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Dec.19.2012 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Thanksgiving is a distant memory now and Christmas is just around the corner. The Christmas lights are up, new outfits are ready for your usual rounds of Christmas parties, the tree is decorated, and Christmas carols are playing on your MP3 player. After all of the running...	Nov.18.2012 Confessions of a Borderline Shopaholic All right, here we go, another confessional blog. I confess that the most literary thing that I've done the past week is to shop for books. And not just books. Well, Christmas is coming, after all, but mostly I simply couldn't resist the sales. I live in a fairly remote place where there are few...
Dec.06.2011 Christmas 2011 - The Decorating Christmas 2011 has begun and yesterday I was successful in tossing a bit of the holiday decor around our house. This is what my music/game/formal living room looked like before... Sunday afternoon I climbed into the attic and chose only a few items or boxes that would be necessary in this...	Dec.04.2011 Buy books for a good cause Admit it, you haven't finished your Christmas shopping yet, have you? Are there any book lovers on your list? I might have a few ideas for you, then. But one idea I definitely have is that you should come to Left Bank Books in the Central West End on Saturday, December 17, from noon to 2 p.m. and...
Dec.05.2010 Overspending: A Tale of Christmas Past It may be hard to find the silver lining in the economic downturn, but the recession has given me at least one important gift: It has cured me of my shameful habit of overspending at Christmas. For years, I've vowed to cut back and spend less -- and every one of those years, I failed utterly....	Oct.26.2009 Tuesday: it's less exciting than it could be A couple of things this week - I'm now sitting in a whole new place in the living room. Having had a minor fit about being SICK TO DEATH of being in the middle of the dining room-living room where the kids can dump their crap ON MY DESK, and bug me constantly from the kitchen, and the dining room...
Sep.23.2009 Drowning....in catalogues It is ninety-two days until Christmas! How do I know this? Without looking at a calendar? Simple! I am, once again, drowning in catalogues. Every day's mail brings another two, three, or more catalogues. The box where we put them is overflowing despite the fact that I have thrown away many of...