We got a package from Scep and Katie today…. guess what was in it?

YEAH!!!
(If you’re wondering what’s going on with my hair here, this picture presents firm evidence that when enough people say it’s yellow, my hair decides to play along.)
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It’s odd to see ads for new movies, and know that we’ll be buying them as cheap DVDs in China. It’s even weirder to think of all the other things I’ll miss. I’m sad that I’ll be emailing congratulations for all the engagements, weddings and new babies in the next year. (Fortunately Tryon and Katie […]

Katie’s super-secret shower was yesterday and now I can stop saying “your sho–bachelorette party”. I am the worst person ever when it come to keeping secrets, it was so hard for me not to mention the shower.
Later we went out for Katie’s bachelorette. First we went for drinks and barbeque, and when our first round […]

On Saturday morning, I went bridesmaid dress re-shopping with Katie. Apparently the one we picked out last time came in a periwinkle that isn’t the same periwinkle the other bridesmaids have. But we found a new one that works, and it’ll be ready in plenty of time for Katie and Scep’s wedding!
Now, if they could […]

Yesterday, we went with Scep and Katie, and their dog Midnight, to the dogpark. It’s a fenced-in area with doggie exercise equipment and doggie-sized water fountains. And a puppy time-out area.

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Tags: d+d, Katie, Scep

Scep, Katie, Stick and I stopped at a local grocery store, looking for snacks, soda and normal gaming food. It’s common to say that Americans are fat… but I don’t think I’d ever realized it so strongly. The grocery store was full of hugely fat people, pushing giant shopping carts full of food.
Katie had […]

Stick and I went to Scep and Katie’s house just after our lost-baggage adventure and just before our marathon Wii session. Scep’s mom, my “aunt”, came in, and after the obligatory China questions and hugs, I remembered that I have a plus-one.
“This is my boyfriend, Stick,” I said.
“I know that, I met him before you […]

Bridesmaid dress shopping with Katie!

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Tags: d+d, Katie, shopping

After our impromptu lost-luggage party, Scep and Katie took Stick and me out to a Montclair restaurant. It’s one of my favorites, and it’s the one where Scep and I have have our traditional pre-holiday margaritas. I bounced around in my chair unable to decide what to eat. I’m so excited to be back in […]

When I got off the plane, my mom saw me getting escorted away from the other passengers, but she didn’t know I was heading to the lost-luggage area and she was worried that I was getting hauled off for questioning. She might have freaked out just a little tiny bit.
So when I went to pick […]