No Time To Blog! It's Cyber Monday!

No time for a real blog post today because I'm very busy online shopping.  I skipped Black Friday and stayed far away from the brick and mortar stores and opted to spend some quality time at the beach.  No regrets!

On Saturday, I purchased a new bike rack from a local small business.  I went on Tuesday and had them hold it and then called from the beach on Saturday to actually purchase it.  I am all for supporting small businesses when I can and I got it at 20% off which is the same if I had gotten it online at REI.

Yakima Holdup  Bike Rack

Next on the list, other than clothing items, is a Kitchenaid Artesian Mixer in white like this one.

The perfect thing to assist me in my yearly baking.

I am still looking, but I think I have found the perfect dress for our Christmas party this year.  More later!

Shop on!

Writing, Not Shopping

For all of those people out shopping today on Black Friday - Good luck to you!  Me, I slept in late and now I'm home with the Murph and the Boy and the Jazz cats and plan to do most of my Christmas shopping online.  No crowded malls for me.  I did the Friday after Thanksgiving shopping frenzy once and that's enough.  I was at the mall before 3 a.m. and did find some good deals, mostly gift with purchase type deals or more money off if you shop by 9 a.m or 12 p.m, etc.  Other than that, it just isn't worth it.  I actually bought more stuff for myself than I did Christmas presents and right now I am cleaning out junk, not adding it.  I have plenty of junk to pack when we move.  I still have furniture at my house that need a home and clothes from the 80's.  Besides I need to be writing, not shopping.

I have gotten a little behind in my novel writing since we moved back home from the beach.  I only have a week to go for NaNoWrMo (national novel writing month) and I am only half way finished.  I need about 25,000 more words.  For the next week writing is first priority, well 2nd after working out.  I want to make sure I have the 50,000 words by the end of the month to finish my novel.  I didn't realize how hard it is to come up with things to write about!  I'm halfway finished and I have written about all I can think of to write about.  It's time to get a little more creative.  I can do it!