Don't let them get you to sign up for a huge committment before you're sure you want it and can schedule accordingly. The Memphis Krav center got almost a thousand bucks out of me for nothing because they refused to let me out of my contract once work instituted a no-more-flexible-hours policy that was mutually exclusive with all the class times.

Since Erin's a freelancer, scheduling is less of a problem.

ita !, I would dress casually. You go in with nice clothes, they'll try to up-sell.

Matt, I can't afford a huge contract. I would never sign one, but thanks for the tip. The $35 is a huge indulgence, but I've been so curious for so long, and it's next Saturday. And if I like it, I've got chutzpah; I'd go to the owner if it's crazy-pricey and see if I can negotiate a lower price in exchange for webwork or advertising. You don't ask, you don't get.

WEBWORK, not wetwork. Copy or editing, not assassination. I figure they got that down if they need it...

Oh, and someone told me Cumberbatch is really a ginger, so I had to go look. Apparently, he doesn't like the darker hair because it makes him look too girlish? DUDE. SO not an issue, really. The darker hair is SO much better.

I am totally with you on that, but I feel like everyone else I've heard who has an opinion on him likes him better with his natural hair. Maybe it depends on how you see him first? I don't know. But I *love* him with dark hair and think he looks a bit nondescript and, frankly, not attractive with ginger hair.

ITA, Steph. I think he's rather bland with lighter hair.

The lighter-haired look worked for him in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, IMO. Then again, he was a very different sort of character in that than he is in Sherlock.

I think ginger-haired Cumberbatch needs to wear lipstick or something. His whole face seems to blend together for me that way.

Do people who eat a lot of salads shop twice a week? I am having trouble getting enough lettuce to stay good to go only on Saturdays.

I like the cherry veneer coffee table! Ours is solid cherry and amazing handiwork. Amish made custom. I'm sure it cost a fortune however umpteen years ago, but it was my parents dosh, and they gave them to us when they moved to Hawaii and didn't want to haul furniture. They are sadly abused by us because we are why we can't have nice things. But even so, they're still gorgeous.

I like Cumberbatch with the dark ginger hair I've seen on him a time or two. The strawberry blond hair he sometimes has is less appealing to me. But, yeah, the Sherlock locks? Verrrrrrry nice!

I totally prefer darker-hair Cumbermuffin. It makes him so much more striking and strange.