what's up with the strings?

Seriously--that bandeau top flatters two women, and those strings make that a moot point.

I'm sorry to hear your cat is not happy, Jesse.

A tunic and capris could be formal--it depends entirely on the tunic and the capris (my mother or sister would tend to wear Indian shantung silk with embroidery, beading, or sequins).

sorry your kitty is having such a hard time, Jesse. Poor old guy!

Ooh, that dress is cute, msbelle. The URL scared me.

Thanks, y'all. He has never been sick for the 10 years I've had him, so the whole thing is extra disconcerting to me.

I am about to purge my closet. Anything straight and tight through the hips is getting tossed. It is at least 2 suits, 3 skirts, and 2 dresses. Therefore I am looking at potential replacements (which is probably silly, I should just reduce).

The dress is super cute!

I want to order all new plates. I'm in that mood. I want something open stock and simple but I don't want to spend a fortune.

Also, I want a pony.

I went to the dentist for the first time in years today. Complicated by the fact that he's the husband of a friend. So I am all pain in the mouth + shame.

Kat - colors you are interested in? do you care about plate shape?

white, I think. I like the crate and barrel open stock stuff.

For, you know, reasons, I googled pruittgate, and found myself reading posts about the Bronze.

Why am I doing that? It wasn't my life.

I'm still at work, and there's at least one status report between me and the door, never mind timesheets.

As for falling out of the back of a pickup, that death happened multiple times in my hometown.

Yup, mine too.

Impromptu wine and triple cream brie on the deck, while popup thunderstorms happened close enough to cool things off and make pretty skies, but not close enough to drive us inside.

Loki got to hang out with us. Pumpkin cried at the door most of the time, since she made a beeline for the egress locations everytime. Sigh.

Also, if anyone in the Baltimore area is looking for a cat, but only one cat, here's my friend's former cat : [link] she's a total sweetie (and McGuyver-cat), but probably cannot live with other cats, at least not other bossy cats, cause she'll pee inappropriately. She doesn't when the roommate & bossy cat are gone over the summer. K's broken up over surrendering her, but between the peeing (her roommate has a bossy cat) and her traveling so much, she just felt she had no other choice. I'm kinda sad, I really like Sweet Pea, and were it not for the fact that my house would be an even deeper layer of miserable for her, I would have taken her. Pumpkin reminds me of her.

I can't put this on fb, because I think it would make K sadder.

My god--Modcloth has some hideous swimsuits.

Wow, those are AWFUL. But I love the bottoms you posted, ita!