MIA

I know, I know, I've been MIA lately. But I've been so busy with work, and Wake football, and getting ready to go to Italy in two weeks, that the blog was moved to the back burner. And all I can even offer you now is a quickie. I'm sorry, oh deserted blog.

Anyway, because the trip is eminent, here's some stuff I've purchased (in addition to the approximately 8 pairs of new Gap jeans that are in my closet. Seriously. Do yourselves a favor and check them out).

Exhibit A is my cross-body bag, essential for thwarting thievery and gypsies and the like in busy tourist locations. And also big enough to hold my guidebooks, wallet, sunglasses, sunscreen, and a bottle of water. From Piperlime.com.

Exhibit B is the Old Navy "cardi-coat" that I dominated this weekend. IT WAS $20. SERIOUSLY. If the damn thing falls apart when I get back, it'll still be worth it. The only sad thing is that it also exists in purple but is sold out in my size online. I may have to check that out in person this weekend at some point. Because it's awesome. In fact, I'm wearing it right now. But mine is grey, not white.

I've also purchased the much talked about kindle with a purple leather case. More to come when I've actually received and played with it a bit.

During my random online shopping, I came across these: FitFlop boots. They are going to be the perfect lovechild between Fitflops and Uggs, and I'm buying some as soon as I get back from Italy. I believe I've mentioned previously how effing awesome Fitflops are for walking in...they're as comfy as actual walking shoes. And though they're kind of ugly as far as flip flops go, the comfort level always wins out in my opinion. My only prior complaint with Uggs was that they have virtually zero arch support and are therefore pretty poor for lots of walking, and it appears that Fitflop is fixing that problem. More to come on the quality of the actual boot as compared to Uggs (they're about the same price, so I'm hoping they're similar). They also have a tall boot coming out.

Ok, back to work. I'm flying to Chattanooga tonight. Exciting.

Courtesy Post

I know I haven't been around for a while, so I wanted to pop in and say "Don't worry! I'm Alive still!" But really nothing even remotely new or exciting is going on, so I don't have much to say.

I was sick as a dog last week (bad cold) and was stuck in West Virginia in a hotel room of infection. Ugh it was horrible. I took some time off and slept a lot, and I feel much better now. I'm in Charlotte all week, so I'm trying to get back into my normal routine.

Wake opened their season Saturday with a loss. Great. And in true Wake fashion, they made it appear at the end that we should maintain hope, that they might pull off a win. And then when the time came to pull their shit together, they choked. Hopefully they'll be able to pull off a win on Saturday.

Blake has a number of visitors coming into town on Saturday to see the Panthers/Eagles game on Sunday. This means that I will largely have the weekend to myself because he will be busy with his guests. I have to go back to WV on Sunday (boo) but a little extra down time can only help my recuperation, I assume.

In other news, I leave for Italy in 31 days! Crazy. I should probably make some reservations at the busiest attractions this weekend during my down time. And potentially print out some train schedules. Good times.

That is all. I'm boring.