yesterday i went jewelry shopping. you see, i had this coupon (which expires tomorrow). and well, i was supposed to buy this thing for my sister...but i already bought her christmas present and i thought i'd look around for the one or two folks i still have to shop for. at the jewelry store. so uhh, while i was looking around i sort of bought myself a ring. with like these diamonds on it. oh, and also i got my hair cut.
so about this ring. i hatched a plan. since holly was one of the folks i was still shopping for and she just had a fit about buying herself a clearance coach bag i decided before i had a fit of my own that we'd make a deal. the recorded history will show that i bought her a coach bag for christmas and she bought me a diamond ring. we'll be married in the spring. (cough)
so now all i need to buy is an electric hamster. for reid. or a new hermit crab. but not a real hamster. unless i want to go there everyweek and clean it. which i don't.
matt was wavering on the no gift policy, because kevin told him i would kill him if he really didn't get me something. but really, i won't. i liked the going out to dinner plan. i have big plans for ordering dessert and everything.* we can enjoy something guilt-free and be totally relaxed while everyone else is flipping out in the parking lot of reny's.
i've been getting slowly more excited about christmas. mostly because i'm giving my tree away and i have no plans to decorate at all. i will bake instead. i think i'll make gingerbread cookies. i found a recipe for soft ones, like gingersnaps but with molasses.
i finally cooked and mashed the pumpkins, but i didn't bake a pie because cooking and mashing pumpkin in a blender is a lot of damn work. i will never ever do it again. ever. the cans are cheaper, cleaner and it takes so much less time i can't think of an appropriate fraction to really capture the drama. i heart cans. but, i did the martha thing and i have 7 cups of mashed frozen pumpkin in my freezer. hopefully it won't die there.

*sara orders two desserts, one for there and one to take home. she's my hero.