The last "free" weekend is officially over. From now until Christmas, I am BOOKED. The next three weekends are almost entirely spoken for. Sometime in there Angela and I also have to find a weekday evening with "good" weather when we can go see the Festival of Lights at VanDusen gardens. Also, I will need to fit in some quality time with Iain and Jen during their visit from Ontario.

The weekend of the 20-21st, I have three Christmas parties to attend: Friday, Saturday, Sunday. This begins with our office party, which is likely to meet or exceed my liquor and raucousness quotas for the month. Hoh boy.

So anyway, it's a damn good thing that I am pretty much finished all my Christmas shopping. I may feel the need to grab a couple of small things, but I can basically get them when I'm on my lunch break from work (thank you Pacific Centre). I resolved to get shopping done early this year, and it has panned out *pat pat on the back*.

But the best feeling is knowing that there are going to be some folks who will be absolutely thrilled with their gifts. Giving really is the best part, and I can't wait!

Now all we need is some snow...