Oh god, how does the timing work out like this? The minute that I decide to sing lustily along with The Swell Season is thirty seconds before I notice the motion sensor lights are on and the neighbors have pulled into the drive, and I'm sitting right next to the OPEN window above our shared driveway. ::headdesk::

Thanks for the Hawaii recs! We have filed them away because, after a long look at our finances, we decided to put the money to buying a flat screen TV instead. Our TV is 10 years old and our even older DVD player just died, so it's time. It is going to be our Christmas present to each other as well, since we are buying a BIIIIIG TV and a blu-ray player too. We certainly can't afford to do that and go away on vacation, so tech it is!

I love haloumi cheese. Haven't tried the TJ's kind yet but I have tried some mexican frying cheeses and they're similar. Haloumi's so damned expensive, though.

Went and met a guy who answered my ad for people to work through The Artist's Way with. I think it'll help me to have an appt to go to every week.

Oh, so I bought some tickets off a friend that I haven't been able to use or sell, but today I found out that I can just return them, and she'll get a refund. Can I just tell her that's her weddding present? It's about the amount I would have spent, and she's asked for cash anyway. And I already gave her a check for the tickets.

See, Dita's behavior is why I ALWAYS put laundry away. It goes from dryer to hanger to closet without a stop in between. Which is what I just did.

Stripped 3 of the awkwardist spindles, 3 more of their breathren before I hit the second floor. I hate the spindles at the top of the step, I just can't get any leverage and my hands protest.

For a wedding present? I don't think so. How close are you?

We're super-close. Otherwise, she's going to get a refund on her credit card, and send me a check to pay back what I already paid her, and then I'm going to put money into her "honey fund." It just seems like I could cut out the middleman! I realize this may be overly tacky. But I also think she might just be OK with it.

Oh, in that case maybe.

If you're close to her, I wouldn't sweat it. But I'm a lot less formal than most.

At the store today I saw UCLA chips. And USC chips. I would have taken a pic but the food demo lady was making me self-conscious.

Eh, I'll just tell her that she'll be getting the refund and see if she connects the dots.