Hobbit-ish Potpurri: Shop-a-holics Anonymous

Good Evening Humble Readers!

I hope you are all looking forward to a fun, restful weekend.  I know I am!  That's right, I've got the weekend off!!!  (Of course I had to specifically request it, way back in December, but hey... I'm off!)

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The reason why I have the weekend off is because one of my Beloved's nephews is getting married tomorrow.  He's the first of the (bio) grandkids to get married and it's a big big day.  It's going to be a pretty low key wedding (evening ceremony followed by a dance, no reception).  I haven't seen much of my Beloved's family in the last few months, so I'm really looking forward to connecting with them again.

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The wedding has led to a lot of shopping recently.  Shower gift (casserole dishes, kitchen towels, and a cookbook), wedding gift (bath sheets, hand towels, wash cloths, potpurri), new shirt for Beloved, new new shoes for Beloved... and then all the extras that I found along the way (including some Christmas presents!).

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One of the extras that 'fell' into my shopping cart is the very first little outfit for the Halfling.  It's a four piece little set, with a onesie, a diaper shirt, pants, and a jacket.  White with little snails and butterflies all over it, green for the pants and jacket.  And for a really good price too.  But I can't tell you how hard it was to buy it.  I almost put it back twice.  So, now, hanging in our closet (not in the baby's room yet) is a sweet little outfit for this Halfling that is kicking the stuffing out of me right now. 

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Work has been super stressful lately.  Our GM is on vacation (which delays a lot of decision making), and we are in the midst of our end of summer staff exodus (it happens every year at this time, to some degree).  This year the exodus is particularly hard hitting because we are having to fill some key positions.  And going into the critical holiday season we need the best of the best in those spots.  There are also a bunch of things that are just beyond our control (ie - the economy, the weather) that are making our jobs harder right now too. 

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Galactic Badness Alert!  My oven died two days ago!  I had used it the a couple of days before, and thought that it was taking a little longer to heat up than normal, but I didn't think much of it at the time.  I went to use it the other day, just to toast up a couple hamburger buns, and nothing happened... ARGH!  I have made sure that the timer didn't get turned on by accident, I've checked the connections on the elements inside and they all seem to be okay.  So... because I have exhausted my limited capabilities of fix-it-ness, we have called a repair man.  He'll be here on Monday morning and I am praying that it won't cost too much to fix.

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We are under ANOTHER severe thunderstorm warning.  Pretty much every three days now.  I just hope that tomorrow is nice for the wedding.