meara, those look like sexy work dresses, or wear a jacket over it at work because you have a dinner date after work.

I think possibly what I need is to be going on super-fancy adult-type dates with someone??

That would certainly be appropriate! Or, like, going to art gallery openings or the like, maybe? I feel like if someone made something like that on Project Runway, that's where they would say their girl was going to wear it. Anyway, super pretty dresses.

Seems like that word should have come through official channels, Connie.

I wanna go do dress up things with adults. I don't like many of my clothes. I am bored with everything.

Ooh, yes. Art gallery openings would be totes appropriate! Possibly to the ballet, on a date?

I made plans with a gay dude friend of mine for V-Day. We'll have to come up with a place to do dinner that will not be ridiculous, crowded, and full of loooooooove.

I need to find a period dress for Sarah's wedding. It's afternoon/evening with a fancy picnic style (at the Clyburn arboretum visitors center, with prewedding reception in the mansion for close friends.) Bride will be in vintage 70s dress. I need to find something garden party or fancier 30s/40s. I'd love to go all Miss Fisher's Mysteries, but not a lot of that is great on my shape. Need to get cracking on that.

Also trying to decide if I want to try to do some DIY stuff at home (changing out a wall sconce and a hanging light to different ones; changing the deadbolt to a keypad lock), which are supposedly simple, but I suspect I will screw up. But a professional could do them in about 10 minutes each, which seems silly to pay for. Ugh.

This is exactly the kind of thing I'd get wound up about before Bob moved in. But, the fact is, I'm just not handy and I'd much rather pay someone that is to do this kind of crap that be anxious about it, put off doing it, or eventually try to do it and fuck it up. It's just the kind of problem that money was made to be thrown at!

Bob is actually kind of handy so, if he thinks he can do something, I don't argue with him. For other stuff we have our contractor friend. What we've done is get a list of things together that he can do all at once. So, it makes a little easier to justify spending the money than having someone come in to fix one small thing. He appreciates getting the work especially in times like this, the Winter, when his bigger jobs dry up.

When you said "period dress" then referred to vintage 70s, I got a nasty twinge about my school-days wardrobe being considered "period dress".

I made plans with a gay dude friend of mine for V-Day. We'll have to come up with a place to do dinner that will not be ridiculous, crowded, and full of loooooooove.

A place to wear that totally foxy-sounding dress you have!

Well, I was referring to a much earlier period. I don't consider 70s period, though I guess it is. Her dress was made in the early 70s, before she was born (we both turn 40 this year.)

before she was born

sigh. And get off my lawn.