It's 5am and I have nothing to say, but I feel I should say something to make my staying up this late mean something. I'm really congested, and I can't tell if it's just extreme allergies or an upcoming cold, but either way, I'm out of decongestant and have turned to hard liquor instead. I took a personal day on Monday, so I have an exciting 3-day weekend. I'm hoping to get 2 articles done, but who knows if that'll actually happen.

I went to Bed Bath and Beyond the other day. You never know what you really need in life until you go to Bed Bath and Beyond. I'm completely perplexed as to how I've been pressing garlic for the past 23 years without a $10 Garlic Press. It makes the vampire-warding a lot easier to just carry a vial of garlic juice as opposed to the necklace of cloves I ordinarily adorn.

The worst part was they were having a whole bunch of Breast Cancer Awareness type products and as such, they were all PINK. I can't even tell you how hard it was for me not to dump a $200 pink Food Processor into my cart, but I did manage to keep my spending down to $75. Sadly, only a $4 Tide To Go Pen out of the entire lot was for me. The rest was all stuff I picked up for my mother's birthday. My mom's been a big help taking my cat to the vet while I'm at work, so I figure she deserved $20 reed diffusers and the likes. I also got her some stuff from Philosophy, and if you've never experienced the joy of Philosophy, boy are you missing out. Not only does everything they make smell AMAZING, I enjoy knowing that I use the same facial moisturizer as Oprah.

With Halloween getting close, it's making me really hungry for Mrs. Prindables. If you don't know about Mrs. Prindables, they make the hugest and best gourmet candy apples EVER. Instead of your typical candy apple topped with nuts or whatever, Mrs. Prindables is topped with everything from nonpareils to chocolate chips and cashews. They're very expensive, one cute Halloween Ghost Apple will rock you about $24. Worth it? Completely.