Can you hear me now?

Well, I’m off to a good start on my New Year’s resolution. I generally don’t spend money on things unless I really need them. Every now and then I’ll buy a CD or DVD, but not very often. But, in following with my resolution, I’m changing that. Now … I’m not going crazy or anything, but I’m getting things for myself that I normally wouldn’t. First thing I did was get myself a new winter coat. The one I had was 3 or 4 years old (I can’t remember anymore when I got it), and I had gotten it at Fleet Farm. I got a new one on 31 Dec … a Columbia jacket. I’ve been wanting one forever. Most of the stores I went to actually had them on sale … couldn’t believe it. But I couldn’t find one I liked or that fit well. I wanted one with a removable inner liner. I managed to find one at Herberger’s. And it was 50% off. Can’t beat that. I got a $225 coat for about $120 with tax. But the only reason I actually spent the money on it was because I had my Christmas bonus money yet.

And the day before yesterday, I ordered the Mary Kay Satin Hands Pampered Hands set thingy. I went to a party with Robin a few weeks ago … a friend of hers is just starting out with Mary Kay. I got a couple samples of the Santin Hands Hand Cream and loved it. We also got to try out the Pampered Hands stuff at the party. I liked it. So I decided to get the entire set instead of just the hand cream. And I’m one who will buy the Equate brand lotions at Wally-world … I’m a cheapskate … LOL. I picked it up last nite and love it. I’m using the set in the mornings and in the evenings and the hand cream itself whenever I feel the need. I may end up getting a 2nd bottle to take to work and leave there if it works well. My hands are so dry … they need it.

And tonite I got a new cell phone. Okay … I didn’t really buy it. My provider is Verizon … and I was eligible for the “new every 2″ thing. I got the LG VX4500. I read some good reviews online last nite about it. I didn’t like any of the ‘regular’ phones they had, and most of the flip phones were camera phones. I didn’t want a camera phone. I’ve got a digital camera if I want to take digital pics. I’ve played around with it a little bit so far. I need to read the book to find out some of the other stuff. It doesn’t have the fortune teller thing like my old phone had, but oh well. I only played with that at the bar … LOL. I need to read up to see how I can get different pics on it for the wallpaper. I’m hoping I can just email it to my phone somehow. I don’t plan to go online with it even though it has the capability. About the only thing I would do is to download ringers. But I’ll hopefully be able to browse online with my computer to find what I want before I try with the phone. I don’t wanna waste my minutes.

Well … I need to go read the book. And I think I need to make supper too. We had pizza at work during our “fun hour” (it didn’t get there ’til about 10 min to 5pm though). Wasn’t hungry when I got home from the mall. I’m starting to get hungry now. There’s a pic of my phone in the extended entry. Not the best pic … I didn’t try very hard … LOL. But it’s a pic nonetheless.

Mood: amused