Why Buy the Pony When You can Ride for Free?

i know its been a while since i last wrote but i've had a hard time coming up with a great topic to write about.  and i don't say that because there isn't much going on (there is) or because i haven't been thinking of stuff (i have) but mostly because i haven't been able to come up with a focus.

 

for a while i was contemplating "the return to traditional gender roles" as a theme.  i didn't mean that in the broad sense.  i meant specifically in the context of the early stages of relationships.  but i knew i'd touched on this in an earlier posting and i didn't really want to go into details because its a tricky position to defend in this day and age.

 

i've borrowed the second season of sex and the city from the library.  i'm not a massive s.a.t.c. fan - i couldn't to a weekend marathon nor am i willing to pay money to watch the show - but i figure i've gotta keep up with whats going on (or what was going on five years ago) so i watch.  and now i've joined the ranks of the women that compare themselves to fictional characters on tv.  charlotte? carrie?  oooh ... who am i?  obviously the answer is none of them but its something to think about i suppose.

 

today i went to fabricland after work to buy material to make curtains.  it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone reading this that i quickly became overwhelmed, second-guessed each choice i made, and eventually left with nothing.  so i've not yet used my new sewing machine and i still have a sarong nailed into my wall acting as a shade.  ghetto, i know, but little i can do about it right now. 

 

it turns out that my new-found empowerment has not translated into an ability to make purchases without assistance but i don't feel too bad about it.  i have made progress in other areas!