SHOES- Well, the shoes I picked up a year or two ago are dying so I've been searching for a new pair... and trying really hard to buy women's instead of men's this time!

I found these amazing Miu Miu high heel cat-print MJs, but fuck it all if I'm going to pay $585 for shoes! Plus they aren't really realistic for every day wear ( Read more... )

I would soooo be going to hell if it exists. This month's KIVA loan went to a woman named Mercedes purely because it amused me that she runs a rickshaw business. I wonder if it's called "Mercedes' Rickshaws"? It made me feel better that Tyler LOL'd too.

Tyler and I saw "Kick Ass" at the theatre yesterday. I hadn't known anything about it until I watched a trailer on XBox Live, and thought it looked amusing. It actually turned out to be excellent all the way through! There were several points where the audience had awkward silence because they were a bit stunned by the words coming out of the 11 ( Read more... )

So yesterday I had my hair colored in a salon for the first time ever. It set me back $90, so I won't ever be doing it again, but it does look freaking awesome, and it was a 3 hour process. It is a gorgeous flaming orange in the front half fading to burgundy in the back and has been razored to varying lengths from jaw to shoulder. I'm hoping I ( Read more... )

My tax refund just auto-deposited! This was way sooner than I expected because I was told it could be up to 6 months if claiming the first time home-buyer's credit. Maybe since I got my taxes done as early as I could, I missed the bulk of the people filing for it.

The cats have just informed me that my new doll couch is not actually a doll couch.

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Neil Gaiman coming to Chicago to do his first reading in 10 years: http://www.c2e2.com/en/Events/Neil-Gaiman/Read more... )

Tyler decided to crash in Missouri for the night. This means he won't be back in time for his family's Easter dinner. Honestly, I'm kinda glad I won't have to go ( Read more... )

CLOSET-
It doesn't look like there's as much stuff now that it's organized... until you realize the new shelves are nearly 4 feet by 1.5 feet each. I still have a tote of vintage fabric from grandma's that I couldn't fit in the closet, but as I use materials, I can unpack more.

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ROOMIE PART 2 ( Read more... )