Santa Came to Town....

Christmas was good here in the Burns House. Santa found us regardless of our move, and I had the BEST time watching the boys and their new toys.

Seth got the Autoblox Mini's, My First Batmobile (along with a My First Batman & MF Superman) a remote control car, a shake and go airplane, candy land castle game, ratatouille dvd, iPlay Rocket (this is SO CUTE!) and some other odds and ends and dvd's.

Lucas got the Sing and Go Choo Choo (the whole line!) a build a bear workshop Koala bear, his first Rumble Truck, a stroller tray toy, and a few other small things.

They both got a big ole wagon too.

Santa ended up leaving a letter thanking Seth and Lucas for his cookies, and told them to check the basement ... so we went downstairs, and the train table greeted them. Seth's excitement was just palpable, it was great!

Christmas Day was so funny watching him go between the 2 floors playing and alternating the toys.

I of course got my China Hutch, and under the tree was my black iPod Nano and armband. I also got my tradition of Rochere chocolates, and Nate surprised my with my own red space pen (LOL!) and a customized Starbuck's GC.

Nate got a bunch of PS2 and PSP games, some camping gear, a couple new shirts, and some gourmet coffee. It was a great day!

My Christmas dinner went fabulously! I still needed to work out my timing a bit. Everything was ready, except my beans took a bit longer than I thought.

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Yesterday was my mom's birthday, so we took her to the mall and we ate at Cheesecake Factory. Cuban Sandwich's all around.

So, get this....

My sister also came over for mom's Bday lunch, and we BOTH needed a pair of black dress pants. So we all go to the Gap, where they are having a great sale.

I've been a nice size 6 since the summer with all of my running, but b/c of my foot and the holidays, the 6 was too tight so I wanted the 8. There were no 8's out on the floor.

So in the dressing room I ask the saleslady to bring me a pair from the back, and she does. As she's handing me a pair of size 8, my sister comes toward the dressing room and asks the saleslady to check and see if she has another pair in the back for her, also size 8. The saleslady finds them, and hands them to my sister, who goes and gets in line. I poke around and find a pretty silver blouse, and then I go get in line behind her.

The cashier rings up Amelia, and her pants are $28. COOL! She pays and goes to the side to wait for me.

I get up to the front, and my pants are $50!! I shook my head and said that my sister JUST BOUGHT the same pair for half as much. So they compare skew numbers and it turns out that Amelia's pair has this tiny pink stripe on her waist lining, thus making them different lines. I asked for them to bring me a pair of the sales ones, and of course my sister got the last pair.

LOL! My sister asked AFTER I had asked, and she ended up with the sales pair.

I did end up buying the pair, but thought that it was insane, that the same pair and style of pants were so differently priced.

oh well!