Monday December 5, 2005
4:23 PM
Work today was filled with more research, note taking, and discussions. There were no outstanding discoveries made and no accidents yet waiting to happen.
I'm amazed to see that Draco hasn't gone to his one-hour-a-day routine. I got the information out of him and he mentioned that he would only be gone on Thursdays through Sundays. I'm still overly suspicious as to where he had been going to, and will still be going to. I hope that I will find out soon enough; one can only wish.
Christmas is in 20 days, and I'm still left without any presents to give to everyone. I only have gifts for Mum and Dad. I still to buy things for Draco, Ginny, Blaise, Harry, Ron, Lavender, Neville, Alice, David, and I'm thinking of getting something for Alice's niece. Katie seemed to have taken a huge liking to me and she is the sweetest little thing. I've never been around little kids, so I'm delighted when I get to play around with one. I might get her a Barbie or a nice doll; she will like that.
I'm thinking of buying something along the lines of Quidditch for Harry and Ron seeing as they always look ecstatic when they open their packages of Chudley Cannons merchandise or books of tactics. I saw a few things that I know Lavender would love from this store Ginny and I saw at the mall: Bath & Body Works. You know how much she loves to take care of her appearance. There is this rare plant growing in the greenhouse at work, and I got permission from the presidents of the science department to take one of the plants; that's what I'm getting for Neville along with an encyclopedia of mountain-side plants. For Alice and David, I was thinking of getting something simple to decorate their house. I'm not exactly sure what to get Blaise for Christmas, but I was thinking of something along the lines of muggle video games. He seemed really interested in them when we went by the electronic store at the mall a few days ago.
As for Ginny… I have no idea what to get her. She has been my best friend for so long and I know how wide of a range her tastes are. Ginny loves absolutely everything, so it's always hard to come up with something that she will love above the rest. When she and I were at the mall by ourselves, I saw her peering into the window of a jewelry shop, looking at this wonderful necklace with matching earrings. It was white gold with three peridots, her birthstone, one the bottom with the middle one being a little bit larger. The earrings are dangly ones with a single gem on the end. I know that she absolutely loved them, so I'm going to take a trip with Blaise to the mall later so he can get the hint.
Plus, Blaise needs to help me pick out something for my boyfriend. He is his best friend so he should know exactly what he likes. Guys are the hardest people to shop for, especially when you know they are hard headed and practically have everything they've ever wanted. What do you get for the man that has everything? I'm sure I'll find out.
So I'm going to take a shower, maybe with a certain someone, so we can all go back out to the club tonight.
Later,
Hermione