I hate Macy's

So Macy's brings some sort of improvement to Marshall Fields, right? Riiiight. Before, Marshall Field's sold the Raclette Grill I have wanted FOREVER and now that they are Macy's they no longer have it. Lovely. So, now I have all this raclette cheese and no Raclette grill. And the only merchant who sells one in-store is Williams Sonoma and it's $40 more than it should be there. Target sells some very nice ones but they are all on-line only and also kind of pricey. It's a rip off - it's a pancake grill with some trays. I might try doing it using a conventional stove and a non-stick skillet but I'm SO annoyed. I wanted to have this for Christmas so I can take it to my grandmother's for Christmas Eve dinner. I thought it'd be easier than trying to cook there or try to cook here and move food over, it's also part "entertainment" and definitely better than trying to go out. It's a good little way to make sausages (Brats or Polish or Keilbasa), little gherkins and stuff. I've been hanging onto this nonsense for quite awhile now.

I just might do fondue except I have lost so many parts to my fondue pot that I probably would have to get a new one anyway in which case why not just buy the damn raclette grill.

Anyway, lots to blog about really but again, no time to get it all together. Big Christmas work party tonight and i had to have my yard re-sodded. It cost an arm and a leg but my neighbors - whose yard I'm taking a picture of today - does not mow their lawn, lets their dog piss and crap in my yard and then their neglected weeds and funk infected my yard so bad that that the entire back half and side died and overran with weeds. I could have gotten a fleet of raclette grills for what this is costing me, not to mention the incessant spraying that I will have to have done to keep their weeds from infecting the new lawn. The upshot is, they guarantee this sod for life. Hopefully for my life and not the life of the grass, lol.

Oh I wish I bought a condo instead.

So, plenty to write about my St. Augustine trip. I might be going back up there soon to pick up some things that I got a rain check on (such amazing deals - 40-50% off CLEARANCE and sale prices!). What a great weekend city, so much nicer than I remembered it to be. The best part was because it was so cold it had this great wood-burning smell to it. I felt like I was in some odd blend of a Spanish British city. Which..I was.

Anyway - more later. Too much to do today..

Quote this famous Christmas dude:







BUSY BUSY BUSY!