thank you!
Everyone, thanks so much for the birthday greetings! I'll be saying individual thank-yous as well, but I wanted to make a general post and say that I was really happy to read all the well-wishes. And an extra thanks to ionaonie for the V-gift basketful of shiny things, and to venetia_sassy for the purple pony.
And thank you to scarletts_awry for my wonderful, wonderful story. She wrote me BSI 'verse Danny/Mac, A Binding, and it is amazing and hot and lovely, and is a perfect explication of my inevitability narrative kink. It's also dark and harrowing and filled with a fabulous sense of danger, and it's given us new ideas about our long-range plans for BSI. Go, go! Read and send love. It's fabulous.
gin200168 also sent me fudge and other goodies, J. bought me a venti-sized latte and a pastry on Friday morning, and my mom sent me a check along with the season one 30 Rock box set. (Which wasn't a surprise, since I picked it out when we were shopping together over Christmas, but was still very delightful.) The actual day was quiet: I went to the bank and then spent some time browsing around the mall.
And! I get another treat later this week. scarletts_awry is coming to see me for the weekend in just a little over three days, and I anticipate that we are going to have much fun. I can't wait.
They've opened up a new Steve & Barry's at the mall, and they're currently in the middle of their winter clearance sale. Which is to say that I got a pair of really nice jeans from Sarah Jessica Parker's Bitten line for all of $8.98, plus a t-shirt that says "Fashion Is Not a Luxury." Damn straight.
I've never had much of an opinion on SJP one way or the other, but she's won me over with this clothing line. Not everything in it is to my taste, but I really love her attitude, which is what's expressed in the t-shirt: fashion shouldn't be just for the rich or for the thin. It should be for everyone who wants it. And so the entire line is priced under $20 even when it's not clearance time, and the sizes go up to (I think) a 22.
And I like the jeans a lot; they're a good fit and a nice dark wash, with a good straight leg. They do tall and petite as well as regular sizes, which is also nice.
A note for any fellow Project Runway fans: Victorya's winning dress from the Bitten challenge is just sitting on the racks, even now with the storewide clearance, when half of the shelves were empty and most of the customers were just about wrestling each other for what was left. This doesn't surprise me after getting a look at it; it didn't work in person, and the cut seemed like it would be problematic even for the very thin. My reaction is best summed up by a comment I overheard while I was in line: "I saw it on Runway and thought it was really cute, but looking at it here..." And then she sort of shrugged.
If you have a Steve & Barry's near you (they sell the Bitten line exclusively), check it out.
And thank you to scarletts_awry for my wonderful, wonderful story. She wrote me BSI 'verse Danny/Mac, A Binding, and it is amazing and hot and lovely, and is a perfect explication of my inevitability narrative kink. It's also dark and harrowing and filled with a fabulous sense of danger, and it's given us new ideas about our long-range plans for BSI. Go, go! Read and send love. It's fabulous.
gin200168 also sent me fudge and other goodies, J. bought me a venti-sized latte and a pastry on Friday morning, and my mom sent me a check along with the season one 30 Rock box set. (Which wasn't a surprise, since I picked it out when we were shopping together over Christmas, but was still very delightful.) The actual day was quiet: I went to the bank and then spent some time browsing around the mall.
And! I get another treat later this week. scarletts_awry is coming to see me for the weekend in just a little over three days, and I anticipate that we are going to have much fun. I can't wait.
They've opened up a new Steve & Barry's at the mall, and they're currently in the middle of their winter clearance sale. Which is to say that I got a pair of really nice jeans from Sarah Jessica Parker's Bitten line for all of $8.98, plus a t-shirt that says "Fashion Is Not a Luxury." Damn straight.
I've never had much of an opinion on SJP one way or the other, but she's won me over with this clothing line. Not everything in it is to my taste, but I really love her attitude, which is what's expressed in the t-shirt: fashion shouldn't be just for the rich or for the thin. It should be for everyone who wants it. And so the entire line is priced under $20 even when it's not clearance time, and the sizes go up to (I think) a 22.
And I like the jeans a lot; they're a good fit and a nice dark wash, with a good straight leg. They do tall and petite as well as regular sizes, which is also nice.
A note for any fellow Project Runway fans: Victorya's winning dress from the Bitten challenge is just sitting on the racks, even now with the storewide clearance, when half of the shelves were empty and most of the customers were just about wrestling each other for what was left. This doesn't surprise me after getting a look at it; it didn't work in person, and the cut seemed like it would be problematic even for the very thin. My reaction is best summed up by a comment I overheard while I was in line: "I saw it on Runway and thought it was really cute, but looking at it here..." And then she sort of shrugged.
If you have a Steve & Barry's near you (they sell the Bitten line exclusively), check it out.