go figure.

now that i'm ready to upload my photos, the nasty "your startup disk is full" message has returned and decided that my desire to blog about the vegas trip with the inclusion of photos is doomed. ah well.
[that should explain why i'm asking for an external hard drive for christmas.]

upon reflecting on the trip, i really have little to say. i think that's why i was hoping to include photos of victoria. :]
my mom picked her up from daycare on monday, and we took her shopping. we also decided based on her attraction to our necklaces, that she likes tiffany jewelry. we warned my dad about this, and he had a good laugh.
on sunday, i was able to meet up with deepa for a couple hours. we went to town square. it was my first visit to this particular shopping area, and i really liked it. they have a smaller martin + osa than cherry creek in denver, but it's a martin + osa nevertheless. it's very spread out, and there are living spaces above the stores. oh. and there is a cupcake stand and a very yummy yogurt shop. what more could you ask for? when i told james about it, i added that i wouldn't mind living there. :]
we visited town square again on tuesday so that victoria could have her photo taken with santa. it was a pretty good santa, but unfortunately, the photographer was unwilling to wait for victoria to smile before she took the photos even though there was no one in line behind us. oh well. the resulting photos were still pretty cute.
we didn't do a whole lot else besides shopping and eating. we did had dinner at lucille's on tuesday night, which was obviously a highlight.

in other news, my studio calico kit arrived today. i'm in love it with once again. i actually like the kit way more than i imagined. in fact, when i was looking through the goods, i was more inspired to scrap than i have been in a long time. hopefully, the feeling will reoccur when i have time to scrapbook again. maybe this weekend. we'll see.

i also attempted some christmas shopping today. i made a similar attempt yesterday, but i came home with one bag. and wouldn't you know the bag only contained a shirt that i purchased for myself. ha. today was a bit better. i again came home with just one bag, but this time it contained victoria's gift. i've resolved that my parents will get a "new year" gift because a. i don't want to haul the gift to denver and back and b. it probably won't be done before we leave for denver anyway. now i just need to figure something out for my sister and brother + amanda. i'm considering waiting until i get to denver to purchase my sister's gift. i have a few things in mind, so it shouldn't be too difficult. i do need to figure something out for paul and amanda rather quickly so that i can get everything in the mail though. eek.

i better get going. it's nearly one in the morning now. where did the night go?
early tomorrow morning, mom and i are heading to the airport. i've not packed my bag yet, but my laundry is in the dryer, so that's a good start.
perhaps my computer will randomly find some disk space by the time i get home so that i can upload and post photos. otherwise, i'll figure something out. we can't have too many photo-less posts around here.
goodnight. :]

p.s. i was just scrolling through my old posts and when i saw the photo in this post, i got sad that i no longer have long hair for the first time since my hair cut. i guess that it took quite a while for that feeling to come. but i'm about to go blow dry and flat iron my hair. i'm sure that i'll once again be glad the length is gone when i finish the process in half the time. :]