More later, but let me share just 2 things before i sit down to pay my bills, go out and get some groceries, and do various other tedius saturday chores:

1) A guy I used to work with was extremely into astrology, and told me that because I'm leo/cancer cusp I probably have a tendency to get very sentimental and attached to some small, insignificant objects in my life. Not always true. But sometimes, yes. Exhibit A and B are my 3.5-year-old Vans and my cheese toast watch. Both have now been officially replaced. I'm wearing my snazzy new Delia's watch that finally came in the mail yesterday and my new black and gray Vans purchased at an actual Vans store in Chicago yesterday. (you can get Vans in Oshkosh, but only if you're a fan of white tennies. Which I'm not.) And they feel foreign. Not all broken in and comfortable, but new and stiff. That'll change in time, I know, and I really do love the new stuff, but right at this particular moment I really want to go put my old sneakers on again and find a new watchband for the cheese toast.

2) I'm lame.

3) If anyone's interested, I have to make another trip down to Chicago in about a month, month and a half. I found a snappy entertainment center at Ikea yesterday that is so much more fun than the one I inherited from Chris. I was all set to buy it when we found out they were sold out, it was an in-store item only, and they wouldn't get any more in for at least 4 weeks. So dammit. No new furniture for me.

4) Speaking of you, Chris, if you haven't found someone to go to Roscoes Chicken and Waffles with yet I'll come back there and kill you myself.

Now I'm out - but first, let's take a look at my overall mood yesterday: