This is the first year I haven't had fruitcake or cherry (or peppermint, for that matter) candy canes! It's a tradition with me, but I haven't found any fruitcake in the stores; I'm not ordering one, costs too much. I just want a small one, like Entenmann's or something. I haven't really looked for the candy canes, but I need to cut out sugar, anyway.

I don't know if this is weird or not, but I have been watching for calendars to go on sale at Barnes & Noble or Books-a-Million (that's not the weird part) for the past six or seven months--and now they're finally 50% off at BAM! so I can get one--and I happened to see on Barnes & Noble's website they have a calendar I want sold by other sellers for $29.00!!! What are they, NUTS? The calendar at full price costs $14.99! I'm getting mine at half off. I'd find another calendar if they tried to charge me $29 for one!