Christmas eve started with lunch with my dad and Gretchen at Little Tokyo in Mt Lebanon! There is some tempura shrimp, white tuna, red tuna, and scallop sushi... I don't remember the fancy names, but it was alllll amaaazing! Then for dessert we had, I think it was Mochi, in green tea and red bean flavors! I could eat there every day. Even the hot tea was dee-lish.

Then my dad showed me how to make long island iced teas!

Then we made a billion sprit cookies with my grandma's recipe!

Then we had an amazing beef tenderloin, which is basically a giant hunk of filet mignon!

And then a night of present opening and A Christmas Story!

I got a great collection of Wok cooking things, ingredients and a special hand me down copy of Creative Wok Cooking, a book that my dad has had and cooked from since I was little. Real special! I can't wait to cook the recipes I grew up with inside! I also got that cute yellow magazine rack from Gretchy from etsy, and a metal mushroom tin recipe card holder!

So, this was a very great Christmas to finish off 2009, which happens to be the best year ever!

I got these cute fabric sets with the money! The top one is yellow themed adorable stuff arriving from Japan. The bottom set is gonna be a mixed up surprise from California; the picture is just an example of what fabrics I could get. It'll be a yard (in weight) of different fabric remnants starting at at least 6 inches wide! That is perfect for pouches. Can't wait!

cottonblue^ on etsy

luckykaerufabric^ on etsy

So I'm celebrating with catching up on dishes, cleaning up my pile of homework next to my computer, and vacuuming. All while incorporating lots of coffee and watching ghost hunters. Haha. Then I'm gonna make some new pouches, and try crocheting or knitting some cute head bands with a cute button or something attached.

Last but not least, we have dinner reservations at 7pm for The Green Forest Cafe tonight!! If you don't know about this place, please. familiarize. yourself. meat. on. swords. http://www.greenforestcafe.com/


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On an unrelated note, I really want a black pug!
found on weheartit ^

I want to just stay home all day and make cute things. I wanna sew, work on my g'sqz blanket (which is only about 12 5x5 squares so far), finish knitting the several hats I have going... who needs a job, a seasonal job, and four classes??? Well, I'd keep going to class... although i'm into never working again! hah. But then I wouldn't have money to keep buying all the adorable gifts for my pals and family (and myself...) on etsy like I have been doing, oh, we'll say every day for the past week!

and at least i have finished one pretty yellow hat recently!

http://cathiefilian.blogspot.com/2009/12/create-vintage-style-holiday-wreath.html