Wow, brenda, that sounds really efficient.

Have fun, sj. Hope Teacup Guy can enjoy the evening.

Excepting the grocery store, which I still do not have nearby.

See what happens when you set stuff on fire?

Damn, you'd have to prove that the dealership knew about the unreported accident as well to get any satisfaction. Damn it.

Yep! Weirdly, Paul is downright chipper. I think he was worried about the engine, so needing the other stuff done isn't as big a deal to him, because hey--solid engine. And he's right in that it is live and learn, and that we have to learn to start asking the other person if they really like Object X, or if it's that they're tired, cranky, and stressed and just want it all over with.

However, he's still filing a BBB complaint and probably sending letters to all the local news consumer advocate departments. Next time we buy a car, he's totally going to wear his old KOMO news jacket.

Anyhow, accepting, moving on. It's all I can do, and the improvement in Paul's mood about things helps.

Now to go back to the dress hunt...

Pleides -- I'm sorry that the new car is sucking so bad. Darn these people who are trying to avoid higher insurance rates! (I'm assuming that's what the front end collision wasn't reported.)

sj - Have a great night out!

Raquel -- did you guys pick Mallory after the author of "Le morte de Arthur" - (or however it's spelled. French is a language that I do not know)? If you introduced him as Mallory after the author or as said above, "Mallory but we call him Mal" -- that should do the trick. I am astounded at your dh's level of denial.

Plei, I'll do some searching as well. Is this too spendy? Or too small?

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Or this?

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Too spendy, slightly too tight through the bust (even though it's stretchy), and also too acetate. I'd be swampy in about ten minutes.

I swear, a couple months ago I saw a black linen nursing dress, but maybe I was imagining it.

ETA, the Motherwear dress is too fugly with where the nursing cover ends.

I looked for some time and found NOTHING in a nursing dress that was black and natural fiber, except black cotton-lycra t-shirt dresses. There was not much that wasn't a sack, and nothing that looked good that was natural fiber. I say go black top and skirt and pretend it's a dress. There were some cute black nursing tops/camisoles.

Ok, that's going into the vows. "I'm playing dress-up, whee!" "Please, Monsignor, could you stay focused for just a few more minutes?"

BWAH!!!

did you guys pick Mallory after the author of "Le morte de Arthur"

Kinda. Mostly the name was in our heads from George Mallory, Everest almost-summiter. Thomas Malory spells his with one "L" but as we were talking over the name we realized it was also a namesake for him...the first anniversay present Robert got me was a double leather-bound set of Le Morte, so it ties in. And everyone who knows us assumes it's for that Malory, which is cool. My father's widow, who is standing in as grandmother, has been buying him King Arthur-themed things.

Good ? on the car thing, Plei. It'll work out.

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You probably have already looked at these, but I just know your pain and want to help)