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tvordljOur office move is imminent. This time next week we'll be doing our last bit of packing. I've got most of my stuff purged and packed and it's just my every day stuff to go. I may have to repack one box, though because the box was reused from something else and it's not in very good shape. It contains books so it's heavy, too. yes, i probably should repack that. I hate fighting with the packing tape "gun". Painintheass that.
Wow, I won a 50/50 draw this week, too! $270! Baby needs new winter boots and a jacket too but i was going to put that off. Now i can probably get both though it won't cover the two completely. Boots definitely. The draw was to raise money for a Christmas charity that our department sponsors. Selling tickets on payday is definitely the way to go! We're also going to have a bake sale and book sale. Good way to get rid of books you've read but can't bring yourself to throw away. I can't do it. I can't thrown out a book.
So that was my excitement for the week!
The shopping mall and a few other stores are having a tax-free day tomorrow. I've got a retirement do after work but i might check out Sears on the way home for boots since i saw some in their catalogue. They might have them in the store too and i'll save the 15% tax if i can elbow my way through the crowds.
75. The Marraige Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides
It's about a woman, Madeleine who is just about to graduate from Princeton. Her major is literature and she loves 19th century books like Austen and Bronte. Many of these books have the classic marraige plot, where the ultimate goal of the female characters is to be married. Her own lovelife is a lot bumpier. She is in love with unstable manic depressive Leonard. Another friend, Mitchell is in love with her. We are taken through her relationship with both men as seen from all three perspectives, as well as Mitchell's travels post-graduation, during which he always has Madeleine as a constant in his thoughts and dreams. The plot sometimes backtracks to view the history of a different character that sometimes overlaps events we've already seen from the POV of one of the others but it's interesting to see the different perspectives on the same events.
Wow, I won a 50/50 draw this week, too! $270! Baby needs new winter boots and a jacket too but i was going to put that off. Now i can probably get both though it won't cover the two completely. Boots definitely. The draw was to raise money for a Christmas charity that our department sponsors. Selling tickets on payday is definitely the way to go! We're also going to have a bake sale and book sale. Good way to get rid of books you've read but can't bring yourself to throw away. I can't do it. I can't thrown out a book.
So that was my excitement for the week!
The shopping mall and a few other stores are having a tax-free day tomorrow. I've got a retirement do after work but i might check out Sears on the way home for boots since i saw some in their catalogue. They might have them in the store too and i'll save the 15% tax if i can elbow my way through the crowds.
75. The Marraige Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides
It's about a woman, Madeleine who is just about to graduate from Princeton. Her major is literature and she loves 19th century books like Austen and Bronte. Many of these books have the classic marraige plot, where the ultimate goal of the female characters is to be married. Her own lovelife is a lot bumpier. She is in love with unstable manic depressive Leonard. Another friend, Mitchell is in love with her. We are taken through her relationship with both men as seen from all three perspectives, as well as Mitchell's travels post-graduation, during which he always has Madeleine as a constant in his thoughts and dreams. The plot sometimes backtracks to view the history of a different character that sometimes overlaps events we've already seen from the POV of one of the others but it's interesting to see the different perspectives on the same events.
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