A vacation day from work has been scheduled. TJ Maxx is currently being cased for appropriately obnoxious “church hats,” tiaras, and ladylike gloves. Recipes for lemon tarts, clotted cream, and scones are under review. Hotel reservations have been made- no, not for London but for downtown Chicago where Fancy and I will don the Queen’s requested “lounge suits” [...]
Oh what a difference some Zoloft, a dog, and a couple of months of introspection can make! Tomorrow, I attend the baby shower of my friend whose pregnancy announcement last fall served as the final straw in my months-long downward spiral. I wanted to be happy for her at the time, and on one level I [...]
If Valentine’s Day is supposed to be about love and sex, passion and romance; what does it mean if you don’t have sex with your significant other? Sunday night, I took care in donning my thigh high stockings, lace and silk slip, 5 inch heels, and LBD for dinner with my boyfriend. It was a….hopeful little [...]
I have a scone to pick with Starbucks. In particular, one Starbucks. Otherwise known as the Starbucks Coffee Shop of Lowered Self-Esteem. Seriously. Getting coffee at this one location actually makes me feel bad about myself. It’s sad because it’s true. This, of course, would also mean that it is the most convenient Starbucks for me [...]
When I adopted Wendy seven weeks ago today, the volunteers working at the PAWS animal shelter couldn’t tell me much about her. She had been a stray with no micro chip or tags and was picked up by Chicago’s animal control, which is where PAWS got her from. We don’t know how long she was [...]
So uh…it’s been a while. Unintentionally, of course. The thing is, sometimes I get busy with things like deciding which jammies to wear next, napping on the couch with Mantracker on the Science channel in the background (seriously addicted), throwing in the towel and reading only the cartoon captions from my backlog of The New Yorker issues, and ordering [...]
