The Mommy Talks

Anyone going shopping tomorrow? Perhaps I should. I won a whopping $27 in the lottery on a scratch off ticket (which I never buy) when I went out to get the newspaper this morning. Go me! Can't complain about that--I never win anything! So between that and the $18 that I got back at Children's Place yesterday when I noticed that some items that I got a couple of weeks ago were less expensive. I've ALMOST made money this holiday. But you'd have to ignore the new tv and Christmas gifts that I bought. Speaking of the new TV. We (or rather I) decided to take it back and get a less expensive model. We now have the Samsung LN40A500--in case you're curious. Then my dad went and bought a 50 inch plasma. Mind you, he paid less AND the picture is better. Hmph. I'd take back my TV yet again, but I can't fit a 50" in my entertainment cabinet and the smallest they make is a 42" which would be about an inch or so too big for my cabinet. Then we'd be getting into the cost of a new piece of furniture to sit the thing on and frankly, ug. I'm not going to think about the TV any more.

Moving on, Thanksgiving was good. We all got together at my parents house. Ava only ate turkey and Nathaniel boycotted dinner altogether. He finally settled on a cup of mandarin oranges and some graham crackers. There is certainly no accounting for taste, but there is little point in arguing with a 19 month old.

I'm considering braving the crowds for a bit of shopping tomorrow. I may limit it to K Mart since they have a few things on Ava's list. I also have my eye on a Blu Ray player from WalMart, but I think that's going to be pretty in demand and WalMart seems like a nightmare unless I happen to get up really early. We shall see.

Ava is awaiting the arrival of her Elf from Santa. Have you heard of Elf on a Shelf? I haven't read the book, but the gist is that Santa sends out an elf (or two) to keep an eye on the kids in the weeks preceeding Christmas. They look out for things like beating on your brother or sassing your mom. I suppose they keep track of the nice things too ;) Each night, they wisk their report up to the north pole while you are sleeping--then in the morning (if mom and dad aren't too lazy) you'll find them in wacky places throughout the house. I heard about this from some of the mom's at Ava's dance class and it sounded like fun...so I guess we have a new tradition. I thought the elf that came with the elf on a shelf kit was a little spooky looking, so I got these from Amazon.com instead. Link to the Elf

Here are the Elves that I got:




And here is the kit elf taking a trip to Wal-Mart:


Ok, when you take him to WalMart, he does look pretty cute. ;)