I’ve got an empty stocking, waiting to be filled. …
After a three-hour lunch break with IKEA Boy, I need a nap. We hit Wally’s and Petsmart and CVS. I bought Maddie some small Xmas gifts — a Garfield placemat that says “My mat,” and “Feed me,” some Garfield chew toys (which she will probably eat, like she eats all of her other toys — although one of the toys is hard plastic — heh heh) and a new porcelain food dish that has Garfield inside of it, and on the outside, it says “My bowl,” to match the placemat. Unfortunately, I ran out of money, because I had also wanted to get her one of those catnip-treated mats that warms up with her body heat, and I also wanted to get her one of those automatically filling water dishes — as she loves the bathroom sink so much, I thought it would be a good simulation when I’m not around. Maybe I’ll get those after I get paid, or maybe Mom will get them for Maddie (her only grandchild). Next time I scrub the kitchen floor, I’ll give her the new stuff right then — I’d hate to drag all this shit to Pittsburgh and have her lose it there. 🙂
Bleah. While I’m not looking forward to making the pilgrimage to da ‘Burgh, I look forward to seeing Mom, Susan, Lori and now Leslie (yay! Ireland comes home!!!) I’ll probably stay four nights, so I’ll have to cram a lot of activity in. Mom is disappointed that I won’t be there to go Xmas shopping with her, but I promised her we’d hit the after-holiday clearance sales. She really wants to get me something special for Xmas, but I know she doesn’t have cash to spare, so I told her she can take me out to the mall and let me pick out a couple of outfits (I think she was aiming for a digital camera or a new cell phone for me, but those are purchases I’d rather make with her or by myself). Maybe I can consider the digital camera, if I find one at a good enough price, but I’ll insist on paying at least half of it (what the hell — I’ll catch up on car payments by NEXT Xmas. lol)
IKEA Boy and I are talking about attending Xmas eve mass at the National Cathedral and then seeing the National Tree. The church’ll probably cave in, when the two of us go in there together. lol. A digital camera would sure be cool to have, to record the holy site sinking into the earth and brimstone flying like fireworks.
As for the last “random survey” entry, I’m going to wait another day or so to see if I feel like calling G3 back. I had no problem with him personally … the disappointment occurred with the, um, lack of fireworks for me. When I don’t have raccoon eyes, bedhead and I’m not hanging from the ceiling fan at the end of it, I get a lil disappointed. IKEA Boy says to wait and maybe let him redeem himself. 🙂 We’ll see. But I’m not going to put all my eggs into that basket — I’m still hoping for someone *else* to ask me out, and believe me, I’m trying to meet other people, too. Shan says that having five guys in your life is perfect — one to fit your emotional needs (that would be IKEA Boy), one for your sexual needs (OK, still searching), one who will take you out and make a nice bit of man jewelry on your arm (that could be G3), one who is handy around the house (um, that would be me. Damn) and one more for going out and having sidebursting, silly fun with. RK claims to be all of the above, but I’m still miffed from hearing (from him) that he had a date two weeks ago. However, he crawled out of the shadows yesterday to chat, so we may give him another chance if we’re so inclined — after all, I’d like to see if that claim can stand up in court (or in cunt, whichever cums first!). 😉