Is Friday Freaky?

Ok, so here's my day..

I got up early to work on a grant proposal that I brought home from the office so I wouldn't have to scramble on Monday. I sent notes, made phone calls, and spent most of the morning working.

Then I paid some bills and tried to figure out my credit card situation. I am less than $3K away from being debt free.. and I thought I could get a small credit card to pay for my business travel (which is 100% reimbursed).. but that's not going to happen. After I was offered a $300 secured credit card with 25% interest (and I counter-offered a few choice words), I checked my credit report and noted that because of a certain ex-husband (damn his eyes) I probably will never have good credit again. At least not until 2015. There are so many reasons why I wish I'd never met him.. not the least of which is the financial ruin he helped me put myself in. And by "help" I mean "singlehandedly decimated my credit."

Then I went to the BadWon't for a little while, and found a few interesting things.. A gold sweater that I love, but which makes me look like I have been dead for a few days. There truly couldn't be a worse color for me. I also found a few other things that will probably sell on Ebay. I only found one thing today that made the trip worthwhile.. A deep red strapless evening gown that, aside from being too long, is perfect for me. It is going to the seamstress with me to be hemmed, when I take my wedding dress.

Then I went to the mall to look for a dress to wear for our engagement pictures. I finally found one I like, but alas I can't buy it. It is $160 for a sundress. I can't bring myself to spend that much on one dress that I probably won't wear very often. Especially not when 90% of my (now almost completely designer!) closet came from the 99-cent thrift store (affectionately known as the Bad Won't).

I also discovered today that I am apparently irresistable to men of color. This is said facetiously, of course, but .. wow. Honestly, I look like crap today. Blue jeans, tank top, dirty tennis shoes, baseball cap. No makeup or perfume, nothing even remotely nice about the way I look today. Yet I was followed around the Bad Won't by Hispanic men whispering "ay, mami!" and the like. And I was thoroughly embarrassed by the two young black men who followed me down the main thoroughfare of the mall after I passed them at the food court, saying "daaaaaaaaam, girl.." and other things that I can't say here at the Junction. (PR would have an apoplexy!)

For you sensitive types, I am not at all embarrassed by a) the fact that any of these men found me attractive or b) the fact that I do in fact have a big butt, or c) the fact that any of them would approach me to say that they thought I was attractive. I was really kinda weirded out because I really didn't look nice today at all and these guys were so loud about their praise of my posterior. It was disconcerting, actually, and would have been regardless of the color of the men in question. I also found it amusing that all the white guys either didn't notice me at all, or grimaced with distaste at my farmer's tan and my dirty sneaks. I started watching the general male reaction after the fourth "ay mami!" today. Oy. So strange!

After all that excitement, I got a Starbucks and came home to clean the house. L tightened up the screws on all the new chairs, and did some weeding in the flower beds. He also killed a snake, and we watched its headless body go through its contortions until we could safely declare it Mostly Dead. We still had to come out later to poke it again to make sure, though. Snakes feel spongy and gross after they're All The Way Dead. Ick.

And now.. time to take a shower and go to bed.
Oh, and my car won't be ready until Monday.. so I am sticking close to home this weekend. :-)