Post Christmas Adventures

Christmas is done and now we are nearing 2014.  Tomorrow brings my return to work but only for Monday then Tuesday and Wednesday off for the holiday before back to work on Thursday.  Will be rough returning for a full week!!

Christmas Eve and Christmas were very enjoyable, spending my time with both my sons and Michael. One of the gifts I received from the boys was the Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary book - lots of stories and trivia behind the movie.  And, although we had agreed not to give each other gifts, Michael surprised me with not one but two snow globes - a glittery 2013 holiday globe and another red robin lighted globe. 

Most of the rest of the week was spent back and forth between Michael's place and mine.  He had a doctor's appointment on Thursday for which I tagged along; upon meeting one of his long-time doctors, I proceeded to klutzily spill a cup of water all over my pants and into my purse.  Not a fun experience wearing wet jeans for the morning!  In addition, my purse was filled with loose cough drops; the spilled water mingled with these drops and it was a goopy, sticky mess.

After returning home Friday morning, I made a return trip to Portland on Saturday so Michael and I could cruise to Spirit Mountain to test our luck.  This casino seems to be Michael's hot spot; although I did make a small win, Michael made a coup.  We didn't stay long and  upon our return to town we picked up Chinese food, eating to our heart's content before we drifted off to sleep.

Returning home this morning, I made a pit stop at the Gresham Target to see what type of Christmas bargains were in store.  Sadly, the markdown price was still at 50% so my purchases were few.  I swung into the Woodland Walmart on my cruise home; still at 50% there, so the only after-Christmas purchase I made was a holiday dog toy for Stubbs.

Today I dug through my purse collection in order to switch out my sticky purse for a clean one.    Because I'm not good at thoroughly cleaning out my purses before putting them away, browsing through my purses is like a walk down memory lane.  This one contains a Quinault casino information booklet from our last trip there; that one a lost box of Altoids; and another one holds one of my favorite lip glosses I thought I had lost.  It's always a treasure adventure when I switch out to a different purse!!  This also may beg the question, according to a survey, that purses are dirtier and more bacteria-ridden than a toilet!!

Here's to a quick and painless Monday!!!