Simple Randomness

I’m Procratinating Big Time!!!

It’s official, I’m a procrastinator!  Here it is December 12th and I still haven’t bought any presents for my wife!

The other problem is that for other members of the family we are doing more of a homemade Christmas and I haven’t made those items yet.  Frankly, I’m running out of time!

Thankfully my wife finally got me a list of things to look at getting for her.  I struggle without a list honestly.  Then I at least have an idea of the type of stuff she would want.  There have been some years in our 6 years of marriage that I have really failed when it comes to gift giving, and I’m hoping not to repeat that again!

I remember one year we had all of our shopping done in October.  Man that was great.  I should really get back into that habit!

Christmas is On It’s Way - Where’s the Music?

I may have blogged about this last year, but have you noticed that in recent years you start to hear Christmas music earlier and earlier in the season?  It seems like last year I was hearing it in late October!

This year though I haven’t noticed it as much.  Not sure why though… are we all becoming a bunch of scrooges or something?

So when is it too early to start playing Christmas music?  Personally, I prefer to not start playing it until after Thanksgiving.  I think this is out of respect for Thanksgiving since it kind of gets over looked in that sense.  Speaking of which, is there such a thing as a Thanksgiving song?  There are lots of Halloween songs and Christmas songs, but are there any for Thanksgiving?

Now I do have to admit that on Nov 1 I got in my wife’s car and one of her preset radio stations was already playing Christmas music.  It caught me by surprise!  But it doesn’t seem as prevalent this year.  Not sure why…

Holiday Glasses!

To a lot of people glasses are just another accessory that you can use to enhance your style.  In fact, I remember I had a roommate that had a fake pair of glasses that he would wear at times.  What can I say, he was a little more into fashion than most guys I know.

But I know that there are a lot of people out there that will have different frames that they can use to fit their outfit, but when you think about it that can get pretty expensive pretty quick!

Well, this is another reason why ZenniOptical is great.  They have really inexpensive frames so you can buy a bunch of them to use with your wardrobe, and not break the bank doing it!

Right now they are offering a great selection of Holiday frames to wear during the Holiday season.  The way I look at it is that this could be a great thing to talk about at parties, and I’m sure that people will notice your new look over the coming months.

Now, just because I called them “Holiday frames” doesn’t mean they are all themed for the Christmas season.  Quite the contrary!  They have some with flowers printed on them, some with geometric designs, etc.  So no matter what your style, you should be able to find something you like!

Thinking Again About Christmas Photo Cards

I know I wrote about this awhile ago, but now that it’s November, I’m really starting to think more and more about possibly doing some Christmas photo cards as gifts this year.

It would sort of go along with my wife and I’s theme of doing a homemade Christmas this year.  Christmas cards are nice and really do give more of a person touch to Christmas, which is why we thought about doing a homemade Christmas.

Some of our ideas: I might make a duct tape wallet for my Dad and one of my brothers, and my wife has a few ideas that she’s working on as well.  All going with the homemade idea!

I also know that I’ve talked about VistaPrint before, and right now they have a special going on for Christmas photo cards.  A lot of the designs are half off!  And besides, if you’re really going to do Christmas photo cards you’ll want to get them done early so that people at least get them before Christmas!

If you’ve never ordered anything from VistaPrint before, it’s really quite easy.  They have a lot of predefined templates you can use to make things even easier for you.  So if you haven’t, check out there site and see what they can do for you!

Halloween Is Upon Us…

I have to first admit that I don’t really care much for Halloween.  Sure, it was fun as a kid to go around and get a bunch of candy, but after those years were over I lost interest.  But, there are some great memories that come from Halloween!

Trick or Treating

Here’s a tip for the kids: rollerblades!  We hit so many houses so fast when we did it this way!  It’s the best way to get around the neighborhood in a hurry and still look good in your halloween costumes. Just be careful that you don’t have one that’s too long or you might trip on it

Company Costume Days

About 6 years ago I worked for a company that really encouraged departments to dress up in themes.  One department was a group of pirates with their gold ‘booty’ (gold chocolate coins).  I can’t remember any of the other ones, but my department was Richard Simmons and his Fat Cronies!

