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Missed my doctor's appointment. Will have to wait until ass-early Thursday morning to find out if I'm clinically sad or not.

To make up for the missed appointment, I went shopping with all my shiny graduation money:

The Body Shop was having a sale of 3 make-up items for $15, on account of them changing their packaging. That was too good to pass up, so I got 3 eyeshadow colors, 1 lipstick, 1 lip stain thingy, and 1 mascara. I also got a mandarin-flavored body scrub.

I got a hat and a shirt at Torrid. I tried on several shirts but only fit one, and in their smallest size. I'm really too small for that store, but at the same time I often have difficulty fitting into a large in normal stores. And most of the time THAT comes down to my having wide shoulders and a C cup. They just make the shirts so damn small-- even if I lost 30 pounds and went from a size 12-13 to a size 8-9 or something, I *still* wouldn't be able to wear that shit because I don't have dainty shoulders. I'm 5'7". But I like the shirt I did get, and my hat is cute. I'm still wearing it right now. I look good in hats, if I do say so myself. I also got two other shirts from different stores.

I got a soap dish and matching small ceramic cup for my bathroom. It's white with pink and gold in a sort of bird design. Which sounds gaudy, but really it's not.

I also hit the Barnes and Noble. Picked up:

Fruits Basket 12
Fruits Basket 13 --- I meant it when I said "fuck you" to the current scanlations.

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris --- This came recommended to me a long time ago, and I've heard excerpts of his writing before. Always amusing.

The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E. B. White. --- recommended by Stephen King in his book On Writing. It's a little, little text. 85 pages and a glossary.

Nightwatch by Terry Pratchett --- Because Terry Pratchett is love. Even though I still have to finish The Light Fantastic.

Issola by Stephen Brust --- I'm about two books behind in reading what I own now, but that's okay. I really enjoy this series; it's fun and yeah, it's fantasy, but mostly its all about inner-city crime and mob life. And sometimes political movements. There's a whole lot of stuff I like better when it's put into a fantasy world instead of the real world. The guys at Penny Arcade did a comic about the books recently.

Overall it was a good shopping trip. I want very badly to wear make-up and cute shirts tomorrow.

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[v-voltaire.livejournal.com]

Elements of Style is love ♥ You know the whole "you have to learn the rules to break them" thing? There are the rules, right there, in an easy-to-read and easy-to-reference format. Much love to the Elements of Style.