I didn't make it to The Pink Pelican. I ran out of time. I did go to Marshall's where I bought a cute madras jacket for $15. The brand is Carole Little. I'm not familiar with that brand, but it seems to be of acceptable quality. I bought more Whim at Target. I like the daisy pattern. I did buy some Lilly at Belks. I was on my way to the restroom and decided to cruise the bedding and towels. I found a Lilly neck roll on sale and then 15% off that. It didn't have a price on it so the lady let me have it for $25. I couldn't turn that down.

Did anyone else get the Vineyard Vines catalogue? I couldn't get it out of the mailbox. It's the size of some of the magazines from the 60's and 70's. Many of you don't remember Life, Look and Seventeen magazines used to be big, about 11 X 14. I'm so glad they make them smaller.

I'm going to turn in now and look at my new VV catalogue.

Have a good Monday!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. It is real hot here. We had a great day at the store yesterday. The best we've had in about 7 or 8 years. I think it is because people are staying in town and not going to Huntsville to restaurants and bars. Plus, there are a few convenience stores that have sold to non-Americans. In our town, you have to be an American citizen to get a license to sell alcoholic beverages. That has helped a lot with the beer sales.

I finally got everything back in the closet. I have 2 more loads of clothes to wash and I will be finished. What is taking so long is the fact that I don't dry wearing clothes in the dryer and the only place I have to dry them is on the shower rod. I can only hang so many on there at a time and it takes a good 24 hours for them to dry.

I have to go to a training class for work today. It is about 40 miles away in Huntsville. But, I get paid time and a half plus mileage. While I'm there, I'm going to The Pink Pelican to their 2 for $75 Lilly polo sale. They emailed me a coupon. I thought I would buy two different colors and let my sister pick the color that she wants. They also ordered a pair of Stephen Bonanno sandals for me about 6 weeks ago and they are still not in. Maybe they came yesterday. (I doubt it)

As I've said in the past couple of weeks, I've been on Phase I of South Beach. I weighed this morning and I have lost 4 pounds. Only 11 more to go. I'm going to stay on Phase I for a couple of more weeks and see what happens. I know I won't lose 4 more, but maybe I'll lose about 2. I'm going to try not to break my arm patting myself on the back. I have struggled with my weight my entire adult life. I'm not that overweight, but my father's family are all small, thin people and I have always been made to feel like the beached whale. His stepmother had anorexia. She always told me not to get too thin (like that was a problem) or I'd end up like her, but she would always make disparaging remarks about "fleshy" people. Of course, I was one of those "fleshy" people.

Guess what! They finally fixed the ceiling in my closet. Now to put everything back. It will be so nice to get the dirty clothes hamper out of the middle of the bedroom. I know that's gross. I have clothes in the rocker in the living room (clean of course), clothes in the dining room floor and clothes drying on the shower rod. I can't wait to get back to normal.

Tuesday, I locked all the doors on the 10th floor, because they are storing our new computers there. Yesterday, I went upstairs to let them put more computers in there and relocked the door. It was still locked when I went up at the end of the day. Today, I went up to get ready for a training session tomorrow and all the doors were unlocked and wide open. I even had a sign on the main doors that said "Do Not Enter". Someone had taken the sign down and laid it on the hostess stand. The only two people that have keys to the main door are the guard and me. I know I didn't unlock them so it had to be the guard. I can't believe that guy. I told security and they couldn't believe he would do that. I'll see if they are still locked in the morning.

I'm still waiting to have my ceiling fixed. I am getting a lot of laundry done, so when they get it fixed, I can put clean clothes back in there.

I got a lot done at work today. I went to the basement and emptied my file cabinet of subpoenas. I brought them back upstairs and organized them into boxes by year. I got 4 years organized. I lack 4 years being finished. I can't believe that I was so motivated to sit at a table all day long and go through them. I took my Tretorns and put them on to go to the basement. I ran into a woman that works in real estate and she about had a stroke because I had them on. It was because I could wear them and she couldn't. I should have told her that in our department we can wear what we want. She really would have stroked out then.

They still haven't fixed the ceiling in the closet. I still have laundry to do, but I'm going to take a break from it tonight.

I started a project today at work. I am supposed to box up all of the subpoenas that we have received since the beginning of time. After they are packed, the legal department will decide the retention. Why not decide now and I can shred the years that are not kept.

I have set up a work table in front of my desk. I can't work on subpoenas in the basement. If I stay there longer than 90 seconds, my skin starts to crawl. Someone told me that many, many years ago, the city morgue was located in the basement of our building. It looks like it used to be the morgue. It also looks like somewhere where rats can find their way in, although I've never seen evidence of one. I'm wearing casual clothes and Tretorns tomorrow because I have to empty a file cabinet and bring the contents up to my area.

I finished "Such a Pretty Fat" by Jen Lancaster today. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Now if I can live by her words and diet and exercise myself to a thinner toned body.

Southern Belle Question

Has anyone read both "The Southern Belle Primer (Or Why Princess Margaret Will Never Be a Kappa Kappa Gamma) AND "The Southern Belle Primer (Or Why Paris Hilton Will Never Be a Kappa Kappa Gamma) by Maryln Schwartz? Are they the same book but just a different title? I have read the first one and "New Times in the Old South (Or Why Scarlett's in Therapy and Tara's Going Condo) and enjoyed both. Just wondering before I bought the Paris Hilton version.

I'm making progress with the laundry. They fixed the ceiling in the bathroom, now all they lack is the ceiling in the closet. I'll be glad to get back to normal.

Yesterday, I watched Pretty Woman for the first time in years. I forgot how much I enjoyed that movie. I also watched part of Funny Farm. I have always liked that movie. I want the LV wrist purse that Betsy, the prospective homebuyer carries. I know it is so 1986, but I like it.

Today, Queenie had on a black tank top with spangles around the neckline. She was going out of town for training. She didn't have a jacket to wear over it. How inappropriate. She does not have the body type or coloring to wear tanks.

Now to watch the recording of Gossip Girl. I know it's a rerun, but I'm addicted.