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So… uh… I returned The Cocktail Dress to Ross.
Don’t give me that look! When I bought the dress, the back vent was stitched shut. I’d hoped that cutting those stitches would give me more wiggle room and prevent the skirt from riding up so badly. MISCALCULATION. Once I cut the threads, [...] 
This year, I’m spending Christmas with someone very special to me. Someone rugged, but gentle. Clever, yet kind. Someone who knows all my faults and loves me anyway. Someone who makes a damn good cross-dresser. That’s right, folks, I’m alone! Mr. Jaunty and I opened presents with part of his family last night. This morning, [...] 
Today, while leafing through the latest issue of BUST magazine, I was SHOCKED to see a large Trashy Diva advertisement featuring this girl— who is also this girl—
I recognized her not only from my desktop wallpaper—
— but from my entire life.
High time for some outfit photos, don’t you think? Here’s my good winter coat:
Coat – Mossimo, thrifted I wanted a colorful winter coat for years, and found this one at Goodwill for $17.99. Pretty color, big collar, neat-o dark teal striped lining, and it was good as new. A [...] 
When I have a lot of cleaning to do, David Sedaris keeps me company via YouTube. Here’s a holiday favorite: I love that man. [...] 
Two days ago, EIGHT articulate, perceptive, loyal readers voted in favor of keeping the unwarranted cocktail dress despite having only seen said dress in a blurry cell phone photo. Ladies, I was thrilled to bits by your feedback and support. But before I do anything rash like (gulp) removing the big, red “DO NOT [...] 
I stood in a department store dressing room, eying my reflection in the three-way mirror. I wore a silky blue dress and red sweat socks. My thoughts went something like this: me: “I’ve always wanted a cocktail dress.” ME: “Hmm? Sorry, wasn’t listening.” me: “A dress. You know, something shiny to wear to cocktail [...] 
“Lots of things can get your day off track. You can’t do much about the unplanned and unexpected, but you can stop derailing yourself. Do you do do any of the following? - Surf the internet without clear objectives? - Spend time on trivia and not enough time on priorities? - Read [...] 
Respect is love in plain clothes. -Frankie Byrne 
At the recommendation of Katie and naturallycurly.com‘s forums, I have started using a satin pillowcase. My pillowcase is white, for reasons listed in order of importance: 1) JCPenney was selling individual white satin pillowcases for $5.99, which felt reasonable. Were I richer, I’d want these 2) I’ve been using/slathering a benzoyl peroxide treatment on my [...] |
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