Novembering

I can hardly believe it's already November 12th as I type this, almost half-way through the month. It's crazy, how quickly we're barrelling toward the holiday season and a new year.  

It's dark, dismal, windy and pouring rain today, but until now we've had [mostly] lovely weather, more like October than November.

 

 

I haven't much beyond the daily routine to share, though friends R & C did pop up last Sunday for a visit, which was wonderful. I had two small boxes and one large bag of donations, which we dropped off at Talize, and C changed out a couple of light switches for me, which was much appreciated.

 

Then I had Monday off and tackled the huge stack of empty boxes in my garage, cutting them up for recycling. During the process I came across a number of things I had stored there years ago and forgotten about, so now I have a few more boxes to be donated. LOL.

Oh, this does remind that two weekends ago I actually went to Value Village, hadn't been in quite a while. I was looking for some fleece pullovers (not zip-up) and while those were in short supply, I did find two winter sweaters. However, I was aghast to see the huge jump in most of their prices! They had sweaters for $17 and $19, winter jackets for $30 and $33 (those that I looked at). Ridiculous! You can buy brand new merchandise at an end-of-season clearance for about the same price. I left feeling that there really would be no reason for me to return, at least not for clothing. (BTW, the sweaters I bought were $10.50 each; they would have been about $8 the last time I was in the store.)

 

 

Work is work and I'm counting down the number of [working] days until our holiday break: twenty-six for me, taking into account a few days off to use up vacation that I can't carry over into the new year. That seems like a lot, but they will pass quickly, as will our break!

 

In the meantime, I'll just do my best to stay out of trouble (haha) and will dream of early retirement.  :-P

Take care and stay well, everyone. Peace.