by Kat
Well, I ain't dead. I've been *loving* my new job, which keeps me plenty busy, and my new gym, which kicks the pants off of the old one. Somehow I managed to put on what the scale says is 15 lbs after the marathon (it lies, I assure you) sippin' on carbs and... carbs, so I'm working my ass off, literally. Oh holiday season, I loathe you.

On my spare time I've been writing more or less once a week for the Seattle Weekly, which means going to plays galore! I'm on "beat" for the 365 Seattle project, which premiered tonight and is going to be truly wacky and unique to follow. Plus, it lasts a year... hooray spare job security! And all the money I get from the SW is pocket change so it makes for more fun weekends.

I've blown lots of my SW cash on fun toys. I picked up a gorgeous little black dress at a local boutique and some classic black slingback heels. Mmm, high-end fashion. I also just got a new digicam, the Canon SD700 IS, for quick snapshot use. (My 20D is just too big and too valuable to take to parties.) The bestest present I got myself is a gorgeous pair of Peruvian Opal earrings and a matching necklace. It seemed fitting, since is my birth stone and I got them for my birthday.

I'm feeling flush with $ at this new job, and while Justin is flat broke, I/we're trying to make an effort to donate to charity this holiday season. I've got my ass covered by a 401k for the first time ever, and obviously I've been "wasting" cash on nonessential goods, so it makes sense to give something to someone other than myself. We went trick-or-treating on Halloween with the vow that we'd give a quarter to charity for every piece of candy we got. I wish I'd thrown that in the face of the one bitter old lady who told us in no uncertain terms that we were MUCH TOO OLD (guess what? there were no other trick-or-treaters!) and proceeded to give us candy anyway. My work will match charitable donations up to $250 so it's doubly awesome!

My addiction to Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II (which arrived in the mail today) has been eating up my evenings, also filled with Netflix films and a small smattering of WoW. As I've been getting up at 6AM (rather, trying and failing to) I find myself with a common affliction: not enough hours in the day.

Soooo... that's why I haven't been around much. At least it's for positive reasons and not for broken hands or worse. I hope with this update that I'll feel more caught up and back to posting every day or so. I might even attempt the Flickr 365 pool to post some more photos of myself since I have so few. We'll see. Off to bed for now!

Posted on November 13, 2006 @ 10:48 PM | 5 comments

Comments:

Awesome for donating to charity. We are giving our parents gifts from World Vision this year as they don't need anything whereas giving chickens to people in underdeveloped countries is much needed.

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Blogger running42k, at 4:08 AM, November 15, 2006  

Yeah, I'm hoping to curb the holiday ridiculousness this year too. With three sisters and a whole host of relatives, it can get stupidly spendy.

I like to get people gifts, it just takes so much time and energy on top of money when they can't be specific as to what they want!

By Blogger Kat, at 10:19 AM, November 15, 2006  

YAY SD710! I want one of those or similar model too. I might get it if I get the job I've been pining after... While I'd like to keep living like we are in order to save a nest egg, I think we all deserve to "waste a little cash" if we have the opportunity after having just gotten a new job (salary raise, or bonus)!

Sooooo... gonna post a pic of you in the dress and heels? :-)

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Blogger Lazy Lightning, at 6:34 PM, November 15, 2006  

Prolly after thanksgiving, since I'll wear it in DC. :)

By Blogger Kat, at 9:36 PM, November 15, 2006  

Boy, I know who I am going to come to for special treats when I am a poor social worker living in a box on some street corner ;o)

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Anonymous allie, at 11:17 PM, November 15, 2006  

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