Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.

Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'


Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


sj - Aug 16, 2014 6:16:13 pm PDT #12867 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

BIDs are always lying, evil snits, but still not fun to have a big social event throw itself in front of you when you were expecting another week to prepare.

Thanks. When I was planning to go to this wedding months ago, I was fully expecting to be buying a maternity dress and not caring if I had extra weight around the middle. It's crazy how quickly I allowed myself to plan the next year of my life completely around that pregnancy.


sj - Aug 16, 2014 6:19:48 pm PDT #12868 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I suppose I can't call and say, "So sorry, but I didn't realize your wedding fell on the same day as the premiere of Doctor Who."


billytea - Aug 16, 2014 6:27:06 pm PDT #12869 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Anyone have favorite online retailers that have lots of brands and/or are cheap, besides Sierra Trading Post, Zappos/6pm, and Amazon?

thebookdepository.com, which offers free shipping worldwide (including Australia). It even promises to ship board games to Australia for free. Also fishpond.com.au, which also does free shipping and is currently my cheapest source for Doctor Who DVDs. Plus, prices update frequently, and I've captured many a bargain by timing my purchases.

I realise that last site may not be of much use to anyone else here.


meara - Aug 16, 2014 6:34:09 pm PDT #12870 of 30002

Sorry, I should have been more specific--that sell lots of clothes and shoes and suchlike. (The book depository sounds like fun, but I pretty much exclusively do ebooks these days. Well, other than the travel guides. I decided I much prefer traveling with a paper guidebook)


Laura - Aug 16, 2014 6:49:16 pm PDT #12871 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

I find I order clothes from JC Penny pretty often.


billytea - Aug 16, 2014 7:07:22 pm PDT #12872 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Sorry, I should have been more specific--that sell lots of clothes and shoes and suchlike.

Ha! I am undaunted ,and can provide useless recommendations in this space as well! I buy clothes online from Ron Bennett: [link] Note that this is both an Australian retailer, and a purveyor of men's clothing.


sj - Aug 16, 2014 7:09:31 pm PDT #12873 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

No ideas on the clothing front. I'm still trying to figure out what to do without Coldwater Creek.


beekaytee - Aug 16, 2014 7:40:37 pm PDT #12874 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant

Can I just say, BT, that Australian and NZ tv make me want to live in your hemisphere...a lot.

I _loved_ the most recent season of Masterchef so much...while I cannot bear the American version.

House Husbands, Winners and Losers, Serangoon Road, The Almighty Johnsons (now available on Syfy), Mr & Mrs. Murder...I can't get enough.

Do you have any favorite shows to recommend?

meara, in re: clothes online...I tend to not do a lot of shopping that way because I get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of choices, however, I find the search engine on the macy's dot come site to be super helpful in this regard. You can narrow things down to a ridiculous degree.

Being a short, round person who eschews patterns, prefers black and doesn't do polyester, it is a joy to go from 'cargo pants = 756 results' to 'pickyness = 6 results'.


billytea - Aug 16, 2014 8:03:49 pm PDT #12875 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Can I just say, BT, that Australian and NZ tv make me want to live in your hemisphere...a lot.

Hee. I've never really thought of our TV as being that exportable. I'm afraid I don't watch much of it myself - about the only thing I watched on a network schedule this year was Orphan Black. (Which remains obstinately not Australian.)


Strix - Aug 16, 2014 8:40:41 pm PDT #12876 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

We are going to Kid Weekend on the weekend of the Dr Who premiere, on my actual birthday. It was a quandary; thank god for DVR.