This past weekend was made of awesome. I got to do some serious outlet shopping in Kittery with Ellen and Katie and got some major deals. I had lots of Tom QT, including a trip to Melting Pot for dinner, AND he gave me the complete Critic on DVD. That rates a 100 on the Shermometer. (Incidentally, if you go to the Melting Pot anytime soon, order ( Read more... )

Anyone here ever sold stuff on eBay? I'd like to sell two pairs of shoes, never worn, that I can never wear anyway because they are high heels, and I'm planning a major closet cleanout this weekend. I know there are at least a couple items in there that still have tags attached. (I know that's a symptom of obssessive shopping. Leave it.) Anyway, I' ( Read more... )

One of the nice features of my new GreenDimes membership was being able to choose to have certain catalogs blocked from coming to my mailbox. While I enjoy getting a few catalogs here and there (Crate and Barrel and IKEA, for example, because for some reason I like looking at photos of furniture), most catalogs are completely irrelevant, as far as ( Read more... )

Today I got a membership with GreenDimes, an organization that helps to reduce the amount of junkmail you receive AND plants a tree in your name once a month. And it's only $36 a year! Do it, people.

I also did some shopping...including almost forty dollars worth of greeting cards, because it's almost Mothers' Day AND about fifteen people's ( Read more... )

I'm watching What Not to Wear and Stacey and Clinton just took this woman shopping and recommended MY DRESS!

I know this is probably sad to some of you, but seriously, it was a validating moment.

"Some people think I'm saying, 'Women of the world unite -- you have nothing to lose but your men,"' she told Life magazine in 1963. "It's not true. You have nothing to lose but your vacuum cleaners."

So Betty Friedan died yesterday. In an odd way, I was sort of surprised to hear she was only 85. I guess all the things she accomplished made me ( Read more... )

What a week. I think moving back to an actual metropolitan area has given me a slight drinking problem. Why, you ask? To make a VERY long story short, I finally heard from one of the state troopers who came to my rescue the night I moved here...as in, he showed up at my place Tuesday evening and invited me out for a drink. So Wednesday night was ( Read more... )

Last week I had the chance to go home, partially because it was Spring Break here, and partially because I had my interview at BU. The time at home was great. I got to see most of my family...and I had a date. Yeah, you read that right. And it was really great, too. This of course is just one of many incentives to get that job and move to Boston ( Read more... )