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?

Here are some dresses, Laura: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

Can you edit the .csv file, MM?

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.

Sometimes it's something stupid like, you know, reaching for a fork or something, sometimes it's "Oh. I should not have tried to pick that up." and sometimes (like this time) it's because I slept funny.

It's been trying to work itself to fucked all week and I blame the weather. At night it's been so hot that I can't bear to sleep under the blanket, just a sheet. So, natch, sometime in the middle of the night the temp drops to "eat my ass, Sheet Boy" and I'm freezing, but I don't wake up enough to go get the fucking blanket and tell the weather to "Suck it." As a result, I wake up in a pretzel-like configuration, turned in on myself in a futile effort to seek warmth from my own body.

Does anyone have a sec to help me write a bio statement? I'm reviewing websites for a parents' group and (though they might not use any of them, because I rant a lot about non-functional 'home' buttons) they want a bio. I hate writing these.

You guys rock. Copying links like mad....