... is what my last entry is full of. Decided to delete the blogger account, seeing as I was completely uninspired to update there. Having an established blog is fun; starting a new one is not. I don't know many people on blogger, there are no cutesy graphics, I don't know how to work anything, I have no patience for building things from nothing, yada yada... it's gone.

I'm still feeling conflicted about livejournal. I'm starting to think that after years of sharing everything about my life online, perhaps I need a break from public blogging. I removed almost my entire friends list this morning, basically everyone except for close friends, people I've known for many years and remember more than a few things about, and just a handful of newcomers I feel like I could click with, if only I had more time to put in.

I really hope no one feels offended by me removing them, but there's always that risk. It's one of the things I really hate about livejournal, the rejection aspect of something that shouldn't be like that. Only having time to keep up with 50 out of 200 friends isn't the same as not liking 150 out of the bunch, but that's pretty much how it comes across when you remove a heap of friends from your page. Subject line covers how I feel about that.

If we know each other through graphics, I hope removing you as a personal friend will not affect our "working relationship," so to speak. I've been away for a long time, but do plan to return to making cute things at some point. I'm just unable to keep up with everyone's lives, despite wishing I could.

If you're still on my friends list, I do plan to update and keep this journal alive, but I can't promise how frequently I'll post. I may not post anything until 2013. I'm super behind in every aspect of life, so it's just not something I have a lot of time for, but I'll try to keep up with my f-list, now that it's of a manageable size.

I hope everyone, mutual friend or not, has a wonderful holiday! Xoxo,

Sad as I am to admit this, I've really outgrown livejournal and find facebook the complete opposite of inspiring, so I'm going to give blogger a shot. Feel free to add me over there.

http://cherany.blogspot.com/

Not sure what I plan to do with my livejournal yet. I may go the friends-only route and turn it into a deep feelings landfill where I'm a bit more intimate with my thoughts, but like I said, still deciding.

Anyone who hasn't really connected with me and wants to delete me, there won't be any hard feelings if you do. I'll probably keep just a few friends if I decide to get super gushy here. Will keep everyone posted.

I can't stop shopping on Zulily! Figured out the best way to shop there is to go through eBates for the cash-back (not much, but it helps lower the tax), then buy one small item to get the $5.95 shipping, before returning to get the other items I want. It's free shipping for additional orders placed on the same day, so it makes no sense to order everything at once and pay higher shipping—I did that once, but never again! I make sure to open another tracking ticket for cash back on my second order, too.

I've been shopping for Christmas gifts on there for a few weeks, but every now and then, I have to get something for myself! Some of my recent purchases:


The rabbit clock and cupcake cookie jar are still available (as I'm posting this) and the paw pillow has a couple color choices left (I bought the blue/green and chartreuse/blue combos; most of the others were sold out when I got there). Unfortunately, the gumball cookie jar is sold out (bought it a couple weeks ago). Lots of other cute stuff I want on there, but these were the things I couldn't resist!

It does take a long time to get your stuff, and they don't ship everything together, so I avoid buying anything I need quickly. Great for Christmas shopping, though, because I'm way ahead of the game there! Ahhh, shopping makes me so much happier than it should!