Last night was my company holidae party and we did go in spite of the snow. Stubborn as I am I wore open toe high heels too. crazy Only about 1/2 the employees showed up and Matt’s head was spinning with all the names. We sat with Vlad and his very sweet and lovely wife Lucy. I won gift cards to the movie theater and all of us were given Soccer jerseys from our South American offices, which everyone was so excited to get. It did snow quite a bit so we didn’t stay too late, driving home was slow going with lots of cars in the ditch. But once off the interstate I suggested we take the country roads home so Matt could have fun in the snow. He’s such a boy

Matt was going to get called to work today so he gave me my birthday gifts early and he did a great job! He totally surprised me with the purple polaroid digital camera I was drooling over at Target. It comes with a silicon sleeve to protect it. The only downside is that it doesn’t have the lithium rechargeable battery like my HP but I still love it. He also got me a wireless mouse for my laptop. Mom got me two great silver necklaces that I can’t wait to wear. The Stephan’s sent me 100.00 which I spent on clothes at Cato yesterdae. Well clothes and some jewelry for the party. Misty is picking me up soon to take me to the mall and out to eat dinner. Dad always sends me money so that should be here in the next few daes. I know Misty’s gift is a holidae quilt that I picked out when we were shopping on Black Friday. I also got a gift card to Fashion Bug from my boss ;)

The line for Santa was amazingly short and relatively free of screaming kids! Took us about 15 minutes all told I guess and the picture turned out fantastic! I NEVER take good pictures and this chick nailed it in one take! 20.00 for 2 5x7s seems pricey but whaddya gonna do? I think mom and dad will get a kick outta of this picture. Course I scanned it so I would have a copy too.

If you want to see the picture you will have to register on my blog because I’d like to have some control over who sees this picture as my sister is in it with me.

Then we went to Chevy’s for dinner and then back to my house to open my gifts. She got me a copy of the calendar for NIE where we sponsored days for Phoebe and Chase to be on the calendar. She also got me two coffee candles -MMMM- and she of course gave me the aforementioned holiday quilt I picked out. And the icing on the cake?? She bought me the Martha Stewart Tree Skirt that matches my tree but that I wouldn’t spend the money on last year! It is sooo pretty I can’t wait to replace my cheapo one. Pics of that to come later as it’s too late and I am still sick so I gotta get to sleep soon.