STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Cortney1982 wrote:

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I haven't taken down the Christmas trees yet.  At least I don't turn the lights on.  I've used the new puppies as an excuse since I was going to take them down New Years day!

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Omg - is not taking your xmas tree down yet a confession at this point? I mean it's barely even New Years, right? I'd make it a confession if it wasn't down by Valentine's Day, maybe even Easter. Damn. If I'm this much out of the loop, I need to add quite a few confessions to my list...

Lilykind, if it makes you feel any better my (bachelor) uncle kept a christmas tree up for three years once. And it was a live tree (well, for a while...)! Right in the middle of his family/main/rec room. The first year it was fine, the second year he spray painted it green so it looked like it was still alive, and the third year he sprayed on that fake snow stuff to cover up the dead parts. I think he only took it down when he had a date coming over once and he didn't want her to see it! But his Christmas lights have been up for about 15 years straight now!

My tree and all my decorations are still up as well. I just got home yesterday (well the first, but it was late so it might as well have been the second) so I won't even think about taking it down until this weekend.

NCshopper wrote:

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shopchicago33 wrote:

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ttara123 wrote:

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tri_sarah_tops wrote:

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3. Someone I work with had comic sans set as the default font on her email. I couldn't stand it anymore, so when she got up to go to the copier and didn't lock her computer, I changed her font. She hasn't said anything so I don't think she's even noticed.

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 I LOVE this. Comic sans is the bane of my existance.

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You are my hero for doing this - that's seriously awesome!

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Agreed.  Best idea ever.  I might have to do this to a coworker who has wallpaper on her outgoing emails.  Grrr!

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You are awesome. Comic Sans is actually the default font for my employer, so I can never get away from it.

lol, squishy.

I took my Christmas stuff down on New Years day!  Not because I'm super-motivated-organized (I wish!), but because I wanted my damn living room back.  And I was tired of having to go outside in the dark and rain to turn the outside lights on , even though it's maybe a 10-foot walk.  Ba Humbug!

I want to return a joint gift DH and I got from his parents, but he doesn't want to.  I know we'll never use it, so I might do it anyway behind his back.  It's an electric (aka plug-in) fondue pot.  Isn't the whole point of a fondue pot that it keeps things warm away from a stationary heat source?  It's got to sit on the counter to reach the plug-in anyway, for cripe's sake!

DH has no idea I'm in the middle of a big closet overhaul.  I tell him about all the stuff I've donated (hello, big tax deduction!), but not the stuff I'm buying to replace it because he gets freaked out about clothes-buying.  I just remove the tags and hang the stuff up, and put the packaging away before he gets home.  As long as I keep it under control, what he doesn't know won't hurt him.  And it makes his wife cuter, so he should be glad for it, right ?

School starts on Tuesday, and my SIL is taking the same class as I am.  She has a hard time with classes, and I'm going to end up having to help her with everything.  The only reason I'm sucking it up is because it's the first class I've taken in awhile and I'm using her as my security blanket .

I do not own a full length mirror.  I keep swearing I'll buy one and still haven't.  It's been almost 5 years now .

About twice a year I get an update type e-mail from my ex about his family, and every time I find myself wishing those were my kids, and that were my family. This year I have a wonderful boyfriend who reminds me in many ways of this ex, but he's many, many, many years away from settling down, and I think my biological clock has started ticking.

I make okay money, and my boyfriend makes crappy money, and always will, and I find myself resenting him for it sometimes. I've always wanted to eventually be a SAHM, but I think I'm always going to have to be the major breadwinner.

I have a ton of stuff to do on my desk, but since we returned to work after the holidays, I've spent most of my time catching up on things I needed to take care of on the internet (ordering things, investments, bills, etc).

I've been taking care of my roommate's cat for the last month (my roomie doesn't live at the apartment right now), but my roommate comes down on the weekends and cleans out the cat litter. I noticed her cat pooped outside the litter box at the beginning of the week, but didn't do anything about it because my roommate has been annoying the crap out of me. Since it didn't make the rest of the house smell, I didn't care, and I'm sick of taking care of HER responsibilities.

My boyfriend said the L word about 3 months into our relationship, and I said it back about a month later, but sometimes I'm not sure that I really do. I really, really like him, but I think it was all too fast for me.

I bought the wedding dress that my mom really loved.  It's very sparkly and "cute" but not really what I wanted.  But since she was paying I felt I had to be as excited about it as she is.   The closer it gets to the wedding, the worse I feel, but I try to remind myself that I get to marry the man I love, and what I wear isn't important.

Fiance's brother and sister in law gave us the tackiest, weirdest Christmas present. Well... they gave me 2 cute necklaces but they give him this cheesy framed, picture of the White House with spaces for a collection of presidential dollars. Neither of us collect coins and it was such a random, pricey gift considering they have a lot of debt and a baby on the way. It's just annoying they thought we would want this and they spent so much... I've seen it online for $180. And I know its not a regift because they got one for his dad too. Fiance feels guilty and thinks we should hang it up but over my dead body.