Just because you think I won't do it...

It is always so infinitely easy for me to find stuff for myself while I'm Christmas shopping then gifts for others. I think next year, I'm just going to spend all the money that I would normally spend on presents on ME. Okay, not really, but MAN was I seeing a lot of stuff that I wanted today. The lines were absolutely ridiculous at the stores. Perhaps next year I'll actually start a bit earlier. (Not going to happen.) Online shopping hasn't gone much smoother for me this year, one of the gifts I ordered was out of stock, another order was canceled. NEITHER company bothered to send me an email telling me that I wasn't going to be getting my shit. So, of course I didn't find out until it was too late to order someplace else/ something different. Ugh. I am starting to get to the point where I can call myself done though. I might pick up a few odds and ends, but the bulk of this nightmare is over. Now on to wrapping. Shit! *Bangs head on wall*

In other news, I am completely and utterly stoked. Nine Inch Nails is coming to town, and I am GOING. Hallelujah.

I am going to have 3 weeks off of work after the holiday. Our christmas vacation is being extended by a shut-down because the Jeep plant we supply to is expanding. This would normally be phenomenally good news, but it's kinda tempered by the fact that I am only going to be paid for ONE of those weeks. I'll get vacation pay for the first week, but then I would normally have to depend on Unemployment. The only problem with THAT is, Unemployment somehow managed to screw up and over-pay me by $600 when I was laid off from Alcoa. So now, until that money is made up, I get no unemployment compensation. Bastards. Somehow I think if they had UNDER-paid me, I would just be S.O.L now. Oh well. What are ya gonna do? I took some money from my 401k to cover the house payment, so I should be okay, but it is going to be tight.