I feel very off this morning. Various little things adding up to a general tenseness that I know is illogical but am powerless against. There's a great quote from Tootsie (uttered by Terri Garr's character) that I think of when I'm in a mood like this: "I just have to feel this way until I don't feel this way anymore!" It cheers me up a little to think about Tootsie, anyway. 
The main (almost) bad thing is that last night, NT was working on getting our free credit reports. Later, AS saw an e-mail about one in her inbox and, thinking it was to finish a process NT had started, went through it. Next morning I was like, "Wait a minute." He was going to mail in her request to Experian or someone. Then she mentioned there was a $1 processing fee and I thought "Uh oh." We went and looked at it and it was just some random spam that had hit her inbox at the right time, so she thought it was legit. We looked up the company and there were complaints on this one blog from various people that they'd gotten several unauthorized charges from the company afterward. We canceled the account and also called our bank to make sure we could easily dispute any other charges should they come through. So far so good; there's just the $1 charge which I can live with. They don't seem to be an out-and-out scam company from what I've read, just a weaselly one that tries to charge a bit extra and can be really hard to cancel with. But I think we got it taken care of, and I check our bank account every day, so I'll notice anything screwy. Well, at least her credit score was good! It's amazing how even savvy people can get taken in if they're caught off-guard at just the right moment.
Also, my tooth is still hurting a bit, so I went ahead and made an appointment tomorrow. More money down the drain, but oh well.
On the good-news side, we had a pretty great weekend. AS finished her capstone and will be getting her master's degree confirmed shortly! We went to NT's office on the 33rd floor on Saturday and watched an annual fireworks show--we had a perfect view and wine to sip while we watched. Beautiful!
Speaking of beautiful, AS worked on a dress all weekend for a contest. She designed it with me in mind, and so I got to model it (and I get to keep it!) I'll be wearing it tomorrow at my summer work party.
Here it is (my head cropped to protect anonymity, hope it doesn't look too weird that way):
Our photographer friend thought it would be cute to pose me in various homemaker-themed shots, so there's this one and one where I'm pretending to chop vegetables.
Wish AS luck on the contest! I thought her entry was very creative, and I can't wait to wear it to work tomorrow.
Off kilter
July 28th, 2008 at 04:58 pm
July 28th, 2008 at 05:41 pm 1217266889
LOL ... just kidding.
July 28th, 2008 at 05:50 pm 1217267449
July 28th, 2008 at 06:43 pm 1217270590
Absolutely LOVE the fabric - how cute!
July 28th, 2008 at 06:56 pm 1217271396
July 28th, 2008 at 07:22 pm 1217272943
Boy, I am impressed by what AS can do! If I came to be your guest for a week, not only would I eat better but then I could get some sewing lessons at well! And if I took a vacation at TexasLaura's I'd be in better shape for my upcoming 5K. If only I could incorporate some blog talent into my real life ...