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Joshua Radin feat. Ingrid Michaelson



First of all Joshua Radin + Ingrid Michaelson is absolutely one of the best combinations, possibly ever. They are both favorites of mine, and the other day I stumbled across a couple of duets and my initial reaction was "holy crap! this is amazing!" -- definitely something worth checking out. Now if only Sam Phillips would pair up with David Ford. (And Corrine Bailey Rae with Michael Franti...)

Moving on, I thought I was going to be working today and rejoiced upon receiving a call from my supervisor last night telling me I didn't have to come in if I didn't want to. I didn't. I have so much school stuff to get caught up on, and last-minute Thanksgiving stuff. I am going into work for a bit today, not to work but to *finally* buy my pots. I'm so excited, maybe we'll have some chocolate fondue tonight? :P We'll see. I'm actually not getting any pots for myself until next month. (Next month I'm getting a wok, and a saucier.) I am getting a fondue, mixing bowls, and a utensil crock today though. I'm getting my Mom a pot, and a skillet.

I think I'm discovering that as the holidays near, people are far more difficult. Night before last, I was due to get off work around 6:30 (which is when my coworker would've started closing the store and such on a sunday night) and a family came in at 5:15 and started looking around. The mother told me she wanted to replace all her pots and she wanted our brand. So I spent about an hour and a half with her, picking out pieces, switching them out, I gave her a good discount, and free shipping...then her husband walked in and told her she wasn't going to buy it all impusively and that they'd talk about it and come back, or call and order everything. By this point it was past closing time and they stood there and debated for a while longer. Such is the life of retail I suppose.

I do love the holidays though, I don't even mind the cold weather so much when it's accompanied with holidays. I spend SO much money around the holidays, for several reasons: #1. I love buying presents for people...not even christmas presents, just random gifts. #2. I loooveee winter clothes. I know it's ridiculous, but I honestly do. Scarves, boots, jeans, courdoroy pants, sweaters. It's my "thing." #3. I tend to get inspired to cook more, and end up buying myself random stuff like zesters and magic cooking machines. :P

While I love the holidays, I do try and pace myself...no Christmas music until after Thanksgiving. No planning for Thanksgiving until the month of November. (Although I did break that rule a bit this year, only because I knew I'd be working a lot and I wanted to make sure everything was done.) I don't know why I enjoy November and December so much, but I do. :P

Anyway - I have tons of other things to blog about but I really MUST get some chemistry done, put together a presentation, and then go pick up my Le Creuset! :D

More later,
-Lindsey