Success

With Imagine coming up for work, and the state of my closet, poor (or at least, not filled with things that would be appropriate for this event) I decided some shopping was in order. So, geekchick, C. and I treked to the wilds of Maryland (okay, so Montgomery Mall) to check out what Torrid had to offer.

I was in a growly mood, absolutely convinced that I wouldn't find anything, and just not in the frame of mind to go shopping. This wasn't helped by the difficulty parking at the mall either. But I go in, find my way to the store and poke around for a few minutes, while I wait. I ended up with quite a pile of stuff in the dressing room...surprisingly enough. It was a major flashback to 80's fashion, too...just being in the store. After much trying on, and rejecting, I managed to find a cute dress-black with white polkadots. But oops, it's got little tiny straps, no sleeves, which means that I can't wear it without something to cover my arms. The very clever salesdrone (who was entertaining) found a stack of sweaters, but the first one I tried was adorable...black sweater with little fuzzy red dice patches on the chest. Adorable. And I should be able to wear it wish shoes I own. Time to find accessiories, and of course get the dress in wearable state. In other words, shorten it a bit and get rid of the stupid tulle ruffle on the bottom. Really. And, the outfit was about what I had wanted to spend. Always a bonus. Plus I snagged a cute off the shoulder top, and a pair of shiny pajama bottoms on the clearance rack.

And, the Torrid perfume smelled yummy-convenient, since the bottle of perfume I'd been wearing is just about gone. It's in a purple coffin shaped bottle, too which is cute.

Then snack, and wandering through the mall. C. left us to take care of his car, but as geekchick and I wandered in his general direction, we passed the Build a Bear Workshop and as we stood and chatted outside for a few minutes, and she told me about her previous experience making a bear, she got this evil twinkle and said "come on, I'll buy you a bear."

Uh-oh. This means decisions. I swear, my brain melted. But I came home with this bear who I named "Simon." He's wearing a little white tank top, denim shorts, a little kerchify thing and a denim backpack. He might acquire nipple rings sometime soon, if I can find the right earings. geekchick went Monkey Style! with a Kung Fu look. Just remeber Monkey Style is strong. I did resist the temptation to put sound in the bear-to make him meow...it would have been fun to torment Beta with.

This bear thing took quite a while...too many choice.

Then, more mall wandering, some ice cream and we were done. Bears and clothes. Not a bad Saturday.

Crusing...

Yesterday I came home from work, messed around on the computer, napped, and messed around on the computer. In my search for something totally unrelated on Craig's List, I decided to check out the personals, because melebeth has at times had some fun looking at the ads. I came across the following:

Non-profit type chick wanted

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Date: 2003-03-30, 8:41PM


You must be low-maintenance and not self-centered. I am attractive SWM, 29. Hope to hear from you.

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Now, I am in fact, non-proft type. There is in fact, very little information here. So, I've decided to ask you dear readers for some help.

And if you do choose "other" or have some suggestions as to what might be included in said reply, feel free to share.

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