Wednesday, September 08, 2004

the dangers of ebay

last week or so i made an impulse bid on ebay on a pair of red and white, lace up, high heeled tennis shoe boots (seriously, don't ask) - i was instantly outbid and without even thinking, i bid again - more than i wanted to spend on the boots, but i really didn't want someone else to have them - i don't know what it is about ebay, but it brings out this competitive streak that i generally won't admit to...

so, of course i won the boots - and i paid the shipping and everything and i've been wracking my brain trying to come up with things to wear with them. yesterday, though i came in to work to an email from paypal with the seller saying that he found a flaw in the boots and was just going to refund me my money - how cool is that? i celebrated by bidding on (and winning) a pair of snakeprint boots that are much cooler

i've decided that my hair color looks really brassy in the fluorescent lights of the office and i really need to dye it again - now the question is whether i should do it red or brown... or a third option of a dark ashy blonde to tone down some of the brassiness - since i've been on about a 2 week cycle of re-doing my hair, i'm thinking i might as well do it a lighter red and see how i like that... i'm certain that within a month or so, i'll be back to dark brown...

my sister and i are finalizing our vacation plans, i'm happy to report that we've resisted the pull of vegas, we're either going to portland, OR spokane, WA or boise, ID none of which we've been to before, plus they're close to seattle so she'll be able to get a cheap flight... this will be our completely punk vacation of the year, maybe boise would be the best bet, we just want to go somewhere to get away and it doesn't necessarily need to be a traditional vacation destination... the last option would be for me to go up to seattle and then we could get a cool hotel room and hang out downtown, but i think that kind of screws her out of a vacation, since it doesn't remove her from her normal surroundings - how can she loosen up and get drunk off her ass when she stands the possibility of running into someone from work? where's the fun there?