Ah the holidays. You have twice as many things to do and spend six times as much money compared to any other four-week period of the year. :)

Mom's b-day was on Wednesday. We had a nice spaghetti dinner at my parents' house to celebrate. I got her a new telephone for her computer/hobby room.

I'm proud to report that I am halfway done with my Christmas cards! And roughly halfway done with my shopping. Well, more like one-third maybe. I have ordered and received my gift for my Dad; Mom's gift is on backorder but will hopefully ship soon. I have gifts in mind for my sister and grandma, and I need to get a couple of gift cards for my cousins. Still don't know what to get for Mark G. Hmm, I guess I still have quite a bit to purchase...

Tonight I took my CR-V in for it's 15,000-mile service (a little late, since it's got about 16,600 on it now). Dropped some dough on that, and while I waited for the car I had the complimentary shuttle take me to Woodfield Village Green where I spent even more on a few things for myself and a stocking stuffer for my sis. I'll be dreading the MasterCard bill next month.

But hey! If the Lotto ticket that I purchased with four of my co-workers earlier this week is a winner, then my money worries are over!!! ;) We had a dollar left over after paying our lunch bill at Giordano's the other day, so we used it to buy a Mega Millions ticket with our birthdays as numbers. We've already started fantasizing about where we'll go for our first trip together as multi-millionaires. :D