i went to tjmax and ross today in hopes of being the next elizabeth hasselbeck (or however you spell her name... the former survivor star turned host of the tv show "the look for less"). anyway, i was hoping to go to these stores and pick up a complete outfit, including shoes, for less than $50. i went to tjmax first, but couldn't find any clothes i liked. i looked at some shoes and some of them were cute, but since i had no outfit to match it with, i wasnt particularly drawn to anything. but then at ross, i found lots of cute clothes. i wound up picking out two outfits that were similar thinking that i should be able to find shoes for at least ONE of the two. but no. i found a pair of shoes that would have gone with one outfit, but then i couldn't think of anything else i would wear the shoes with. and to me, that's not a good buy. and then i found these shoes that i fell in love with. they had them in black and red, but then i realized i had wandered out of my size. see, i thought one whole aisle wall was devoted to one size, but it turned out that wasnt the case. so the shoes i found were in a size 7.5, which i normally do not fit into. anyway, so then i scrounged around trying to find the black pair in my size and couldnt... they did have a red pair, but that wouldn't have gone with the outfit. and i do have some red clothes, but i dont know that i have enough red clothes to warrent red shoes. haha. anyway, so i wound up not being able to find any shoes that matched. so i just bought both outfits instead of buying one outfit and shoes. i think it all evened out and i only spend $40 with tax on both outfits. not a bad day. oh, and just so you don't think i'm trying to decieve you... of course i also checked out the purse section once i couldn't find shoes i liked in either store. but neither store had a purse that really called out to me either. but tjmax did have this one bag that locked, and when i tried to open it with the attached key, it didn't work. i couldn't for the life of me figure it out. and i couldn't find a brand tag either. lol. piece of junk. they had a lot of dooney and bourke at tjmax too, but nothing really cute looking. they had the giganto sac bags... i don't like those so much. cause really, if i carried around a bag that big, i'd eventually find enough crap that i "absolutely" had to carry around inside it and then i'd break my back. which would not be good. so i didn't get a purse. not that i needed a purse either. but you know, when one has an addiction, it's hard to push that aside. haha. ever since i was tiny i was a purse-a-holic and i'm sure i always will be too. i dont think that's something that women grow out of. haha.

anyway, the play is coming together fairly well. i'm still not happy with the set. there is a huge gap between where the playing area ends and where the side curtains and panels begin. so when you have an entrance, the audience can see you walk up behind the set. that is NOT good. arg. so i'm hoping this will be fixed by the time the show goes up friday. i hope, i hope, i hope. otherwise, it's going to be hard to try to sneak by. i dont know, i think that it kind of ruins the whole mystique when you can see the actors back stage.

but, in other news... if any of you are willing, i would like you to send well wishes mentally to a family friend of mine. her name is nancy. she has cancer. she has a tumor in her leg that is wrapped around major blood vessels and nerves. the doctors said they cannot take it out without taking her whole let along with it. and even then, the cancer has already spread to other areas of her body. so basically, they just gave her a pill to make her more comfortable and try to keep the tumor from making her leg swell up with fluid and told her to write letters to her loved ones. i know that there's nothing i or anyone else can do to save her life, but hopefully in sending well wishes to her, she can be more at ease with her fate. and also, maybe send thoughts to cancer research facilities, or maybe nominal donations. every little bit helps. and maybe the next nancy will have a better fate.