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I got my first paycheck from C Russe. Good times. We have to wear nametag necklaces at work. It's a string with CR's name on it and then a sticker with "Sara" I can't tell you how many people in one night will ask me " Do you work here?" Umm...how did you know? Perhaps the nametag with Charlotte Russe gave it away, or the gigantic pile of clothes I'm carrying. Oh wait, I just wear a nametag for fun every single time I go to the mall. Come on people! Stop asking me that. "Of COURSE I work here idiot" is what I want to say. Instead I just smile and say, "yes, now what do you want?"

It's been busy around here as we've had a swarm of visitors and I'm always having to give up my bed. Boo hoo. On Sat. night I was out until 4:30 am and up to no good. Actually, it was very fun and I hadn't seen my friends in awhile so it was nice to catch up. I loved eating dinner with two friends and one who shall remain nameless "Hi Phil" showed up hammered from a wine tasting. It was fabulously entertaining and some unforgettable quotes were mentioned. Then we went to a bar where the bartender sprayed me with a supersoaker. Is this happening now in bars? Supersoakers? I felt like I was in the movie "Coyote ugly" One minute I was talking to a friend, the next I was being pelted in the eye with a supersoaker. I was quite honeslty speechless. And then I punched her.

I worked out this morning because my mom and I do step aerobics on Mon Wed and Fri at 8:30. There is a 70 year old woman in there that totally kicks my butt. I am such a weakling.

I miss Spain.

Shoes that look like feet

J J Casuals that is. You have to check this out because ever since my sister in law left last week we are still laughing about this skit we saw on SNL.

Go here http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/filmsbonus.asp

Then go to the Nov 12, 2005 SNL skit and enjoy!!!

J J casuals "Cuz I like to keep it super casual"

MIA

Man, where in the heck have I been you ask? I have no idea! I've been busy as my bro and Julie are in town for a few days. I haven't seen them since their wedding last summer. It's odd that I only see my brother and sister in law once a yr. I know, I know!

Plus I'm working at CR and yesterday I learned how to properly fold a pair of jeans. My life is now complete.

Oh, here's me smoking a big fat-phat stogie at my bros wedding last summer. This pic is in honor of their visit. Life doesn't get much better than that.

Well, yesterday was my first official day as a " sales associate." I never thought I would work retail but here I am. You know, working the cash register is harder than it seems..and getting those sensors off of clothes is ridiculously tricky. I was actually embarrassed at how long it was taking me. Good times.

I saw a deer this morning. Beautiful.

Last night was a very creepy thunderstorm. I have skylights in my room so I saw tons of lightning and I am scared of lightning. It freaks me out.

I think it's funny how fat people drink diet coke. Is that going to help?

I hate slow drivers.

I love big diamonds.

Adios!

heat wave

Why is it so dang hot? I came here to get AWAY from the heat this summer. All I have to do is walk inside my home and it's like an iceberg. EXCELLENT. Being home I'm noticing how it's always FREEZING in public places. I'm not even talking a comfortable room temp here, I'm talking like I need a hat, gloves, scarf, and some long johns just to go inside the grocery store or any restaurant. However, I was just informed by my lovely mother that IN is the coolest place in the US right now. It's 117 in N Dakota...ok that's just wrong.

I just got back from a weekend extravaganza in Indy to help my BFF look for wedding gowns. I'm exhausted. I went with her mom and 2 sisters. So, lets see, you take five women in a car driving to Indy and back=non stop gossip. Good times! We had a good trip and approx 20 dresses, a broken air conditioner, a few tears,3 excellent meals later we have found the dress. It's fabulous.

This sounds bad, but sitting there watching some of the girls come out with the dresses that they had chosen the only thing I could honestly ponder was " WHAT are they thinking?" I mean, some of them looked horrible!!! Isn't that the point to take people with you so they can go NOOOOOOOOOOO take that off immediately. Lying here is no good, but now they will wear an ugly dress and be forced to remember their bad choice for the rest of their life. Happily Ever After!
SF

Lucky

I woke up to the sound of zillions of acorns hitting my skylights. It was so annoying. My parents have a beautiful place by the river and I've been searching for pictures but instead I found a picture of their cat Lucky. She's hilarious and she likes to drink out of the toilet. Sometimes I think she has terrets and she just runs around like she just did speed or something. I love her though.

Oh, I survived my first night as a sales associate at Charlotte Russe. I learned how to work the fitting rooms and work the store. There are so many crazy codes and what not that it seems to go in one ear and out the other. I suppose I should put an ear plug in to keep the info circulating. Dress 1 dress 2 blue chic...blah blah blah. I even got to shop vac at the end of the night. My life is now complete.

until next time America
SF

CR

This just in: I'm a sales associate at Charlotte Russe.

