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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.
Consuela, I'm sorry.
In other craptastic news, my boss is retiring in June. Not unexpected, at all, and he's put it off for a while now so we'd have his voice during all the changes so not undeserved, either.
I just wish he'd been able to stay for another year (while we figure out the new Dean).
I just blithely placed an order for a $6 pair of hose, and didn't realise it defaulted to UPS Next Day Air for shipping. Thankfully I used Google Wallet and it was sitting there telling me I had 15 minutes to cancel my order. GOOD LORD. $6 hose means if they arrive too late for the wedding, I won't cry. It does not mean I'm going to pay $62 to get them tomorrow.
Speaking of the wedding, I have a construction question--I'm going to use a piece of ribbon as an ad hoc choker. Is there a simpler way to tidily fasten the back than attaching a snap fastener, but with the end rolled over and stitched down so you can't see it?
Hil, if you're still on the lookout for a menorah, Apartment Therapy has a nice roundup:
Thanks. I think I'm going to wait until I can go to an actual store, though -- I've had a few too many experiences of buying Judaica stuff on the internet where the object delivered looked really different from the photo.
Oh, speaking of hose! I had a stroke of genius at Target. I'm always looking at the tights for sale, and know that the M/T size probably won't quite fit me (I am definitely NOT medium), but it didn't occur to me until now to just go up a size! I am so happy in the 1X/2X size right now, I don't even know. Do other people have this feeling all the time? That your tights are big enough? It's amazing.
No, I almost never have that feeling that my tights are big enough. Signed, they mostly do not make tall sizes and going up a size does not help.
Mostly I feel that the 1x/2x size it too tall! I have to fold it on my thighs!
I swear, this is magic. Mine are always too short (although not as much too short as yours, I'm sure....), and going up a size fixed it! I guess we'll see what happens when I wash them, but I may have found the promised land.
not too many tights can get over these hips.
So maybe I am the only person that has a pair of tights that fit right now??
Is there a simpler way to tidily fasten the back than attaching a snap fastener, but with the end rolled over and stitched down so you can't see it?
Sophia must know the answer to this, but I'm going to say glue, assuming you won't want to use the ribbon again.
My tights fit--the normal ones. The compression tights--I don't believe they fit anyone. Like, I want to be able to put them on so I can get compressed, but yikes. My mother is entirely paranoid about edema (I might have a history, so what?) and nags me about flying wearing them. But I'm going to wear compression socks instead.
My sister fucked up her foot pretty badly (spent weeks on crutches and may still be in a walking cast for the wedding next weekend), and apparently she needs compression hose too.
FINALLY finished the anti money laundering training & test. I cannot believe how much of my professional life I've been required to take that AND I STILL HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT TERM LIFE is. Okay, fine--I have an idea. But I'm never going to touch anyone else's so how am I going to stop money laundering?