Holiday season is here and the craziness begins... 

Holiday season is here and the craziness begins...

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I went to L.I. for the day. We went to the "club." I have relatives over there also so it was about 25 of us. It was nice and the weather was beautiful so no complaints. A few of us went to the Thanksgiving Day Parade but it was too early for me to go. You know, I wanted to sleep in or more like I needed to sleep in. So everything went well for me and mine on Thanksgiving. One of my fam is a doctor so for a Thanksgiving surprise he gave us all a flu shot. He says that there is a killer flu strain headed our way so he just got hold of this updated flu vaccine and he wanted to make sure all his loved ones were inoculated. Definitely a first for me. Let me know if any of you have family members inoculating you before your Thanksgiving feast. Now the craziness begins. I always mark the beginning of the hell-idays on Thanksgiving. Not only do all the shopping, decorating, and the "holiday" stuff begin, but the parties and events too. My cousin had her Sweet 16 Party last week. Now these female milestones have now become major formal affairs. Like miniature weddings. My little sister had one of them and she just had a Cotillion this past summer that was also a very formal affair. Do you know how many formal affairs I have been to in the last few years,(lets not go back any further than that because it would be a frightening number)too many for my liking. I totally understand weddings but everything else. Can you give a girl a break? I know many people that love to dress up when they have the opportunity to do so, which is usually around the holiday season,i.e. office christmas party. I on the other hand I am tired of it by the holiday season. And I get even more annoyed by the holiday season dress code. At least in my case. I will have to go to at least 3 formal functions before Christmas. And New Year's is still a toss up. So far in the last 5 years, I have gotten away with not dressing up for only 1 of them. I mean 4 out of 5 were formal. I was more excited about the one I didn't have to dress up for than the others. Actually I wasn't even sure what to wear that night! I know I am being bitchy about it but I am allowed to vent about it. It just adds to the whole holiday stress mantra. Tomorrow I have to go to the city to celebrate a relative's birthday. Thank god that's not formal. I am also in the middle of projects for school and finals coming up in about a week. So there's even more extra stress added on. But let's not forget though that I have been inoculated against the killer flu so that's one less stress on my mind : ) I gotta love my family. What are you gonna do? I guess just deal with the craziness and love every minute of it. Don't be surprised if you get a gift certificate to a good therapist for a consultation. I heard it's a hot item on everyone's wish list this year : ) Well, I will keep you updated from the forefront. Love and kisses....

Rosebud

P.S. Did you guys hear about the lady that got trampled by a mob of walmart shoppers over a $49 DVD player in Florida? She's still in the hospital. Isn't that crazy? I love walmart's comment on it-"we put a DVD on hold for her. we want her to still be a customer" They could of at least given her the DVD. Or maybe that's just me.....