{{MM}} virtual gentle back rubs

Laura, Fatshionista has a pretty comprehensive list of plus size stores (brick & mortar as well as online) with reviews.

An excellent site!

{{Trudy}} Much get-well~ma for your mother. Bleeding ulcers are very scary, but very easy to treat once they're found.

Is there anyone here who would be wiling to take a look at my resume? I did some radical rewriting of it, so I can take a copy of it with me on an interview, today. They've got a copy of an older one, but it very nearly didn't get me the interview, so I need someone to take a good look at my new one to see if it's catchier.

Laura, there are some links to places here: [link]

I cannot speak for any of them, unfortunately.

MM, sorry about your back.

Trudy, I hope your mom is doing well today and that your eyes have recovered.

1.5 days until vacation...

Laura, you can try Lane Bryant too.

(It's listed on Nora's link! I'm gonna bookmark that one too!)

Laura-

I can personally vouch for igigi.com and alight.com from the fatshionista link- although those might be young sites for her. Alight runs hella small (I think because it is "juniors", because I am an 18-20, and a 3X barely fits me.

Also, for really classy and expensive clothes, the ladies at Manolo for the Big girl recommend Talbots. I am hoping, after I pay off my debt, to get some suits there, as they have plus petites.

I am Captain Crankypants this morning.

I have to compile a report in Excel, the data for which is transferred from a different system first as a .CSV. Of course the stupid thing plants two blank rows between each of the OVER A THOUSAND ENTRIES, so that I have to drag rows together for the rest of time.

There's probably some easier way to do it, some macro I could build or something but lo I am not conversant with Visual Basic and have no idea how to do it.

Grr. Arrgh.

Also, for really classy and expensive clothes, the ladies at Manolo for the Big girl recommend Talbots. I am hoping, after I pay off my debt, to get some suits there, as they have plus petites.

I second this recommendation, I got a great suit there this past spring. I was lucky enough to have a cousin who manages the store and got 50% off. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to afford it either. Do they go above a 20? I feel like that's the highest size I saw there, but I could be wrong.

{{Trudy}} OMG, so much anxiety. I hope everything calms down and you are able to get through the rest of the week OK.

MM- yikes to the Excel fuckwaddery. Also, when your back gives out, is there an inciting incident or do you wake up all fucked up? What I hate is when something SO STUPID triggers it. Like, when I turned to get a Q-tip after a shower. Bam! Fucking back.

{{{Trudy}}} Much health~ma to your mom and much calm~ma and focus~ma for you until you can get to see her.

{{{Susan}}} Continued health~ma to your mom and ~ma to you too. I'm so sorry.

moms works at Talbots ... to support her closet-by-Talbots, it turns out - I'll ask her to heads up us when the next sales are coming, if people want me to do so?