Hello from the library!
I am feeling chipper this morning because Aaron and Dwight made a lot of room on my side of the bed last night and I got some good sleep.

So here I am at work, surfing one of those forums I told you about, and there's a thread that asks whether the current economy is affecting people's designer bag purchases. And here is what one of them said:

No, but the quality of Balenciaga has caused me to slow way down. Also I have been spending it on other things like showing my Tibetan Spaniel, Tim Cotterill bronze frogs, etc. However I just saw how much we lost the past 3 months due to the market *GULP* so maybe time to stop shopping and just enjoy going to the beach, on the boat, out to dinner etc. for a while.
Hope all those people that bought houses they could not afford and that we are now paying the price think twice next time. It's really a no brainer. If you make less than 50K a year, a 400K house is probably not a good idea. Gotta love good ole Fannie and Freddie.

Holy crapola! Tim Cotterill bronze frogs? Oh yes, good choice...and then put down people who make less than 50 K a year and buy an expensive house! I mean, not that buying a 400K house is a smart decision, but at least it provides shelter, which is more than can be said of her purchases. You try living on that salary and still pay off your boat!
And let me just say that, yes, I have fallen down the rabbit hole a bit, but thank god I don't know what Tim Cotterill bronze frogs are. I am not old enough to start collecting random nick nacks that are useless except to drive my future kids crazy when they have to clean up my "estate."

By the way, the guy that I am working with today (online tie guy) winked at me yesterday as I checked out a study room, and just bought me a donut and called me honey. And since he has a mustache that curls at the ends, and I believe, a wife, I find it all oddly charming.