Weekendy things

[selenay]

I made a decision. It's bad, evil and frivolous...but I've spent my voucher on Sims 2. 'Cos why else would people give me gift vouchers if not to buy the things that I usually can't justify in my monthly budget? *g*

I have completed the French unit that I'm working on and most of the assignment is roughed out. Yay me! Just gotta finish it and write it up neatly tomorrow.

I'm going to see Harry Potter tonight (woo!) and will be out with terrylbirch tomorrow morning, but I won't be able to do the usual entire day thing because I've got so many other things that need to be done. I.e. by tomorrow night, I need to have my assignment ready for posting, get the Quaker site (which has thankfully reappeared although no word from the host on why they were down) updated and get some work done on the Never Ending Website. N.E.W. clients have sent part-payment for the site so it's really gotta get finished. There are a couple of bits of info that they haven't sent yet (of course), but most of the site can be finished without that and the most time-consuming part is still cleaning up the graphics.

Note for future: state in the contract/proposal that the images they send should be of production quality or the client pays extra for my skills at getting the damn things usable. 'Cos this is a bigger job than I thought it would be *sigh* I'm not even touching the colour balancing and shadows all over the shop - I now just want images with the correct perspective and non-blurry. 'Cos rectangular canvases that have wonky corners due to the photography really don't look good once you take out the enourmous expanses of mixed brickwork, wooden panels and curtains that form the background. Faults like bad perspective really stand out then. Oddly, it's the circular canvases that are the easiest to clean up. Possibly because it's harder to spot the wonky bits *g*

Comments

Gift Vouchers

[margec01.livejournal.com]

Good for you, buying something FUN for yourself with your gift vouchers. It's what your friends would want--unless they told you to get something useful.

I always TRY to make sure to tell my friends specifically what I buy with thier gift certificate. (I don't always remember, but I try.) I hope to make them feel part of the process, so that it seems like more like a real gift, rather than just a plastic card or a piece of paper.

Re: Gift Vouchers

[selenay]

*g* The relatives that gave me this gift voucher probably don't care much what I bought, although I prefer to use gift vouchers on fun things for me that I'll enjoy rather than practical things or presents for other people. When buying gifts for others, it's the things they want but can't justify in their monthly budget that I want to give - the splurgy items that make them feel good rather than the new stockings and vegetable peelers that are completely practical and un-fun. Therefore that's what I try to spend vouchers that people give me on.

It feels more like I'm buying a gift rather than just buying something that I'll need. I do tell most people what I spent their vouchers on for the same reasons that you do. These relatives...the vouchers were a compromise thing to stop them buying my sister and I presents that we couldn't use such as bath kits that I'm allergic to and foot-care kits that sis doesn't have time to use. It always feels like such a waste of money to me if people give gifts that the recipient simply doesn't want or need.

Ack, I'm ranting, I sense.