone, so needless to say, I've been busy with work. The highlight of my day today was Sylvia coming in, which was awesome! I love when I get to see a friendly face!

Also, the owner of the restaurant was in today, and told me that he was very pleased with the way I've been working, and that he's happy that I'm with the company, and that also made my day because when the owner notices, then you must be doing something right. So, today was a really good day.

Oh, I went shopping on Monday. I worked during the day, and came home to find a 40% off one item coupon from H&M in my email, good for three days only, so I convinced my mom to take my brother to the mall (we had to go to Pier 1 anyway to shop for ornaments), and so, I got to go shopping. I picked out a dress (see below), knowing that I needed something for the Chick Fil A employee Christmas party.

I wanted something a little more conservative than what I had in my closet, knowing that I'll be around my bosses and the managers and the owners and everything, and so this is what I picked out. Also picked it out because I won't have to worry about finding a necklace to go with it, because of the jewels on the collar. I always have trouble picking the right jewelry, so this helps a ton.

I'm thinking of wearing it with either grey or silver tights, and the shoes that I'm wearing in the picture (which I know you can't really see) - my grey heeled ankle boots. And with my coupon, a $40 dress only cost me $25 including tax! So, I'm pretty happy about that. (Also, I've noticed that I'm more likely to buy things now that I've got a consistent paycheck coming in every two weeks...gonna have to curb that habit.)

I think that might be it for now, actually. Well, I got something written, at least. I'm working tomorrow (Thursday) from 4:00 to 8:00, Friday from 5:00 to 8:00, and then Saturday from 8:00 to 2:00, so that should keep me nice and busy for the time being.

I promise I'll post again soon! I'm getting better at getting stuff written and posted...it seems like Wednesdays and Saturdays are better blogging days for me, so maybe I'll be able to start posting twice a week, which would be really awesome. :)

Has It Really Been A Week Already?

Ugh, where is my life going to? Another week gone by, and since when is it November? What is going on?

Anyway, I'm still doing this whole working thing. I'm tired...I've been putting in 12-16 hours a week for six weeks now, and it's starting to wear me down. Not much, but just enough where blogging takes a backseat to getting some sleep or kicking back on the couch for the evening. I've made more milkshakes than I can count, especially since Monday when we started selling the peppermint chocolate chip shakes again.

I've already seen a couple people I went to Hanes with (Maggie, Caroline, and Christine), and Mrs. Hudspeth was in last week. I've also seen my neighbor from down the street. And I've seen my mom's co-worker Jeannie out the drive-thru window.

Today was crazy, though. I went in at 11:30, worked the dining room until 2:00, took my break, worked the front-line register, restocked some stuff, checked on dining room, worked front-line, and then got asked to stay late because one of the guys was coming in late, so I worked front-line, did some bagging, some drive-thru window, some dining room, and then got to go home at 6:00 instead of 4:30 when I was scheduled to leave, but Jessica was so thankful that I stayed. She said I saved the day...lol.

Anyway, so I came home, had barbeque sandwiches for dinner, and then watched a little tv, cleaned Ella's cage, and then chilled out. Poked around on Ebay, and realized that I probably should make an account and get to selling my old Bitty Twins dolls and outfits, since they're all retired, and I could probably get close to retail price on all of them, especially with Christmas coming up.

Um, other than that, not much going on. Except trying to plan for our New Year's trip up to my aunt & uncle's in NY, and I have got to start looking at Broadway shows. And making a Christmas list. And getting that stuff up to Ebay. And cleaning my room. And...ugh, I've got so much to do.

More Music...

So, I think I promised more pop-based songs for this post, since my last one was so full of alternative. Although, this may turn into a hodgepodge of whatever comes to mind, not based solely in one genre.



Die Young - Ke$ha. I cannot get this one out of my head, and I have no idea why.




Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons. I love their sound...especially the banjo. And the lyrics (well, besides the obvious over-use of a certain curse word) are very pretty.





Skinny Love - Bon Iver. I don't really know where this one came from, but I love it because it's pretty. I can't decide if I like this one better, or the version by Birdy...they're both pretty.




Alright, I think that's all I've got for now. Expect a new post sometime soon. :)

Happy Halloween...

First of all, Happy Halloween. It is the end of October, and I can't figure out where the time has gone. Only two months until the end of the year...wow. So, another week gone by...ugh, what has my life come to? Apologies again...

Well, I hate to say this, but there's really not much going on. Other than work, and the occasional dogsitting or babysitting thing, life is pretty much the same. Everything's normal, which is nice...nice to settle into a routine.

The weather is killing me. Sticking your body out the drive thru window, even for, like, a half-hour stretch in the morning is so detrimental to my skin. My hands are so dry, thanks to 1) the cold, dry air, and 2) the stupid handsoap at Chick FIl A, which is probably industrial grade and has no aloe or moisturizers in it. Fortunately, you do stay warm at the window...they've got a giant fan/blower right above the window that blasts you with a constant rush of heated air, but it makes a ton of noise, so you have to stick your head out the window anyway to hear what the customer is saying. But anyway...

Other than that, not much is going on. We're obsessing over our fall tv shows. Monday is Revolution. Tuesday is Go On, The New Normal, and Parenthood. Wednesday is Criminal Minds and Modern Family. Thursday is 30 Rock, The Office, Up All Night, and The Big Bang Theory. Friday is CSI: NY. Sunday is Downton Abbey. Yes, we are way too into tv. Lol.

I think, in lieu of a long, boring, rambling post about nothing, I may just give you guys this, and then start on a music-based one for the weekend or something. Because, honestly, I don't have much to write about right now.

Why Am I So Busy?

Apologies again, guys. This work schedule is making me crazy. From the 11th of this month, I seriously have not had a day that I wasn't doing something until this Tuesday...house-sitting, family in town, dog-sitting, Chick Fil A, babysitting, more Chick Fil A, etc. It's insane.

So, basically, that's been my week. Nothing much to talk about on that front, other than the fact that I am busy and tired and am really looking forward to tomorrow and Friday, knowing that I will not be working. (I still have to sit with my mom's co-worker's grandmother Friday morning, but that really doesn't count.)

Wow, this is going to be a really boring post if I don't come up with something soon. Um, yeah, I really don't have anything to talk about, do I? Well, then I guess this is just going to be a really short post, and I'll make it up to you guys with a better post when I have more to talk about (aka, when I actually have a life).