Telemarketers

Most telemarketers are totally harmless.  But lately, there have been people calling saying that there is something wrong with my computer, it's been infected by a virus and it's IT folks claling to do a Windows cleanup .

I didn't fall for it because I did hear about others who had fallen victim to this crime (basically they get charged $200 on their credit card for a service that never happens).  That's a good chunk of money to part with. 

Instead, I just lead them on.  I make all these sounds like I'm very worried/scared about the whole situation.  Then I start asking them if they can specify what virus I've been infected with or from what site.  They can never tell me.  

Then after I've had my fun and games, I tell him my husband is a techie and I know they're a fraud.  Click!  

Well, if these types of nasty telemarketers are going to waste my time, I'm going to waste theirs. 

Curtains

Honestly, it takes me and my husband years if not a full decade to decide on certain things for the house.  The one painting we have that we quite like took us 12 years to find.  Climbing Everest might have been easier. 

Now the question is curtains.  Ones that block out a ton of light or ones that are the sheers curtains that let in some light?  Pros and cons to each.  

And then even if we figure out what type of curtain, then it's the colour.  I might retire before we actually decide.  

Christmas Cards

This year, I opted for smaller Christmas cards.  Nothing too fancy.  But definitely smaller.  

So, I wrote out all my cards.   As many were being mailed, made sure I had everybody's addresses on them properly.  I was happy that I had them all done, ready to be sent out.  I had some packages too, so I thought I'd send all the mail and packages at once.

Imagine my surprise when I showed them my stack of letters to be sent out and the said I didn't have enough postage.  I had those special stamps that had a P on it which should have allowed me to send my mail regardless of what the postage cost was.  

The issue was the size of my card.  It was considered too small.  In order for the post office to deal with those cards, they needed close to triple to postage.  Are you kidding me?  It's smaller, not tiny.  They're smaller, but not atom sized.  They're smaller, not so small you can't hold it.  

I was choked...all that time for nothing.  But then, I'm not going to rip off the stamps and buy new cards.  I'm going to a mailbox tomorrow and just dumping them all in.  I've already warned people they may not get their cards.  But here's hoping that they do!

Rings

I have obviously been married much too long.  I was at an appointment the other day and I happened to pick up a wedding magazine.  Those are always fun to look at.  See new trends, party ideas, pretty dresses and whatever else that goes into a wedding.  

Then I noticed that every ring seemed to have a designer behind it.  For example, scott kay bands.  They were quite a few designs and some were very pretty.  

But I guess what hit me was that I didn't realize how many name brands there were for rings.  Holy smokes...mind blowing.

Glad I'm not getting married anytime soon.  I don't think I'd be able to make a good choice on rings!

Guitar

As I mentioned the other day, I went to my kid's Christmas concert.  One of the "highlights" was the band playing.  I've been in band and I get that we all have to start somewhere.  None of us were good in our first year.  We just deceived ourselves into thinking that we were awesome. 

Because kids are not great in their first year, the equipment shouldn't be great either.  Why spend a gazillion bucks for an instrument they may like or may continue with.  If they like it, they can work up to better equipment.  For example, start off with a used electric guitar and work your way up to affordable fender jaguar. 

But hey, that's me.  Some parents want to start off with the best for their kids.  To each their own.  

Wallets

Should I go with one of those plastic or one of those leather wallets.  Maybe even pleather or fabric?

I always have this conversation with myself when it's time to look at new wallets.  Do I really need one right now?  Probably not.  But because I'm working downtown, I have more opportunities to just window shop.  Lots of good sales too!  Maybe too many.  

But I'm not seriously looking for a new wallet but it's time to start.  I know.  Such drama over something so tiny.  

Christmas Play

It was time for the Christmas concert at the local school.  Both my kidlets were in it.  Wasn't sure what to expect this year.  Last year's was AMAZING as they had a person come in and coordinate everything.  It was honestly like a Broadway play.  So good!  I wanted to buy the music.  

But this year, they went for the performances from each class.  The band had some issues because there were some songs that took me until the middle of the song to figure out what carol they were playing.  They were so keen that you couldn't help but clap and be proud of them.  The younger kids are adorable whatever the heck they do.  Lots of cute reindeer kids, cute elves, and good singing.  Overall, it was great and the school kids were cute!

Little sad that my hubby and youngest ended up not going to the concert.  The youngest couldn't perform.  Talk about rainbow yawns!  My goodness.  That kid was sitting by the toilet quite a bit just in case she had to vomit.  And when she did, it was pretty "awesome."  

Since I'm the camera bug, I went.  Was sorry to miss my little one performing as she totally practised.  But the other kid did well.  She played Jingle Bells on the ukulele.  

Another year, another concert.