My SiL was in town today, so we went for dinner and did some shopping. She is pretty hard to shop for, and I still haven't gotten her present, so I was keeping my eyes peeled for what she was admiring. We were in the Bombay Company, where she was admiring a Nutcracker that was 40% off. So I starting planning to come back this weekend to get it for her. Just as we're heading to the cash, she says, "I'm going to get that Nutcracker." Mentally, I was saying, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Sigh. She, my brother and their son are the only people I have left to shop for, and they all have everything. It's really difficult.
Excuse me? Who gave you permission to exist?
Cordelia ,'Beneath You'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Dec 10, 2009 6:26:17 pm PST #24292 of 30001
hip deep in pie
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2009 6:45:22 pm PST #24293 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Bless my mother and sister. My mother loaded my sister up with sustenance, and my sister actually dragged it all from Jamaica. I didn't ask for rum, but I now have two bottles. Which is great, because I was all out, and eggnog season is here. And plantain tarts! My favourite pastry of them all. At least right now. I have a pile. And tamarind balls somewhere in that bag. I'm very happy, despite the headache.
And spending time with my sister wasn't bad either. Even if it was in LAX.
Lee - Dec 10, 2009 6:48:57 pm PST #24294 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
That sounds Awesome! I think I need to try plantain tarts
Strix - Dec 10, 2009 7:45:03 pm PST #24295 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Your mom made sure you had two bottles of rum? ita's mom, for the win!
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2009 7:48:26 pm PST #24296 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't dare ask! I didn't want to sound like a lush. But she made my sister bring it just because.
That's my mom. She's been sending me overproof liquor since I started university.
Strix - Dec 10, 2009 7:50:31 pm PST #24297 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
What's overproof?
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2009 7:52:04 pm PST #24298 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Over 150 proof--over 75% alcohol. And she sent me some drinking stuff as well as the mixing stuff.
Strix - Dec 10, 2009 7:55:15 pm PST #24299 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh. So like sugar-moonshine?
(i've had shine. DON'T.)
Trudy Booth - Dec 10, 2009 7:57:25 pm PST #24300 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Any rum cream, ita?
Gee I want to try rum cream.
-t - Dec 10, 2009 8:01:36 pm PST #24301 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That reminds me - my parents had to replace their fridge recently, so they cleaned out the freezer. Tucked in the back was some cranberry liqueur mom made in the early 80s and some moonshine (rotgut swill, as they called it at the time) that my brother and his friends made out of lemons and who knows what else in the late 80s. Mom said the 'shine was smoother than many vodkas she's tried. Keeping it frozen for 20 years apparently helped, because from what I remember when it was fresh, not smooth.