Sweet Dreams

Happy Easter! I can finally play Sims again! *dances* Yay!

But before going to church and beginning my Sims marathon, though, here's a new manga review. Somewhat appropriately, considering the holiday, it's about a woman who appears to comes back from the dead.

TITLE: Be With You
AUTHOR/MANGAKA: Takuji Ichikawa, Yoko Iino, and Sai Kawashima
PUBLISHER: Viz
RATING: Teen (13+)
CATEGORY: Josei
NUMBER OF VOLUMES: 1
SCORE: 6 (Fine)
RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF: Be With You novel, Be With You movie, Over The Rainbow, All My Darling Daughters, romance, mystery, supernatural

Link to "Be With You" Review

I don't know what it is, but, lately, I keep managing to buy things on sale without actually realizing that they were on sale. ^_^ Last Friday, Mom and I went to Wal-mart to get stuff for Thanksgiving dinner, and I decided to spend the thirty dollars I (finally) got for my birthday to buy the new Celine Dion CD and Josh Groban's Christmas album (both which are fabulous, by the way). They were both originally around $14, but when I got up to the register, I found out the Celine CD was actually on sale for $10. Then, today when we went back to Wal-mart after church, I decided to get a couple of cheap video games for my GBA: Castlevania (NES Classic) and a Pac-man cartridge with four different Pac-man games. Those were priced as being $15, which I already thought was a good deal, but again when they rung up, they were on sale for ten.

Man, I hope this streak lasts when I start buying Christmas presents! *laughs*

Just got in from the Easter Vigil at my church, where I was confirmed and had my first communion. The ceremony was long -- almost two hours -- but very beautiful. At one point, I was almost in tears.

It's funny, but even though my mom and my aunt called each other to make sure they didn't buy me the same gift, due to a misunderstanding, they both got me cross pendants. The one from my parents was silver with cubic zirconia accents, and the one from my uncle (who was my sponsor) and aunt was gold and diamonds. They were both beautiful, though, so I didn't mind. ^_^ Deacon Steve and Patsy, who were in charge of the RCIA, also gave all the participants a prayer book.

Afterward, there was a brief reception, where everybody kept begging me to join the choir, which was really flattering. I would love to do so, but since I wouldn't have a ride to practice most of the time, I doubt I will.

In other news, my sister (who wasn't able to come due to work obligations today and tomorrow) called Mom to tell her that it was snowing in Nacogdoches. Yes, you heard me. Snow. In Texas. In April.

Talk about a white Easter!

(And there's a slight chance it will snow here tonight, too, but I doubt it.)

I wonder what are the chances that this cold snap will hold on until next weekend, when we're going up to Nacogdoches for Laura's senior recital. Probably not good, but it would be cool if it did. ^_^

Why is it that every time I look forward to something, I always seem to be disappointed when the day finally comes?

I had been looking forward to our church's annual bazaar, the Czech Fest, for the past couple of months. It had been a long time since we had gone, and I remember that it used to be a ton of fun when I was a little girl. Unfortunately, it just wasn't the same. We only stayed for about twenty minutes or so, and out of the $25 Mom gave me to blow, I only spent a dollar at the cake booth. A dollar! That's how lame it was.

Well, it might have been fun if it wasn't so hot and Mom hadn't decided that she wasn't interested in any of the booths that required more than picking numbers and someone spinning a big wheel. Sure, I suppose I could have gone off and played the actual games myself, but Mom clearly wasn't having a good time, so when she suggested we go, I didn't argue.

However, the day wasn't a total bust. After we left the fairgrounds and got groceries, we decided to go to the grand opening of Cato's, which had just moved to a new store, and I got some cute new clothes. ^_^ The $24 I had left? Much better spent on a blue twinset.

(Another disappointment: The Astros lost their last game of the regular season, so they didn't make the play-offs. :( Oh, well, at least I don't have to worry about missing my favorite shows to watch them.)