AF Daily - Saturday October 1
Hey Everyone!
IJM-so glad to have you back and safe and sound!! Yes, please come to Boston but beware the winters! You southern boys don't do so well in 20 below and 6 ft of snow I bet!! But the rest of the year is usually great! And then there's the Cape!! And Maine! And Narragansett Bay and the Islands and and and........
Hi Nursie!! Keep up the good work!! Nope, NEVA EVA woke up and said-gee I'm so glad I got shitfaced last nite! Love feeling like puke in the morning!
Uni-maybe you just had a 24 hour virus and needed to rest. tis the season you know! Glad you're feeling better!
Greenie-we would have so much fun together playing with our power tools!! I have a miter saw I've never taken out of the box for some reason. I'm going to have my brother show me how to use a chain saw so I can borrow my friend's battery one (which she's never used either!)
DG-Yes- a real job that you will love! Can't wait for you to go job hunting in a year or two!!
Kas-hope you had a fab day on the water!
LVT-so sad about the death in the community and the neighbor being terminal. Hope you trees are OK and that you feel better.
OK, so today was the big shopping trip to find a dress for next week's wedding.
It ended up being pretty successful although at first it didn't look that way. We hit Macy's, JC Penny's and Sears and it was frightful!! The material du Year seems to be jersey which is HORRIBLE on people like me with LOTS of rolls and bulges and 50 xtra lbs. Even in Women's sizes. Lane Bryant was even worse!! After a quick lunch we decided to hit the local Dress Barn in the next town. I pulled about 10 dresses (8 of them black) to try on and wasn't thrilled with any of them just hangin on the hanger. My comment was: "i guess fat people aren't allowed to wear anything but black and if you're under 5'4" forget trying to find anything in a size 16!" I don't think I made much of an impression on the sales clerk but she was a good sport and just left me alone to stew. My sister showed amazing patience as well. Without even trying on the dresses we changed tack and went with a pretty A line long black skirt (yes in jersey!) with a chiffon ruffle on the bottom and found about 10 blouses to pair with it. 2 of the blouses were a match and good fit-one is violet/maroon/black and the other a turquoise blue/black. I bought both. My sister has a shawl I can use and jewelry. I bought the strappy heels I used to try the outfits on with because they were on sale for $14 and what woman doesn't need sexy strappy heels? Guess I'll have to fit in a pedicure next week as sis says I don't need to wear pantyhose. Whoo hoo! I spend $1 over my $100 budget so I did good. I also got a new Stone & Co. purse in dusty pink to replace my hot pink purse from last year that has really worn out. Got a good deal on that too as my sis had coupons and it was on sale. So, all in all a success and I'm very happy. My niece got 3 pretty dresses-one for the Black and White dance in 2 weeks and one just a good everyday dress to have and I forget why they got the 3rd one. She looked so cute in all of them!! Sigh-to have that figure again!!
So that's the report from my rare shopping trip. Oh and I found a $75 JCPenny gift card in my wallet!! More shopping!!
Hey Everyone!
IJM-so glad to have you back and safe and sound!! Yes, please come to Boston but beware the winters! You southern boys don't do so well in 20 below and 6 ft of snow I bet!! But the rest of the year is usually great! And then there's the Cape!! And Maine! And Narragansett Bay and the Islands and and and........
Hi Nursie!! Keep up the good work!! Nope, NEVA EVA woke up and said-gee I'm so glad I got shitfaced last nite! Love feeling like puke in the morning!
Uni-maybe you just had a 24 hour virus and needed to rest. tis the season you know! Glad you're feeling better!
Greenie-we would have so much fun together playing with our power tools!! I have a miter saw I've never taken out of the box for some reason. I'm going to have my brother show me how to use a chain saw so I can borrow my friend's battery one (which she's never used either!)
DG-Yes- a real job that you will love! Can't wait for you to go job hunting in a year or two!!
Kas-hope you had a fab day on the water!
LVT-so sad about the death in the community and the neighbor being terminal. Hope you trees are OK and that you feel better.
OK, so today was the big shopping trip to find a dress for next week's wedding.
It ended up being pretty successful although at first it didn't look that way. We hit Macy's, JC Penny's and Sears and it was frightful!! The material du Year seems to be jersey which is HORRIBLE on people like me with LOTS of rolls and bulges and 50 xtra lbs. Even in Women's sizes. Lane Bryant was even worse!! After a quick lunch we decided to hit the local Dress Barn in the next town. I pulled about 10 dresses (8 of them black) to try on and wasn't thrilled with any of them just hangin on the hanger. My comment was: "i guess fat people aren't allowed to wear anything but black and if you're under 5'4" forget trying to find anything in a size 16!" I don't think I made much of an impression on the sales clerk but she was a good sport and just left me alone to stew. My sister showed amazing patience as well. Without even trying on the dresses we changed tack and went with a pretty A line long black skirt (yes in jersey!) with a chiffon ruffle on the bottom and found about 10 blouses to pair with it. 2 of the blouses were a match and good fit-one is violet/maroon/black and the other a turquoise blue/black. I bought both. My sister has a shawl I can use and jewelry. I bought the strappy heels I used to try the outfits on with because they were on sale for $14 and what woman doesn't need sexy strappy heels? Guess I'll have to fit in a pedicure next week as sis says I don't need to wear pantyhose. Whoo hoo! I spend $1 over my $100 budget so I did good. I also got a new Stone & Co. purse in dusty pink to replace my hot pink purse from last year that has really worn out. Got a good deal on that too as my sis had coupons and it was on sale. So, all in all a success and I'm very happy. My niece got 3 pretty dresses-one for the Black and White dance in 2 weeks and one just a good everyday dress to have and I forget why they got the 3rd one. She looked so cute in all of them!! Sigh-to have that figure again!!
So that's the report from my rare shopping trip. Oh and I found a $75 JCPenny gift card in my wallet!! More shopping!!
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