Saturday, November 29, 2008

Christmas is coming...

Christmas is coming. How do I know that? Because yesterday I found myself in the car at five-something a.m. driving in the freezing cold down 80-East towards long lines without any hope of coffee, but with the expectant promise of 15-50% off!!! No, I was NOT one of those people who trampled that poor man in the Wal Mart in Long Island.

Who am I to complain? I got a 10.3 mp Kodak digital camera for eighty bucks (the 5 mp Canon one I bought a little while back was $120, so I think I made a steal), and...
A NEW GUITAR!

It's a gorgeous Fender Dreadnought--and I'm in love! The action's easy as butter.

It was $150 all together, with a two-year immediate-replacement no-questions-asked warrantee. Originally $150, it was down to $130 because of the sale, and the warrantee was twenty bucks. Come to think of it it was stupid of me to buy the warantee--this thing's not going to get a SCRATCH in the next two years, let alone get damaged beyond repair--the Rolling Stones I am not. But whatever--none of that matters, for I have found my new soul mate.

I'm selling Horatio. Cruel of me, I know, but I need money for a hard shell to keep...well, I haven't decided on his name yet, but to keep whoever-he-is safe.


Oh, yes, Christmas is also coming because we've taken...[*Beethoven's Fifth*] the dreaded Christmas Picture!

We literally had to take about forty pictures, between the dog jumping up and running away, people not looking at the camera, the baby crying and the little ones moving and making blurs...but we finally got a halfway decent one.


The final product:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great picture! Chelsey, I haven't even sent the Chorale invitations out yet, so how did you know about the party? You can come to Mrs. Prins' house. No problem. 12/29//08 at 7pm to 10pm. Please bring a dessert and/or munchies. Thanks.