My First Louis Vuitton

I got my first Louis Vuitton bag for Christmas.  I had been wanting one for a few months now and my husband surprised me with it for Christmas.  It’s a Speedy 30 model and it’s just perfect.  Once it gets broken in, the leather will be even nicer and softer than it is now. 

On the 23rd I went down to the Kodak Center on Hollywood and Highland.  I hadn’t been there since the building was completed.  It is just beautiful.  It’s weird how the parking goes down like 6 levels.  I can remember so well when they were digging that hole.  It is really a magnificent building.  Among many stores it houses a Louis Vuitton store which is where my husband made the big purchase.

5 days til Chirstmas

5 days til what I hope will be another successful Christmas in my family.  We do live in a time where keeping up with the Jones is part of life.  Most of the time, we are the Jones.  This year, our next door neighbors went and bought 4 brand new BMW’s.  They have 2 kids one about 20 and one 15.  He can’t even drive yet.  Legally anyway.  So I have to get past that, cuz there’s no way we are keeping up with that.  I mean it’s just kinda ridiculous, but if that’s what they want, great.

My kids don’t ask for much.  I feel an obligation to them to buy them things, so that when all of the other kids open their gifts, my kids won’t be done before everyone else.  I don’t really know why this is important to me, but it is.  This year the big purchases for them were 2 digital cameras that I got on Black Friday at Best Buy at 5:45am.  A Nintendo Wii for my son which I camped out over night at Circuit City with my best friend on 12/16 and a cell phone for my daughter that she has asked for.  All the other things are things like video games, cd’s, clothes.  Things I know they will like and need anyway.

Botox 101

I never would have imagined myself getting Botox.  Ever.  But I did.  I started getting these deep wrinkles in my forehead when I’d raise my eyebrows.  It was fine until I started realizing that even after I’d lower my eyebrows, the crease was still there.  I was so annoyed by that and for months it was all I saw when I looked at myself in the mirror.  I himmed and hawed about getting the procedure done for months, but then with my husband’s 40th coming up and mine shortly thereafter, I felt a mid life crisis coming on and decided to go for it.

I sat in the chair and was scared to death.  The nurse gave me an ice pack and said to ice my forehead for about 5-10 minutes and she’d be back in.  So, there was no numbing cream, just ice.  When she brought out the needle and gave me the first pinch, it didn’t hurt.  I mean really, it didn’t hurt at all.  She proceeded to move the needle around to about 8 different spots and really, I didn’t feel it.

When I looked at myself in the mirror, I looked like I had been stung by 8 bees.  Kind of like I had little peas under my skin.  I was so embarrassed to think I’d have to walk out of the doctor’s office like that.  Fortunately in a matter of about 10 minutes, the bumps were gone. 

The Botox took about 7 days to really kick in.  During the waiting period I’ll admit I had some anxiety about the fact that I had the bacteria in me that would be slowly paralyzing my muscles.  I was nervous thinking that it might soak through to my brain.  At that point it was too late.

Now, I’m sold.  I love it.  It is the way to go.  My husband says Botox is like pot.  It’s the gateway drug.  He has a point because I also had a Restylane injection in my ”smile” crease under my nose.  Love that too.  Scared to think what’s next.

My Blackberry

I just got a Blackberry 8700 from Cingular.  I love it!  It is so fun.  I love the little rolly thing on the side.  I love the way it rings.  I love the way it feels.  It is perfect.  I had a Treo before, but there wasn’t good reception with it.  The Blackberry is perfect for me. 

I recently started texting.  Texting is fun okay.  I am pretty fast at it too.  I like to text my kids sometimes instead of call them because it’s quicker and they can’t argue back as easily.  I can just say, “I’m coming to pick u up now”  and that’s that.  If they call me back, I don’t answer.  It’s pretty cool.

I downloaded Crazy by Gnarls Barkley as my ringtone…very fun.

All moms should have a Blackberry. 

Cadillac Christmas

So my husband surprised me for Christmas with a new car. I still can’t believe he did it. I mean, I had been bugging him for a while asking him to buy me a new car, but I really wasn’t expecting it until maybe the spring. He went completely on his own and bought it without me knowing about it at all.

Normally, I handle all of the finances in our family. My husband doesn’t like filling out any credit applications or taking time to do anything of the sort. All he likes to do is sign his name. Actually, he usually grunts about doing that as well. So for him to pull this off was pretty huge.

Anyway, I love my car…a Cadillac Escalade with 20″ rims. Pretty nice surprise.