I'm in love, I'm in love and I don't care who knows it!

Yes, I'm in love. I have finally found the one I will be with forever. My Dyson Animal vacuum arrived last week and it is HEAVEN. HEAVEN, people! I finally feel like my house is actually clean. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

The story of the vacuum began the week before Thanksgiving. Meredith and enjoy rug doctoring our carpets (another VERY satisfying cleaning experience!) every so often and she rented a machine and cleaned her carpets and then gave the machine to me to clean mine. Even though I vacuumed thoroughly beforehand, I was disturbed by how much hair (Sasha's not mine) the rug doctor pulled out of my carpet. There were literally handfuls of hair in the dirty water! So I convo-ed Mere and asked if she got any hair up when she did her carpets? None! BUT she has a Dyson Animal vacuum and I was using my increasingly unsatisfactory Hoover Elite Rewind. I'd been coveting a Dyson for some time but that experience sealed the deal. My Christmas present to myself (the single peeps out there have to take care of themselves!) would be a new vacuum.

Some Black Friday online shopping and a Kohl's secret sale led me to my wondrous purchase. I've taken pictures to demonstrate. And let me just say I filled up the canister three — THREE — times when I vacuumed for the first time! I was amazed at how much dirt it got out! It actually lightened the shade of my upstairs carpet! I could go on and on but I finally feel like I have successfully de-haired my house. It even pulled out long white animal hair! And none of the animals who live in or visit my house have long white hair! SICK!! But now, who cares?! The Dyson Animal will take care of EVERYTHING!

These pics came after vacuuming my living room upstairs. JUST my living room!! Incredible!

Also have to add a couple updates since my last entry. I'm very VERY pleased to say that my little business, Sunshine Girl Jewelry, is up and running! And even more astonishing, I've actually sold 2 baby bracelets to people in two different states! Amazingly Jamie in AZ and Muriel in SC loved my stuff on Etsy enough to pay me for it!! Totally awesome. The boutique was a great success as well, and I have all of my friends and family to thank! SO thank you thank you thank you to everyone for all the support. I enjoy making my little trinkets and am flattered that anybody likes it as much as I do. For now it seems like my business might actually be able to pay for itself — which is what I was hoping for! So if you're ever in the mood for some new jewels, I'd love to make something for you. Keeps me out of trouble.

I also went to Gaytopia, otherwise known as the Kathy Griffin concert. I know, I know. I have previously kept my liking of all things Kathy on the DL as she is quite foul. But oh so funny! We all have our guilty pleasures and her comedy is definitely one of mine. Anyway, LeeAnn and I went and the concert was great but it was also a cultural experience. 80% if the audience was homosexual. And I'm really not exaggerating. A lady who was sitting next to me with her boyfriend leaned over to me and said "I think we're out numbered!" Um, YEAH!! Understatement of the century! And everyone seemed to know each other! It's like they're all is some big club and somehow I happened to be in the same place. Or as LeeAnn put it, it felt like we were at their family reunion. Very bizarre. But funny!

Small update on the dating scene, I did actually go on a blind date with a normal boy. Thanks to Jessica P for the set up (my post about Man Boobs resonated as a call to action for which I am grateful). Nothing came of it BUT it was nice to realize again that there actually are normal single males out there. After the Kathy Griffin Cultural Experience it seemed like all the men were either crazy pervs like Man Boobs or gay. So it was nice to be given hope for an alternative. It gave enough fuel to keep my little hope torch burning. I'll admit it's a bit dimmer now than it has been before, but it's still burning! And for now that's enough.

So I'm soon to be embarking on my 33rd year of life! To kick things off in January I'm going to be thinking of the 33 things that make my life wonderful and the 33 NEW things I'm going to do next year. So get excited for those posts!!

Have to close with a couple pics of my cute little peeps who always give me hugs and make me feel like a million bucks! And THAT is awesome.

Chances are slim I'll actually post anything on here until after the holidays so Sasha and I are wishing you all the Merriest of Christmases and the Happiest of New Years!