Hey guys I haven’t been on in days! And since writing is my therapy, let’s just say Ive been a crazed lunatic lately.

It finally snowed in NYC, which is pretty bittersweet. On the good side, it looks so pretty when it falls. On the bad side, NYC sucks with cleaning up the streets so we are stuck with snow mountains on the sides of our cars until it melts. I have since come up with my own invention to solve this little situation.

I created a truck in my head. You know, like a garbage truck. Instead, this one will pick up snow. Once it picks up snow from one whole block, it will melt it in the back. (Im still not sure if I want heaters to melt it, or little elves turning and turning it)

After the snow melts into water, the truck will dump it in the sewers. And the NYC residents will live happily ever after. Well, at least until I invent some kind of gadget to solve traffic. But hey, it’s a slow progress.

The problem with my invention is that all of it will need funding. So either I have a huge bake sale, or I just give it up. Or, I could sell my invention! Thats an idea….

Anyway, Christmas is around the corner and I have everything done! I am usually a procrastinator, so its a huge accomplishment for my head to still be on my neck right now….That is, until it’s time to pack for my hometown! I will be headed out next week and I cannot wait! I love spending New Years with my Mama!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

It’s the time of year where people are grateful for family…the season of giving, a celebration of the birth of Jesus…..but mostly, the time I can put my favorite hobby to practice. Shopping!

There is nothing I would rather do. Shopping to me is such therapy. The smell of the stores when you walk in, ahhhhh.

Brand. New. Things.

All waiting to find a new home, and although I have little space in my NYC apartment, the season of giving makes me want to do the right thing, and give these items a new home to live in. It’s only the right thing to do, right?

So there I am, admiring all the shiny things I’d like to purchase. The only better feeling is the plastic card I’m carrying with Mr. Right’s name on it. Aisle by aisle, I slowly push my cart and make sure I’m not passing up a life long friendship with any of the perfectly packaged items. They’re all so pretty, and even though I may not need these things to survive, I feel like I love them already. “Love at first sight” has a whole new meaning.Then it hits me. “Stephanie, you’re not shopping for yourself, you are supposed to be buying something for others.” Sadly, I take out my list. And continue shopping for the people on my list.

“This sweater is nice. but what size is she?” “This medium looks small, but if I get a Large, will she be offended?”

“Now, what to buy a guy?,Tools? Clothes? Beer?” Ugh, shopping is way more difficult when its not for me.

After the 2 hours I spend in the stores, I speed to the checkout counter. And of course, there are only 3 lanes open, with lines stretching to the middle of the store. The lady in front of me has her snot nosed kid with her, who seems to like shoving her finger through her nose, and what looks like up to her brain.

The man behind me huffs and puffs like he’s late for dinner with the President, and then it happens. “No”, I think to myself. The cashier picks up her phone, and presses the intercom button. “Oh no, not now. Not when Ive just waited 15 minutes in this line.”

She opens her mouth and blurts it out, impatiently. “I need an approval”

The customers in front and behind me throw their hands up, frustrated. I look in my cart, and think “are these items THAT great? ahhh, forget it”

I push the cart over , and walk out……

Online shopping, FTW.

‘Tis the season…..”