Where did all the $$ go?

Holidays and me are not a good thing. I feel all fun and fancy free, not a good thing to my bank account.

Minneapolis was good, though. Still disappointed in Torrid though. Once again they barely had any t-shirts there. Grr. I still managed to get a few more at other locations, but still aggrevating. Otherwise, I made a TON of purchases. I spent all my money down to my last penny (the money that I brought to the United States that is).

We only ended up spending two nights in Minneapolis, but that was ok. The casino was kind of sucky. I ended up giving them money and getting nothing in return. Boo to them. It was just unfortunate that the casino was a smoke-filled environment, but still other wise really good. Plus I was carded by this really creepy security guard. I could not get away from that guy soon enough. He was your typical 'dumb' american. First of all he thought I was a boy (yes, it's true) and then he almost asked me if I knew the other Canadian at the casino. Weirdo!

Albertsville Outlet mall rocked, as per usual. I found all the items I desired and then some. It was great. So then we were supposed to head to Fargo for the last night, but my dad was in some weird mood and decided to keep going to Grand Forks. In the end it worked out well. We even stayed at a different hotel than usual. The C'mon Inn. It was really nice. The rooms even had DVD players and then there were close to 6 hottubs in a waterfall pool area. It was really nice. I'll definitely stay there again, that's for sure.

Arrived home and had to pay for Kali being spayed. Yes, she finally lost her chance to be a mommy, and it did not come cheap. I was quoted one price and apparently it was not even close to the price I ended paying for. But she's doing super well, so that's great. Actually if you didn't know she's had the surgery, you wouldn't be able to tell. She's just as perky as before. I was surprise by this when we picked her up at the vet. I remember when we picked up Sassy and compared to this time, Kali was the extreme opposite. I'm thinking it has to do with their ages at the time of spaying, but I'm not sure. Oh well, now she's spayed and licensed so it's all good. She's definitely mine now.

To make matters worse I felt the need to increase my already large DVD collection with two more items, to the 3 dvd items I purchases within the last week. I am now in the possession of all the 'National Lampoon Vacation' movies, 'Wonderfalls' the tv series, 'The Munsters' tv series, 'Anastasia' (old movie- fifty some years old) and finally 'Arrested Development' Season 2. I think I may be addicted to purchasing DVDs. Yes I admit it. Whether it's old movie, new movie or tv series, if it interests me I will buy it. It's problem. I need help, major dvd purchase help. Yikes! I actually did hold off on purchasing more dvds, thank goodness.

The only bad thing about vacations, is all the eating out. Sure it sounds good and tastes good, but it's sooo bad on the body. I feel like such a lump of potatoes it's disgusting. Unfortunately I am still slated to go out for dinner next week. Salad here, I come!

So all and all, I had another good week of vacation. Now I just need to find out if I have to book the rest of this year's holidays this year or if they can be used next year. If they must, I need to book those before the end of the year, depending on my replacement. Here's hoping. Then after this, I shall commence the planing of a great trip to a faraway land. Woot!

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[mood] - lumpy
[book]- ummm not sure what i'm reading any more
[listening to]- 'wonderfalls'

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