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I'M FREEEEEEEEEE!

Well, sort of.
I finished the paper from hell, that was in lieu of a final exam, but due before exams started -- STINK. Now I get to deal with three more weeks of retail hell, until the new year heralds in the slowest period of the year. HOORAY! Then I get to take a vacation!!

You have no idea how excited I truly am. I'm thinking BC, but New York also has my heart. Ideas?

The roommate & I went to IKEA, which I will refer to as CRACKLAND, because I can never leave that place without buying something. It's horrid, but delicious.. A love-hate relationship.
ANYWAY. I have a shiny new YELLOW ikea credit card, which I totally shouldn't have signed up for, but I simply couldn't come home empty-handed, & I really really really needed extra shelving in the apartment.

Another reason ikea is awesome? They sell real christmas trees! In pots! They last all year long! So I present to you our totally tacky, Charlie-Brown-esque first-tree-in-seven-years-for-me holiday tree:




IT'S SO GHETTO! I LOVE IT!!
[also, i'm totally manic from eating FAR too many candy canes. i have a cupboard dedicated to my reason for living.]