Totally not politically correct, but when did I ever care about that anyway?  So we had the skinniest guy in the group dress up like Richard Simmons and then the rest of us wore sweats and stuffed them so we looked massively fat.  Then we’d all work out together following Richard’s lead.  It was a lot of fun!

For the Kids

Now I just do it for the kids.  It’s really cute to dress the kids up and see them get brave knocking on doors to ask for candy.

Have a great and safe Halloween!  If you need a good costume, check out HalloweenAdventure.com for some great costumes!

Halloween is a Dumb Holiday

Ok ok, I know that its a little early for this, but honestly I think that Halloween is a dumb holiday.  For some reason I was thinking about it today so I thought I’d write about it.

I thought it was kinda cool when I was a kid, but that was just because of all the free candy. That’s it, nothing more.

My real problem with Halloween is this: when did it become a ’sexy’ holiday?  I mean seriously.  I thought it was all about kids dressing up like little ghosts and witches and stuff.  But I think the movie Mean Girls said it best when one of the girls says, “Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.”  Sadly that is what this holiday has become.

For example, there’s this website called Costume Cauldron, and one of their keywords on their home page is ‘Sexy Adults.’  Even they are promoting the new sexy Halloween. Then on the home page some of the costumes that come up are ’sexy vixen pirate wench’ and ’sexy eskimo cutie.’  This is just retarded…

One thing I will say for Halloween though is that if you keep it for the kids, it still is a lot of fun.  Last year we took my son around as a monkey and he was totally cute. Toddler Halloween costumes are really cute, just because they are all about the fun of the holiday, not the bad side of it.

Needless to say, I would be totally happy if they didn’t have this holiday at all.  And sites like Costume Cauldron honestly annoy me.  But in the end, my kid loved it.  So for the time being I will still probably be involved to some degree in Halloween, just for my kids sake.  So I guess in the end there is still a need for these kinds of companies and sites.  But really, can we stop with the ’sexiness’ of Halloween already?

Maybe I’ll Actually Send Photo Cards This Year

I know it’s a little early to be thinking about this, but I came across a site today that does photo cards. My wife and I have never sent one of these out for any reason. I know that they are a very popular thing to do around Christmas, in fact we get several every year from people we know. But we’ve never done one!

The cool thing about these cards is how customizable they are. You can change what the outside of the card says, what the inside says, and use your own image. It’s a great way to send out some Christmas greetings, wedding invitations, and a number of other things, too.

By the way, the site I’m talking about is CardsDirect.com. They have a great selection of designs and styles, and if you don’t like the regular photo card idea you can also just get ones that allow you to slip your photo into a frame card. Personally though, I’d rather go with the full on photo card. I think they look a lot better!

I think the key is to have a cool picture. Too many of the cards I get from other people just have the family smiling at the camera. What if instead it was a picture of the family skiing, or bungee jumping, or something else original. I think that if I was to do a card like this it would have to reflect my family’s unique personality.

What’s Up With the Easter Bunny Anyway?

I have to admit that ever since I found out that Santa, the Easter Bunny, and all the other characters we are led to believe in aren’t real, I was always most curious about the bunny. I mean c’mon…a bunny that lays eggs? Seems a little weird.

Or maybe what really happens is that the Easter Bunny steals the eggs from the Thanksgiving Turkey and hoards them until Easter. Maybe it’s some long standing vendetta they have against each other. Who knows.

Honestly though, who came up with the whole Easter Bunny idea? I mean, when you look at some of the other characters like Santa, they at least somewhat make sense. Even from a religious standpoint you can kinda see where Santa comes from, especially when you think of him as Saint Nicholas. But the Easter Bunny? What does a psycho egg laying bunny rabbit have to do with what Easter is really all about - the Resurrection of Jesus Christ?

It’s official…this one has me baffled. Any ideas?