Wasn’t sure I’d get a chance and go out to the mall to finish off my Christmas shopping, but I did!! It’s all wrapped and placed under the tree next to all the gifts my sister and parents bought. Now it’s just waiting for my other sister’s gifts to be placed there as well. I’ll have to take a photo of it all together before everyone digs in and looks for their gifts.

We’ll be opening our gifts tomorrow night on Christmas Eve. To be honest, I can’t remember a time when my family actually opened our gifts on Christmas morning. I think we’ve always done it on the eve before. We do this whole party too. My mother goes all out with cooking some Portuguese favourites, plus she cooks seafood by the bundles so everyone will have enough to eat. Half the time, we have leftovers of shrimp, crabs, lobsters, muscles, and even clams….yes…she cooks all of it. LOL. Afterall, we are celebrating. HAHAHA.

This year should be lots of fun though. My nephew is old enough that he can open his own presents, unlike last year where he was just a month old. So it’ll be fun to see him dig in as well and feel the Christmas spirit. He already knows “Ho, Ho, Ho”. He even repeats it sometimes. Plus, he smiles whenever you put on a santa hat.

He knows that the presents under the tree are for opening. I caught him opening one before and had to snatch it before he saw what it was. Ironnically, he grabbed one that was labeled for him too. Hahaha.

But yeah…Christmas should be definitely fun this year!

So, when is your family opening gifts?? Christmas Eve or Christmas Day??

I made the plunge and decided to get myself an iPod. I was going to get an iPod Nano but decided not to at this time. So I went with the iPod Shuffle because of some features it has.

• 2GB
• up to 480 songs
• small and light
• clip onto clothes
• easy to use
• built in battery
• 12 hours of battery life

One of the main reasons I decided to go with the iPod Shuffle was because of the clipon and how easy it is to just clip onto your shirt, pocket, jacket, etc. I love the simplicity of it since I’m hoping to join a gym soon and can easily clip it onto my shirt and listen to music while I work out.

Of course me being the most awesomeness sister, I ended up getting my sister one too. She wanted the turquoise one, while I got the silver. It was on sale at FutureShop.ca for only $59.99 which is really great! So now I just have to go pick it up sometime today since I selected to have it picked up instead of shipped to me. Saved me $10 there especially since I have a Future Shop location near my house. LOL!

The first thing you see when you enter my house, is the big grandfather clock my mother has in the hallway. It’s over 25 years old, looks brand new, and still works as if it were just bought yesterday.

Amazing right? I think so considering it’s age and the fact that it actually still works after all these years. If you are looking for the perfect house warming gift or just a long lasting gift for someone, consider getting them a traditional grandfather clock. They do make a remarkable presence in any home.

If you are looking for a great place to get clocks from, you may want to check out 1-800-4clocks.com. They have SOOO MANY that you can pick any style, price, and brand. The clocks found there are made with the highest form of quality as you can see from any photo. The photo I have shown in this post, looks exactly like my mother’s clock. If you’re not looking for a grandfather clock, they also have wall clocks and mantel clocks.

Like I said, there is a large variety that I’m sure you will find that perfect one for your home. Plus, don’t forget that both Mother’s and Father’s Day are coming up and this could make the perfect gift!!

Check out 1-800-4clocks.com for grandfather clock and much more!!

I’m a little stuck with ideas on what to get my mother for Mother’s Day. I’m actually nervous about it because it’s only a few days away!! I still haven’t even talked it over with my sisters either. *sigh*

Maybe I’ll just go for something easy such as flowers. I know that 1800Flowers.com have perfect mother’s day flowers available. They also have gift baskets and other goodies that you can send to your mom as well. Not to mention everything is on sale too!!

Hum…*thinking*…maybe I SHOULD get her a gift basket with lots of goodies of her favourite things! That sounds like a plan to me!

Can you believe that Mother’s Day is literally next week?!! Geeze…months do fly by because I have yet to get my mom anything yet. I’ve been thinking about things she needs or wants and have come up with a few things. Maybe a new cookware set (which is what my dad suggested), summer clothes, or even some kind of electronic.

I’m thinking maybe a Casio Digital Camera like this pink one shown in the photo off to the side. Why a digital camera for my mom? Well, just last week I bought myself a new pocket digital camera because I needed one small enough to fit in my purse so I could take pictures on the go. My mom really enjoyed the simplicity of it and wanted one of her own. Hence, why I think a digital camera may be a great gift for her this year.

Right now you can save $83 off the original price by buying it at 42Photo.com. That is awesome!! Plus, they even have accessories for the camera such as memory cards, camera bags, tripods and even cleaning kits.

My mom might need some of those as well which is great because you can get it all from one place for great prices. Check out 42photo.com yourself!!

I just love getting emails where it says something like, “Your item has been shipped”. Seriously, I’m estactic right now because of what I ordered. My father was watching tv a few days ago, and he saw this awesome juicer that he thought would be nice to have. So he mentioned it to me and I went to check it out on the web.

We ended choosing to get the deluxe one because it was stainless steel which would match with everything else in the kitchen. So I made one payment over the web so I could get a free $65 value of other neat stuff too. So today, I received the email confirmation that the item is being shipped. I can’t wait to get it!! You can see in the photo off to the side of what I’m talking about. It’s the Jack LaLanne’s Power Juicer Deluxe.

Also, check out the this video below of how it works. Beats anything else I have ever tried.

I bought two new movies a few days ago from Ebay. This one seller that I buy from always has new releases that are sealed and approximately $10 off retail price. It’s really amazing. I buy from them all the time and they are in a neighbouring city too which is great!!

I’m hoping to receive the two movies I ordered sometime this week. That would be awesome if they came sometime later today. I would be ecstatic since I have no more movies in my house that I haven’t watched at least two times. Yup…I’m that much of a movie buff and have over 200 store bought dvds.

The two movies I bought the other day were “I Am Legend” starring Will Smith and “Enchanted” starring Amy Adams & Patrick Dempsey. I can’t wait to watch both of them!!