Year: 2010

four stores and under seven months to go*

So. I went dress shopping again this weekend. Again for the first time since Christmas, that is. Yay? I didn’t find anything I really liked, but I learned an important lesson: things you like on the hanger you won’t...

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in which i try not to care so hard

This weekend a friend who’s getting married in November told me he hasn’t actually seen the venue yet, even though it’s nearby. In fact, outside of the date he knows absolutely nothing about the wedding. His...

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meanwhile, back at the ranch

So I’m on the phone with United. Actually, no. I am not so much on the phone with United — as in “an actual representative of United Airlines” — so much as I am engaged in a vicious verbal war with...

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like ships passing in the night

You know what? It has come to my attention that living with your beloved is a lot like living with a total stranger. Except sometimes you and the stranger make out. The beau and I are pretty busy people. He travels for work and...

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music make me lose control

You know what I hate? I hate when I am listening to ridiculous pop hip-hop music, trying to shake it so hard I dislodge my fillings, and then they have to go and break the beat for several measures while the artist — the...

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it’s a party

The matter of the wedding party has been settled. I still have my three best ladies, and the beau now has his five closest buds. We do not feel compelled to have matching numbers of attendants, but I may still borrow one of his...

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and time “marches” on*

Today it seems like everybody is updating their Facebook and Gmail statuses with comments along the lines of “Wow, I can’t believe it’s already March!”** Man, I am right there with them. Last night I was...

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