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Oh man, there are just too many cute things to buy these days, and too great a need in my life for retail therapy right now.

After I left work on Saturday (yeah, I know...WAH!), I went to Stanford Shopping Center to unwind and see if I could use my $35 worth of gift card at BR--I ended up not using it, but buying some sexy Siu-style stunnah shades at Macy's. I say "Siu-style" because these aren't really the huge glasses that are in these days--those types suprisingly look okay on me, but I'm just not hip enough to pull them off. In any case, the ones I got are just trendy enough to make me not look like an old lady, like my other super-conservative Ralph Lauren sunglasses do. I rationalized the purchase by telling myself that I need these babies for Vegas, baby, Vegas!!! Which is in only two more weeks!!! WOOOHOOOO!

Over the weekend, I also went American Idol crazy and bought myself the Carrie Underwood CD and the new CD from Elliot Yamin, who, after Chris Daughtry got booted off, should totally have won over Taylor Hicks and Katharine (barf) McPhee.

In the end, though, I think my favorite purchases of the weekend were my two little egg pet plants--one chickie "Nyokki" and one lavender "Eggling." Look at how cute these guys are!!!

I can't wait for them to arrive in the mail! The Nyokki come in all different kinda of animals, like piggies and monkies and froggies, and the Egglings also come in a bunch of varieties (different herbs, veggies and fruits, and flowers). See? So cute!!! I think these'll do a great job of brightening up the office, and they'll keep me company during the sucky times that I have to work on the weekends. I had also considered buying a Taterpot (basically the same thing, but in a potato-shaped cup with a cute face) but then decided I should probably make sure I don't kill these two first.

BUT! Don't think that all I did this weekend was work and take my frustration out on my credit card! I also

* Finally watched "Borat," which was about as funny as I thought it would be...not VERY, although it had its moments, and

* Played basketball with Demian...although I use the phrase "played basketball" very loosely, since I totally suck now. Still, it was lots of fun just to work on my form and run around flailing my arms to grab errant balls (if you think I'm exaggerating, ask Demian!!!)...there was lots of exercise and laughing involved, which are pretty much the best things you can do for your body. Except now I'm hungrier than I've been in years (I just can't get full!!!) and I can already feel my muscles tightening...damn, I'm weak. Hopefully we can make this more of a regular thing so that I can get back into shape.

Anyway, Top Model reruns call...have a good week, y'all!

Hey...that rhymes!