I Got New CDs!!
Yes, I know, I’m being a nerd/dork/idiot, but I don’t care. I got new CDs. 
I am a huge music fan – if you didn’t know, I am a HUGE music fan – and so new CDs are like – the best thing EVER! Again, yes, I know I’m a nerd/dork/idiot. It’s just the way I am. So what did I get?
- Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
- Three Days Grace – Three Days Grace
- Nickelback – Curb
- Nickelback – The State
- Casting Crowns – Come to the Well
- Third Day – Move
- Sara Evans – Restless
- Celine Dion – The Collector’s Series Volume One
- Madonna – Bedtime Stories
I bought Three Days Grace, Avenged Sevenfold, and Casting Crowns. LaShawn bought the other CDs for me. She also bought me a new CD holder. I have 327 CDs just in my “regular” CD holder (a brand new 352 disc holder) and I haven’t counted how many in my “Christian” CD holders. 
I have a ton of CDs – but LaShawn actually has more CDs than I do. o_O
Of course, LaShawn bought herself more CDs than she bought me, but still – I have new CDs to listen to. I am a happy girl.
Saving Money on Shoes
When I get the money to be able to buy new tennis shoes (having to wear only New Balance, and having to wear them in Men’s, not Women’s gets expensive), I usually try to make sure that I can get the best deal on the shoes. We have a few different shoe stores here and while I often hit up Famous Footwear, the past couple of times I’ve been considering going into Finish Line.
I’ve gotten a few finish line coupons from friends via e-mail, but I just don’t know if I want to deal with it. First off, some shoe store employees (Shoe Carnival, I’m looking at you) give you weird looks if you are a woman and asking to see men’s shoes *and* trying them on yourself. Other shoe stores (Footlocker, I’m staring at you) will insist on sending you to Lady Footlocker, stating that they have nothing for you there.
That being said, I do try to go where I can get a great deal and if I have coupons next time I go, I might just go ahead and give Finish Line a try.
I Get No Sleep
I have written before about my insomnia on this blog, but to be honest, I’m starting to think LaShawn sleeps for both her and I. Seriously. I so rarely fall asleep quickly and I wake up quickly when I do fall asleep so I’m just thinking that she sleeps for both of us.
Now before my mom passed away in 2005, she used to tell me that I was always this way – that nothing they did could get me to start sleeping and sleeping when I should. Of course, now they have all sorts of pills to make you sleep when they want you to and be awake when they want you to. Myself, I think it’s stupid to take pills to be “normal” just because what is normal for *you* isn’t normal for everyone else. I’d rather sleep during the day and be awake all night than deal with all those pills.
I’ve asked for a sleep study before, but my doctor just looks at me and says he thinks it is because my pets sleep with me and tells me to keep them out of my bedroom. I can’t do that because the cats’ food is in the bedroom. I could move the cats’ food, but they are used to the food being where it is and I don’t want to change it on them. They don’t handle change well.
I don’t show any of the normal sleep apnea symptoms so he doesn’t believe I have sleep apnea, he just thinks I’m not getting a good night’s sleep because I have pets in the room with me. *rolls eyes* I’m surprised he doesn’t tell me it’s because I’m fat!
I Might Just Get One
For those who know me well, you know that I have long been opposed to having an e-reader. I am not a big fan of not having an actual book in my hands or actual pages to turn. I have always loved the look, feel, and smell of real books. 
But lately I have been reading a lot of e-books on my computer and via an app on my iPhone because I find it easier (and in many cases cheaper) than purchasing all those regular books.
Now I’m not saying I am going to go out with my tax refund and buy e readers canada or anything like that, but I am considering the possibility of getting one. I just don’t know what kind to get. I mean, I have a Kindle app on my iPhone, I use Adobe Digital Editions software on my computer, and I have a friend who has a Nook. But then there is also the Sony Reader to consider. There are so many e-readers to compare that I don’t know which one to consider.
Any suggestions?
