Because I'm too stubborn to marr the polite surface of of my invitations (which will be mailed this week, I swear).. Here is our gift registry! It was too fun making it.. now I see why people go nuts and make 5 ;) Two is good for us. And remember, all we really want is the pleasure of your company. This registry is the result of popular demand ( Read more... )

A few years ago I thought I was the last person who'd pull out all the stops for a matrimonial fairytale. Even a month ago I'd say it was all a marketing scheme, and last week I was prepared to get a small cake and fake the rest of the servings from reasonably priced sheet cakes. Today, to my satanic delight, I watched my mom throw down $300 for ( Read more... )

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Wah! I've dyed my hair like 4 times in the past 2 weeks and it's not back to normal!! :( Since getting back from Guadeloupe I've been dying with #82 Champagne Blonde by Garnier Nutrisse. This dye is the shit. It's such a natural blonde. It's wonderful. Problem is, I thought I'd go with something different and picked up the box 1 shade lighter ( Read more... )

After a day at the bank's call center I usually remember one *special* call. The one personality that stood out to me today was this guy who let me know right off he was "old school" and that our automated phone system was bad--we should simply hire more real people. His voice made me visualize an old guy sitting on the porch with a harmonica and ( Read more... )

I thought I'd squirm over gooey gross things less over time, but it's the opposite with earth worms!! I used to watch them and try to find them in the dirt, but today when I hacked up the earth in my backyard I hacked up several earthworms too... Maybe I quadrupled their population with my violent shovel-tilling. It made me so uncomfortable to see ( Read more... )

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Hillary put on an amazing show. At the suggestion of a friend, we left at 6am for the 9:30 speech. We had 3rd row seats, and I swear she looked at me ;) That woman has such charisma and speaks much much more eloquently than the media would have you believe. She was in her element of course (preaching to the choir of supporters), but I walked ( Read more... )

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