I love Century 21, an area discount department store. It has great deals, and I often find hidden treasures, like a 40-pack of velvet space-saving hangers or a stainless steel bar that purports to remove the smell of onion and garlic from your hands. But I hate shopping there! Chris swears by the 8 a.m. [...]
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The worst time to shop in the Century.
Posted in Boyfriend, Shopping, Uncategorized, tagged Century 21, tourists on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Savings and loans.
Posted in Boyfriend, Grad School, Money, Tutoring, tagged Anthropologie, payday, saving money, spending money on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My boyfriend shared this lovely article in his Google Reader the other day. “Avoid the Grade School Trap,” shouts its headline, and it goes on to explain that many people respond to a recession by returning to school rather than taking a job they feel is “beneath them.” This is a horrible idea, warns our [...]
Halfway through Day 2.
Posted in Boyfriend, Daily Life, Eats, Master Cleanse, Shopping, TV, tagged cheerleading, Chris, Master Cleanse, soup, The Bachelor on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just made the trek to a gourmet market to procure nine lemons and a big bottle of grade B maple syrup. You’d think that not eating for a few days would save me money, but that syrup is pricey! This bottle put me back about $27. For those of you intrested in jumping on [...]
Day 1.
Posted in Boyfriend, Daily Life, Eats, tagged Big Mac, Chris, Master Cleanse, Saltines on March 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So Day 1 of the cleanse is coming to a close. I’ve done OK. I’ve had some hunger pangs, but I know from experience that I don’t have to pay attention to them. I drank my dinner and am about to have my special tea. Things I have craved today include: pizza ants on a [...]
Faster than a speeding bullet.
Posted in Boyfriend, Daily Life, Eats, tagged bad habits, Chris, Master Cleanse, will power on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow Chris and I start another abbreviated round of the Master Cleanse. We did four days in early January, and Chris had done it a couple of times before that for a week to 10 days. We might just do two this time, depending on what our week looks like as we get into it. [...]
Shopped till we dropped.
Posted in Boyfriend, Daily Life, Family, Shopping, tagged Chris, Chris's mom, jeans, Nathan on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chris surprised me this weekend by accepting my invitation to take him shopping! I think he just got tired of my asking him, but still. This was a big step. We spent the whole day in Manhattan, first at Filene’s and DSW, then at lunch with Nate, then at H&M and Banana Republic, then back [...]
That’s a bad “Word.”
Posted in Boyfriend, Daily Life, Rage, TV, tagged Chris, hot girls, L Word on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chris and I just made it through the latest episode of “The L Word,” which over the last two or thee seasons has spiraled downward to become probably the Worst TV Show Ever. Here’s a list of recent things that have contributed to the show’s being just terrible: In a word, Jenny. I liked her [...]
In case there was any confusion.
Posted in Boyfriend, Movies, Stocks, Work, tagged Chris, Oscars on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I kicked some major butt on Sunday night. You can check my predictions and see for yourself. Chris didn’t stand a chance!
Shaq attack!
Posted in Blogosphere, Boyfriend, Family, Hilarious Things, Joy, tagged Chris, Dad, insomnia, leprechauns, Shaq, Twitter on February 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I wrote the other day about my appreciation of Shaquille O’Neal and his Twitter activity. Then Chris told me that when Shaq can’t sleep, he goes to Wal-Mart, and when he checks out, he pays for the next 20 people behind him in line or something crazy-generous like that. Then I read this, and any [...]
Pour yourself another glass.
Posted in Boyfriend, Drinks, Latin America, Stocks, tagged Chile, Chris's dad, Walla Walla, wine on February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last week, TheStreet.com Ratings upgraded Vina Concha y Toro (VCO) from hold to buy. I have no idea how to read its wacky chart, but I can vouch for its wine: It’s cheap and Chilean. That’s all I need to know. When I order wine at a restaurant, I first look for Washington wines, of [...]
