November 6, 2014

Stuff and Things 11/6



+I have a hate-hate relationship with the pants I posted yesterday.  I should say love-hate, right?  But any pants that ever make you hate them have to be hate-hate pants.  Last week they were too tight.  This week they feel great.  It's off and on with these stupid things.  But, though I check J.Crew for sales often and just need to buy some $60 pants already, I haven't splurged.  I did get a fabulous pair of jeans from J.Crew a few weeks back, but that doesn't help me on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.

+Side note:  I LOVE reading Stitchfix reviews.  I mean, it's a real guilty pleasure.  I'm fascinated by the people who keep more than one thing from their monthly box.  I never could justify it.  However, when I see a person spending $70-$100 on pants from Stitchfix, I side-eye it a bit.  Are pants really ever worth that much?  Especially from Stitchfix, who we know cannot necessarily be trusted.  It's like he-who-cannot-be-named:  Stitchfix is that-which-must-not-necessarily-be-trusted.

+Organize:  Create your own challenge.  Well, my challenge is to get this house put together in a way that  resembles human beings living in it.  I'm going to organize things one drawer, cupboard, and room at a time.  I've been chipping away at it here and there.  It's a work in progress.  Always.

Specifically my goal is to work on the basement.  I have a ton of high-quality Rubbermaid bins, and I'm going to put all my teaching stuff in them. "High-quality" is important when it comes to bins.  Cheap bins fall apart and break easily.

If nothing else, I get a whole week off for Thanksgiving this year, so that's the week I'm going to do all the things.  Including paint our bedroom and/or kitchen and organize the basement.  We'll see, right?

+How do we feel about TWD?  I truly like Beth but I like Rick and Daryl more.  So yes, an entire episode of Beth and these new characters (new characters are the worst) is not going to hold my interest as much as it should.  I went to bed at 8pm-ish on Sunday night and then watched TWD on Monday before I fell asleep at 9pm.  Homeland was on Tuesday for me (eh, it took 52 minutes to get to the only interesting part...this is a good review of this week's episode)…Once Upon a Time was…not happening.  I'm not sure of this Frozen storyline.  It's kind of meh-y.

+I started watching Hostages on Netflix.  Dylan McDermott is one of my favorites.  In fact, I've all but boycotted American Horror Story because I don't think any season will ever compare to the first, starring him and Connie Britton. I became very sad when I realized there was only one season of Hostages.

+And that is the current state of affairs concerning television.


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