After working extremely hard for the entire semester, sometimes I forget how lucky I am to be in Northeastern’s MBA program. (This is especially true because I had anticipated starting my MBA in 2012.) As the year comes to a close, I can only think of what new adventures next semester has to offer.
Because my family is local, I didn’t have to travel too far for my Christmas celebrations. My mother’s family had its Christmas party on December 18th, which we do a Yankee swap for. My family chooses a theme and this year’s was “Back in the Day”. I won a set of 4 Charlie Brown Christmas glasses. Christmas is also awesome because my aunt always sends us home with a ton of leftovers!
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| My winnings! |
Jim and I have a particularly easy Christmas because our parents’ houses are 5 minutes down the street from each other. As usual, we celebrated Christmas Eve with Jim’s family and Christmas Day with my family. The best part of Christmas is seeing Jim’s nephews open presents and talk about Santa coming to their house.
A few days after Christmas, my sisters and I went to pick out their bridesmaids dresses for my wedding (which is coming much faster than I had anticipated). Just like when I tried on my wedding dress, the first dress they both tried on was the one. Although I did not require them to purchase the same dress, they both looked awesome in the short strapless bridesmaid’s dress, so they ordered them in chocolate brown, the wedding colors are white and brown, and they should be ready in about a month. I think we were in the store for a total of a half an hour, now that’s my kind of shopping!
Because we were on a roll with getting wedding preparations done, Jim and I decided to start our wedding registry – Target and Macy’s. We decided to go to both stores on the same day because I am a particularly impatient shopper, and I wanted to get it over with. Basically, we got to walk around both stores with a scanner gun and pick out anything we wanted, within reason. However, we felt a strange guilt with putting expensive things on the registry, and I’m not sure we currently have enough to get us through both a bridal shower and a wedding, but it’s a good start. We did add one fun item to the list, an Xbox Kinect. After playing at a friend’s house (read: Amy played video games instead of mingling the entire time), I decided that we could not live without one.
And suddenly it was New Year’s Eve! We have a group of friends that we generally celebrate New Year’s with, and this year festivities were held at our friend’s house in Somerville. With friends, food, (and yes, another Kinect!!) we rang in the New Year. One of my New Year’s Resolutions, I often have many, is to write more frequently for this blog! I hope you all brought in the New Year with friends and family. Here’s to new beginnings in 2012!
*The views expressed in this blog are not necessarily those of Northeastern University, its staff, faculty or affiliates and are solely the opinion of Amy Foley.*
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