This is H.I.L.A.R.I.O.U.S.

I make a whopping $7 dollars an hour...which will be the gas it will take me to get to the mall.

I'm basically doing it so I won't be bored out of my mind and I get a fabulous discount.

Tonight we had a two hour meeting about denim and we were all sitting in a circle. So, the girl next to me starts talking to me and the first question out of her mouth is "How old are you?" I say, "25." And she stares right at me and goes, "Oh." I'll just leave it at that.

Congrats to Italy on winning the world cup. France is gay.

CR for life,
SF

sweet 16

Have you ever seen this show on MTV? Out of control. I watched 3 episodes earlier today just because I couldn't peel my eyes off of the TV. My brain couldn't comprehend what it was actually taking in.

This one girls dad paid 50,000 just to rent a place. 50,000! This is probably more money than I'll see in my lifetime. They all got to go to the car dealership and pick out whatever car they wanted. Mercedes, beamers, audi..you name it. This one girls dad even gave her TWO brand new cars...one for the weekends of course.

I was excited because when I turned 16 we found a 10 year used pontiac grand-am and I was in heaven. Can you imagine these girls being offered us normal peoples first cars? They probably would have started laughing and said, "No, really daddy, where is MY car?"

I am so glad I grew up in Osceola and my friends and I would cruise 20 and go to hacienda thinking we were awesome. Thank God for Gap jeans and cornfields. I wouldn't want it any other way. I love you Indiana.

And as for those girls who are so spoiled they can't even think straight...have a nice life...because when you wake up and daddy isn't there ...well, you can borrow my pontiac grand-am.

howdy

I hope you all had a fabulous fourth of July. It feels like it's been "family week" since Monday as I've seen several aunts, uncles, cousins, and the like. We always have a gigantic party at our house on the 4th and we were pretty much freaking out when we thought it was going to rain. What does one do with 40 people in the family room? Monopoly, cherades? I think not. Thank goodness no rain was in sight so the boat, sun, and drinking lots of pop was on the agenda for the day. I hadn't seen some of my family since the fourth of July 2 summers ago but the mullets are still there and the tattoos haven't worn off. Well, the lovely naked lady that my grandfather had tattooed on his arm in the navy is getting kind of saggy. She's aged well though. My grandma said it's his girlfriend...how romantic. My family is hilarious Jerry Springer all the way, but I love them so much and wouldn't trade them for anything!!

All of my cousins my age have at least two kids so I'm the slow one...my bad! I'll have to get on that soon...ya right!!

There is no agenda for the fourth, we just sit and hang out, eat lots and drink lots of Dr. Pepper and Mt. Dew and then head out onto our boat to watch the fireworks. I felt like I needed a swivel head because I couldn't keep up. It felt like a war zone and at one point in time someone was aiming their fireworks a little too low for my comfort. What if I lost an eye or something?! Cool!

Most hilarious comment of the day was when my mom was trying to talk about "tree huggers" and she kept saying " hip huggers" I almost wet myself right then and there. How you get those two mixed up is beyond me!

It's just been all about catching up and there is no better way to do that than to have a bottle of wine to aid in the relaxing process. So, I went and bought one and didn't even get carded. I can't tell you how old and sad I felt at that moment. I wanted to scream and say CARD ME but instead I felt like I should just go ahead and start buying myself Depends because life is over as I know it.

It's weird being home and going to places like Applebees (Hi Katie!) and Oscos and the dry cleaner. Just normal stuff that no one ever thinks about on a day to day basis but man is it nice to be able to go into a place and chard it to my dads account.

Until next time America...keep hugging those hips

Memory Lane

Man, my life has been a complete whirlwind since I've been home. My parents have had me on their rigorous social schedule and I can' t keep up. I've seen more of their friends than my own. I've eaten more food and drank more alcohol in the past week than I have my entire life. Weddings and parties=alcohol which is fine by me, but slurping down those fruity drinks I forgot there was a handful of tequilla mixed in...until the next morning when I was so gracefully reminded.

On Saturday I was in W. Lafayette for a wedding and it was insane to be back at Purdue. Just driving down the streets brought back a floodgate of all of the memories I had there and I even saw my X boyfriend out at the bars! PU has changed so much in that they've added a ton of new buildings and restaurants but in everything else it's still the same. I got a little depressed in a way because I still can't believe that stage of my life is finished, done, forever. I feel like I was just in high school taking the SAT's and trying to figure out where to go and now I've been out for 3 years. Where did all of that time go and why can't I ever get it back!?

Now life is a blur of weddings and probably soon to follow baby showers. Oh how I wish I could be 19 again! All of these wedding presents are really emptying out the pocketbook!!