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"What's the good of being rich, if one has no one to help spend one's money?" said the young baronet. "One only grows a selfish beggar, and takes to drinking too much port." -- Lady Audley's Secret, book I.

So, obviously I started a new novel. Stepping away from high Victorian literature, I'm reading Mary Elizabeth's Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret ( Read more... )

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 "Thus Maggie was introduced for the first time to the young lady's life, and knew what it was to get up in the morning without any imperative reason for doing one thing more than another. This new sense of leisure and unchecked enjoyment amidst the soft-breathing airs and garden-scents of advancing spring--amidst the new abundance of music, and ( Read more... )

 Home for spring break. It is glorious. We got in early this morning at 2.30 and woke up at noon. So far, the things accomplished today are as follows:

- Victoria's Secret 7 for $25.50 panty raid
- Hollister undershirts equalling $30
- A shopping trip to Walmart
- 2 slices of vegetarian pizza
- Watching Megamind with the family
- 2 games of Wii Bowling, ( Read more... )