I mean, I SHOULD hire MYSELF. ahem.

Yay Perkins!

The most I've ever spent on a purse was slightly over $100, but it was a specific design with loops for holding a folding parasol. I need to dig it out tonight and reinforce the stitches that are holding the skeleton hand on it.

I should go get my brows cleaned up. They're a good shape, there are just some strays that I could make someone else deal with.

I mean, I SHOULD hire MYSELF. ahem.

Exactly.

The weeks in France were some of the best/funniest late night TV I've ever seen. I adore him. Stephen does, too, actually. I think we *both* want to marry him.

The only thing I ever use that's close to a purse is this awesome rag handmade thing that someone else fixed for me years later. I put my knitting in it. Then I walk around pretending it's a purse, but I'm always busted because then I pull my wallet out of my cargos.

So today I went out for my constitutional, and it was awful. Super muddy and slick. I almost called the SO to tell him not to go out, the roads were so bad.

Turns out I should have, because he got into a wreck. Single car, he's okay, but he's at the shop and he can fix the mirror for $336 or all the damage for $5000. For a car we got free. Yeah, that's not happening. Sucks! But I'm glad he's okay.

But seriously, yo, we need all wheel drive.

reinforce the stitches that are holding the skeleton hand on it

(giggles maniacally)

I still remember at the San Francisco F2F you asking someone to hand you your purse and - for some reason - felt the need to describe it. The pink, coffin-shaped purse.

The phone hasn't rung in an hour and a half.

So I turned my attentions once more to what the hell I want to do with the rest of my life, and I made the mistake of going to the website for Oxford University, and I think I want to take every single postgrad program they have. I am in academic bliss reading these course listings.

Yay Perkins!

My one true bag -- and I mean one true bag, for I only ever use the one -- is from Queen Bee Creations. Apparently they call this style "Truckette"? [link]

Mine has a different design but is otherwise the same. It's small enough to be cute & easy to carry around, but big enough to carry everything I need, including a book, a notebook, phone, wallet, keys, iPod, chapstick, pens, gum, etc. etc. And I love that the strap can be made long enough so you can carry it across your body like a messenger bag. Truly, I will never love another.

Woot, Perkins!!

And woot for me too, for something not nearly as woo-alicious medically speaking, but for money-alicious. Just heard back from Progressive. They are giving me $12,000 for my six-y.o. Civic (top of the line value!), will give me the $500 deductible in a separate check as soon as they get it from the other guy's insurance company, and the adjuster told me to send her a scan of my new car's bill of sale so they can reimburse me for some of the tax/license/fees!!

This is the first time I've had to do anything with Progressive other than send them premiums, and I'm sticking with them after this really fantastic experience dealing with this really crappy accident.

Oh, that's good news, Kathy.