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Girls Night

Last night, for the first time in a while, I had a girls night with some friends. Not the kind they have on television, where you watch romantic comedies, talk about our weight and compare different blackhead extractors. Though, all of those are fine activities except for the romantic comedy part.

Part of the fun of girls night is talking about frivolous but useful things like clothing and beauty regimens. And relationships, too. My girls nights have a little of that, but a lot of other things too. Like vodka and pool, in this week’s case. Yes, we bought the pool table. And I love it. Plus I’m finally getting good at the damn game.

This girls night also featured extended political discussion, mainly reading clips from CPAC aloud and yelling. Good times. The vodka helps a lot.

Baby Names

No, don’t get excited. I am not pregnant, thank the Lord. No, one of my good friends just found out she’s having a baby, and is currently obsessed with baby names. We had lunch today and so I have them on mind too.

Anyway, instead of looking for information about Richard Willich like I was supposed to, I spent some time helping her.

Instead of providing ideas, I told her names to avoid. Like the top 10 baby names in the country recently. You want to stay away from those. What are they you ask? Well, Google helped me find them

Boys: Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua, Daniel (hey boyfriend!), Alexander, Anthony, William, Christopher, Matthew.

Most of these are actually fine. They’re classic names.

Girls: Emma, Isabella, Emily, Madison, Ava, Olivia, Sophia, Abigail, Elizabeth, Chloe

Madison? Really? That’s just weird. Must be Gossip Girl’s fault. Everyone wants their kid to sound like a prep school snob.

Valentine’s Day

Here’s how romantic the boyfriend and I are on this Valentine’s Day.

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Party time?

As regular readers will know, J and I have birthdays just over a month apart. Hers is in 2 weeks, so the planning has begun. This kind of thing is easier when in the same city, but we’re still pretty close. Since we’ve met I always imagined we’d be swapping parties and gifts for the rest of our lives, from bottles of liquor now to childcare books in a few years, then best anti wrinkle face cream samples, and eventually adult diapers if we’re lucky.

Regardless, we are talking about doing something for both birthdays together whenever she can get back down to DC. Probably dinner and drinks as opposed to the classic drunkathon. We are going to be 31, have to grow up sometime.

Settling in for the blizzard

If you’re anywhere on or near the East Coast of the US, you’ve heard about the big snow storm coming tonight and tomorrow. Estimates for DC are between 10 and 14 inches right now. Personally, I’m excited. I went to the grocery store yesterday, and I have a ton of work to do. So, a couple days stuck in the house sounds about perfect.

Once I’n done invoicing for this month I have a lot of research to do on the tidal basin and hopefully a Plano cosmetic dentist for a little something extra.

I expect to see this tomorrow morning, and will be disappointed with anything less. Plus, the boyfriend and I are planning to build a snowperson in the front yard.

Ok, fine

J took my post about cheery holiday music as a personal challenge, of course. And she’s been sending me songs and videos ever since. For such a heartless creature, she loves that schlock. I was able to resist right up until this point:

I am only human. Adorable. Now leave me alone! I’ve got important work to do finding the best acne treatment and putting together a gift basket. Read more »