some awesome stuff

well, it's the Christmas season once again. while i do celebrate the birth of Christ as our savior, i don't buy a tree or send out cards. however, i *do* partake in stuffing my face with many seasonal food items: gingerbread cookies, peppermint bark, peppermint ice cream, mary ellen chex mix, pumpkin roll, and... boiled custard.  so, i didn't give it much thought until a few weeks ago WHEN I COULDN'T FIND IT IN ANY GROCERY STORES IN DENVER, but apparently it's a southern thing. maybe you already knew this. anyway, today after work i went on a mission to King Soopers and put a request in at the customer service counter for them to acquire boiled custard and sell it to me. 

if you need more info on boiled custard here is a previous posts about this delectable holiday dairy treat: http://agurley.blogspot.com/2008/11/maybe-next-year-chron.html

and here's my lunch from the other day. food service worker cindy gives me extra if i want it. you rule, cindy!

$3.50, bitches.

my favorite non-reality tv show on these days is workaholics on comedy central. if you're not watching it, you should be. it's incredibly crude, which of course, makes it funny [to me]. its about three guys who are both roommates and coworkers. they hate their jobs and spend a lot of time getting drunk & smoking weed. that may not sound like a great storyline, but trust me, it's brilliant. and again, it's totally crude - if you like always sunny, give this one a try.

i heard a story on npr the other day about financial literacy programs in some colorado elementary schools. i'm not just talking about wants/needs, saving, and interest. some classes were learning about roth IRAs, taxable income, managing real household expenses, etc.  i love the idea of educating younger children about this kind of stuff. maybe these kids will become more fiscally responsible adults.

if you want your hands to feel great and smell like fruit loops cereal, buy the grapefruit & bergamot hand cremé by kiss my face. it's expensive so i don't buy it often, but it's good, and it will totally trip you out how it smells JUST LIKE fruit loops. yum.

one of the awesomest things i've ever purchased is a water bottled called a hydro flask. i didn't know how awesome it would be at the time - basically i just thought i was buying a souvenir water bottle from the masters golf tournament - but it's the miracle bottle. keeps cold water cold in a hot car for hours & doesn't sweat. also keeps hot liquid hot in a cold car. amazing. i usually only fill it with cold water, but last week i filled it with hot chocolate and stashed it in the car all day while we were snowboarding. it was darn cold in the car, but the beverage was still hot when we got back. ahh...it's truly the little things.