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I’ve got pretty much the same set of stuff, except my compiler listing (and cards :eek:) is from 1981.</p>
<p>I LOVE these lists of things and feel better just knowing that all my squirrel friends (or their squirrel hubbies) are out there. And there are those moments when we are suddenly heroes because someone has a scavenger hunt or a retro event or … and there we are with our 20s era devil’s costume (stitched by my grandmother) or the classic ladies hat of the 40s or the punch cards or the WW I medal that dazzles the cranky history teacher…</p>
<p>Those roller shades though. Truthfully, even if I did re-do them with attractive fabric (me who doesn’t sew really)–the window no longer has brackets for a roller shade…But then what if we sell the house and someone wanted them? Who knows. Thank god we have a basement (not so common in California). And it is true, that the floods help get rid of things (say the old bathmats that are too grungy for use but are good rubber and shouldn’t go into a landfull because some day we might need it for what?? traction in the ice storms we don’t have?)</p>
<p>ok, one more husband story. i know some of you will relate. I brought home some packing boxes and staged 3 of them in the guest room so i could fill with items for Goodwill. </p>
<p>I filled one with odds and ends and last week the other 2 were mysteriously filled with old magazines. At first I was excited the DH had found this secret stash and was going to get rid of 2 boxes of magazines. BUT NO! These are old magazines that he just brought home from another friend who wanted them to go to a good home.</p>
<p>I susppect a secret society of hoarders who just trade things around.</p>
<p>I was at a state delegate meeting this morning for Girl Scouts where a newly hired CEO was introducing herself in a clever way that I am definitely going to copy when appropriate. She was dressed in a conservative blue business suit with wild, multi-colored heels and long dangly fun earrings. She pointed to her shoes and said I wanted you all (we are in Virginia, so might have been y’all) to notice my feet. I’m wearing my happy shoes because I’m going to have so much fun traveling around to come see you. Then she pointed to her earrings and said I wanted you to notice my ears because when I get there I’m going to spend my time doing more listening than talking. I love the message, the props, and the fun element. I work a lot with marketing consultants who could definitely use that theme to good effect. </p>
<p>I also sat next to a woman who does a lot of international travel who told me she uses Skype as her regular phone service and just forwards the computer to her cell phone. It only costs her $30 year. That might work for S1.</p>
<p>Hmmm…I wonder if we keep this old computer junk around long enough whether it will become a decorating element in the same way that old farm tools and kitchen gear did?</p>
<p>you guys are making me laugh
a house full of pack rats around here
Junk drawers galore - we call them our MacGiver drawers</p>
<p>Hey Fireflyscout, if you get this, can you PM me? I know you told me about the packing/storage service at our kids’ school, but I lost it. I can’t believe they will be home in less than 2 weeks</p>
<p>Bought a new KitchenAid mixer at Costco. They have a coupon for $40 more off of their already good price. So that meant finding a home in the pantry as I do not have the right counter space for it. Which meant completely tearing apart the pantry which was not on the to do list today…
Gave S’s private shelf of food up–he will just have to deal with his sister taking the best stuff before he gets there. Established S’s shelf when he was about 6. Funny. Made me nostalgic.
