Look here, I have not (quite) forgotten to blog ( Read more... )

I spent a lot of money today, and it was so deliciously worth it ( Read more... )

So Michigan has been pretty excellent so far. I flew into the Kalamazoo airport a little after 7 on Wednesday night; Mom picked me up and we hung out together until Dad came home, whereupon we hung out more, catching up and planning our trip to the Smokies. I had an atlas, but Dad had Google Earth on his iPad. So cool. We both got kind of giddy ( Read more... )

I've never been much of one for birthday parties, aside from a few wild rumpuses in my youth--the Cowboys & Indians-themed party for my ninth birthday will always be one of my very fondest memories, from the buffalo targets Dad made for us to practice our sharp-shooting to the Grand Canyon cake my mom improvised to wild success. In the last few ( Read more... )

Today I went to school for 5 hours or so, long enough to prepare for and conduct a capstone interview for my Legal Interviewing & Counseling class and then to discover that I could not get my head in the game enough to study at all. Fortunately Fi called to tell me that for Employee Appreciation Day she was getting out of work at 2 p.m. and did I ( Read more... )

Exams are over ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my last day of school; my first exam is on Tuesday. So today was a study day, and despite my overwhelming apathy it was actually pretty productive! I met with Alyssa, Patty, and Ruth to study trusts in the morning, and then we crashed the International Law Society closing social, which was catered by India Palace. Soooo good. I spent ( Read more... )

I went shopping today for the first time in...quite a while. *grin* I'm not much of a shopper, but today was actually really successful. I grabbed a lot of stuff to try on, and ended up finding two business-y skirts with which I am very pleased (one pin-striped, the other grey with a bit of a pleated flounce at the hem), a silky red blouse that um ( Read more... )

Continuing the saga of amazon.com is love / is no longer love / is love again from last year: this year I bought my dad's Father's Day present in D.C., but when I purchased my mp3 player on Wednesday I added in a purchase in behalf of my mom, for Father's Day. Because I wanted it to get here in time, I sprang for 2-day shipping ($13, when I was ( Read more... )

For $25, I have successfully solved the Suit Dilemma.

As previously mentioned, the blazer from my 10th grade forensics suit (black, 4 buttons, 100% wool) still fits perfectly. The skirt, unfortunately, is just a bit too tight for comfortable wear. After trying on assorted suits at J. C. Penney (including a pinstripe one that would've been perfect ( Read more... )