September 26, 2000

One year ago: I went home for the weekend, and not much happened.

I started an entry yesterday, but it was so boring, I couldn't even go through with it. I thought instead, that I would tell you what I've been up to this week.

Thursday night, I went to get my dress fitted for Mary's wedding. I met Mary and the other Mary (her matron of honor) at the place. First, I had to stop and buy shoes, because for those of you who haven't had anything altered, you have to wear the shoes you're going to wear in the wedding, so the hem can be the right length. So I went to the fantastico Discount Shoe Warehouse. The dresses are navy blue, but I hadn't seen them in so long, I couldn't really remember HOW navy blue they were, and I was really worried that the shoes wouldn't match. And they had just arrived, so I didn't have time to go get a swatch, go to the shoe store, and match it that way. Mary was totally unconcerned about it, and I should've just taken my cues from her. She pointed out that the dresses were so long, you wouldn't be able to see much of the shoe anyway, so who cares? Anyway, I found some shoes on clearance that I liked, and that seemed appropriate, and bought them. And guess what? They're fine. They match. As usual, Mary was right. We tried on our dresses and it took the lady like two minutes to pin them up. Mission accomplished, we headed out to dinner. It was nice to get to talk to Matron of Honor Mary -- I've heard so much about her from Mary the Bride, but I only met her for the first time at the bridal shower a few weeks back. She's a really nice person, and funny, and I can see why the two Marys are good friends. I look forward to hanging out with her on the wedding day, too.

After dinner, I went to Wegman's to try out my new Priceline grocery deal. You buy your groceries on Priceline, and bid for the best prices. Once they are accepted, your credit card gets charged. Then you go to the grocery store and pick up the things you've bought, and "pay" for them with your Priceline card. It was my first time, and it went pretty well. I got $56 worth of groceries for $38! I thought that was a pretty good deal.

Friday night, as those of you who also read my weblog may know, Jim was sick. We were supposed to go see Almost Famous, but he was really sick. Mary invited me to go with her and Terry, so I got to go anyway! We went to the mall first and shopped a little bit, and then went to the movie! I loved it so much. I'm saving the review for later, though.

Saturday was very exciting. Mary, Molly and I drove to Rochester to go to Target! We don't have one in Syracuse, and my friend Brenda registered there. Her shower is coming up, so it offered us the perfect excuse to make the drive. We also went to Linens & Things, Bed Bath & Beyond, T.J. Maxx, and Barnes & Noble. I know that all sounds boring, but I had a great time. Oh, and we had lunch at the Olive Garden.

Then, nothing very exciting happened until yesterday -- the Buffy and Angel season premieres! In honor, I made Ghoulish Goulash and Garlic Bread for dinner last night. I should have served red wine, too, but I'm not that creative. And we could have had blood pudding for dessert. I don't even know what that is, and frankly, it doesn't sound that good.

Today, I went to get my hair cut, and I got my eyebrows waxed for the first time ever. It was very exciting. It didn't hurt that much. Now, I look surprised all the time. Look at the picture if you don't believe me. It was weird, because first she brushed my eyebrows up and then trimmed them, and she cut off a LOT of hair. Now I'm all paranoid that I looked like Bert from Sesame Street before, and no one ever told me. Then she was talking to me while applying the wax and RIPPING it off, and I didn't want to talk because I was afraid it would make her slip and rip off my entire eyebrow on accident, and then where would I be? I ask you. So I was all, "Mmm." Then she gave me a mirror to check it out, but my eyes were watering so bad, I really couldn't see anything, so I pretended like it looked great. Now that my eyes have stopped watering, they do look pretty good. It's a weird feeling, though.