I know this is capitalizing on others' misfortune, but today I'm happy about Mervyn's going out of business, which enabled me to score this adorable sheep-festooned flannel sheet for only $6.50 (cat not included).

Sadly the close-out nature of the inventory meant no matching pillowcases, but I do have other pillowcases.

EDIT: ScrapBook is being kinda wonky today, so you might get an error message when you click on the pic link above, but just keep trying if you really want to see the cuteness...

Let's see, what made me happy today (part 4 of 8)?

I didn't have to go to work! And, I got to play LittleBigPlanet with a friend, which is even more fun than playing by myself. We got some new stickers & costumes & stuff! I am a happy nerd!

Today, and pretty much every time I cook meat, I am happy about those 3-pound tubs of peeled fresh garlic at Costo. I love garlic, and pre-peeled individual cloves are so convenient.

Yum!

Okay, for day 2 of happy posts, I entered an online giveaway for a videogame and got a free copy of PixelJunk Eden. Which is actually something I was interested in trying out, so hurrah!

Also, my boss agreed to let me have Thursday & Friday off. Whoopee!

GRRRRRRRRRRRR I'm about to go postal on UPS. They twice promised delivery of a package and twice didn't show up and twice LIED about the reason it didn't arrive, because I was here both times that the tracker says I wasn't. I called them three separate times today trying to find out the status, the last time at 8:48pm (I remember the time because the customer service guy asked me), and at that point he said that the latest information he had was that the package was still on the truck. About forty-five minutes later I checked the tracking page again, and lo and behold, somehow there was an update at 8:36 saying that I wasn't home during the delivery attempt. Odd how that hadn't been there when I talked to the customer service rep TEN MINUTES AFTER THAT.

It wouldn't bother me so much that the package is taking this long if it hadn't originally been promised to me on Friday and then the company hadn't made up reasons why I'm not going to get it until (if I'm lucky!) tomorrow. I am so full of rage right now!!!

p.s. to hobbitgrrl, this isn't your iPod, so don't worry about that—I got it today and will send it tomorrow. Or not. Sigh. Or...well, still not, but...heh. Funny story there.

Well, I did it, I guess. I had an entry for every day of November. I must admit that I feel less triumphant about this than I might have hoped, possibly because too many of the posts were of the "I have nothing to write about but I am obligated to" type.

Still, it was an enjoyable experiment. I think what I'm taking away from this is that my life is not interesting enough for me to write about every day, but I do have enough to say to update more often than once every couple of months.

Obviously I'm not going to try to keep up this pace, since it didn't result in many quality posts, but having gotten more back into the habit I'm going to try to be back a little more often. Like, at least a couple times a month.

And if I slack off again, there's always NaBloPoMo 2009. :D

Thanks for reading & see y'all again soon!

Long day, tired.

Cop-out post.

But I did get some laundry done.

So, today I cleaned the bathroom, played some video games, and cooked dinner (Chicken Vesuvio—we don't do turkey).

And I put aside my usual cynicism for a few minutes and felt thankful for everyone and everything that I have. :)

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!