I have been kindly asked by him to get a cream shirt and seafoam tie for the prom. SEAFOAM? He said, “google it”. D who has had loads of parental efforts in her life actually told me I should not be doing this for him (!). I reminded her of the 5am phone calls to the East coast when she transferred mid frosh year to find her packing boxes. And then the trip to VT to move her in February that cost what–another couple grand…ah the memory of the 26 yr old.</p>
<p>OK, everyone, I know for sure that I’m not to wear hose to D’s graduation in 3 weeks (yikes!!), but I need advice as to when I should start using the Jergens so I don’t have pale legs. I finally found a dress yesterday – it was, of course, the last dress I tried on in the last store I went to. (Why this happens is another of life’s great mysteries.) I’m actually quite proud of myself that I even started looking this far in advance of the event – but the motivation of 20% off on top of the “sale” that ended yesterday was a pretty big incentive. They practically paid me to take the dress out of the store!</p>
<p>CBB, I used the Jergins for the first time this week in anticipation of getting rid of the tan line around my ankles for my speech on Friday. I used it three times and it looked good. I think for S’s graduation, I will aim for about 5 days in advance. I definitely don’t want to do it all the time. </p>
<p>I was talking to H about the saving stuff, since he is awful about that as well. He said it was killing him to run past perfectly good gloves, hats and shirts people discarded during the Boston marathon last week-end. It was all he could do not to reach down and carry a load of sweaty dirty clothes for the rest of the race so he could “save” them. In his mind some of the cast-offs were very high quality and just needed to be washed. Yuck.</p>
<p>Congrats on the dress find. I have bought mine as well on a very good sale. I just have to make sure I don’t gain too much weight to wear it.</p>
<p>cbb- I suggest you start experimenting with jergens now. I am a redhead with very pale legs. If I use it more than 2-3 times a week, my legs are orange and blotchy. But if i am very careful to apply thin, even lotion i can get good results with 2 times a week.</p>
<p>i am having trouble with ankles, and i think it is because i havent figured out how to exfoliate ankle area.</p>
<p>I have just completed one hose-free week, for those counting. Spanks are my new friend.</p>
<p>So this Jergen’s moisturizer is a skin dye?</p>
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Yes indeed! Love my Spanx.</p>
<p>The Jergens product is a moisturizer with self-tanner added. l use it for 4-5 days before I plan to show my legs with a skirt or shorts. The only thing I don’t like about it is the smell.</p>
<p>I too have purchased my dress for the actual graduation. I though have the honors ceremony the day before, a cocktail party to attend for the grads and although I don’t think he’s going - another graduation. He is actually getting 2 degrees and graduates on a Sat. for the first and then Sun. for the second. Currently he THINKS he is only going to the Sat. one. Ugh – may have to purchase another dress…</p>
<p>Just returned from taking D back to school. Was great to see her but I’m getting too old to drive 17 hours in 2 days. I did it last week and then again this weekend. Just really tired now. </p>
<p>Not sure if I’ll go for the hose or not. If not I’ll just look white. I always turn orange when I use those dies.</p>
<p>So what is Spanx? May have to look it up.</p>
<p>Spanx are a type of undergarment now known as “shapewear”, that help hold in problem areas such as tummy or thighs. I look about 5 lbs thinner when I wear them. Prior generations would have called them “girdles”. They are available in department stores such as Macy’s.</p>
<p>RMom…I believe one of the privileges of maturity is that one can wear the same dress more than once to sequential events. ( Of course maybe I am underestimating humidity, etc or overlooking the desire to have a reason to buy more than one dress. ) I am all for the standard comfortable dress (or for me pants/jacket) and changing the scarf (my standard accessory) if I need variety or to suggest I am not wearing a uniform or in a cult of some kind. And god knows my son would be unaware of what I was wearing unless it was a swim suit and snorkle gear. I’ll spare him that. Our ceremony will be outside unless it pours rain, so I am thinking more about the hat/shade dilemma–plus pockets for kleenex, etc…</p>
<p>re: why is the “last” dress you try on always the one you find at the last store you go into</p>
<p>Isn’t it pretty much the way it ought to work? You find a dress you like, and you buy it and quit shopping, so by definition it is always the last dress you tried on. </p>
<p>It does remind me of a junior high school era shopping trip with my dad for a new winter coat – my mom was very close to having my younger brother, so she stayed home. Dad and I went into Abraham & Strauss, I tried on one coat - it wasn’t good. I tried on the next one, and it was fine. Dad said, “Do you like it?”. I said, “Yes”, and we were home in just under an hour after we left the house. Mom was flabbergasted. Had mom been with me, we wouldn’t have gotten out of that store without trying on every conceivable coat.</p>
<h1>theory - I PM’d you.</h1>
<p>OK, I bought the Jergen’s too - please tell me it doesn’t make you look orange!</p>
<p>With the Jergens, make sure you buy the “light” and use plenty - if you try to stretch a light coat, you may streak it. I think I mentioned that I didn’t stread (and I have with other products) but my very fair, red haired D did.</p>
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No, no – I mean it was the last possible dress for me to try on. I had already been to/tried on dresses at the other stores I normally shop at. If this dress wasn’t it, I have no idea what my next move would have been. Somehow I don’t see myself shopping at Forever 21! (Oh, and the mention of A&S brought back memories of my years living and working on Long Island right after college – had never heard of that store before moving there.)</p>
<p>Spanx are SO much more comfy than anything ever called a girdle! Also, I just saw in the Sunday sale flyer for CVS that Jergens is on sale – will start “tanning” this week to see how it goes.</p>