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Frugal Friday’s TPS Report: Side Ruched Sleeveless V-Neck Top

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Vince Camuto Side Ruched Sleeveless V-Neck Top | CorporetteOur daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. I've always liked this top from Vince Camuto, but this one is totally calling my name. I like the happy color (try it with navy! purple! gray!), the vertical pattern, and the machine wash instructions. It's available in regular and petites at Nordstrom for $49 — and in other colors, it's available in plus sizes as well. Vince Camuto Side Ruched Sleeveless V-Neck Top Seen a great piece you'd like to recommend? Please e-mail tps@corporette.com. (L-2)

Sales of note for 10.10.24

  • Nordstrom – Extra 25% off clearance (through 10/14); there's a lot from reader favorites like Boss, FARM Rio, Marc Fisher LTD, AGL, and more. Plus: free 2-day shipping, and cardmembers earn 6x points per dollar (3X the points on beauty).
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  • Lo & Sons – Fall Sale, up to 35% off
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  • Neiman Marcus – Sale on sale, up to 85% off
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – 50% off 2+ markdowns
  • Target – Circle week, deals on 1000s of items
  • White House Black Market – Buy one, get one – 50% off full price styles

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Comments

      • Idea

        And thanks for the lead to the plus-sizes by the same designer, in remarkably similar styles! I’m not seeing the exact-same you alluded to in the intro, but this is GREAT and very similar – thank you!

  2. Philanthropy Girl

    Early morning threadjack.

    Thanks to everyone who chimed in last week with advice on my work situation. The good news is my hours aren’t being cut – the bad news being I’m having a host of new (unrelated) duties added to my position. So while financially I can ride out the storm a bit, I’m not in a tenable position career-wise. I was really grateful for the suggestion to look for skills-based jobs (two applications submitted already!).

    I went to some friends for skills advice, and one of them suggested reading StandOut and taking the StandOut assessment. She has used it in her office and has found it incredibly insightful. I know another option is StrengthsFinder.

    Were I to only choose one, which one will be most beneficial to me?

    • Wildkitten

      I don’t know your budget but Strengthsfinder is only $1o. And you can probably get the book at the library if you want more.

    • gigianne

      I really didn’t find Strengthsfinder helpful when I was jobhunting… all it did is say more about the things I’m good at– I know that! I need something that tells me, based on my education and skills, what careers are actual options.

  3. Tipping on a card

    If you use a gift card at a coffee chain do you typically tip? Got a $40 card which is going to be a lot of $5 coffees (I only go there a couple times a month) and wasn’t sure if it’s a faux pas to not put anything in the tip jar. Its kind of awkward esp if no cash on hand. I never use a debit card but I suppose the same question would apply.

    • desi inside and out

      I normally tip when I have cash on hand, larger to make up for several $5 coffees where I wasn’t tipping. It’s not ideal, but it is what I can do.

    • soup

      Honestly, I only habitually tip at places where there are waiters and waitresses. I wouldn’t tip at McDonalds and the service at chain-coffee is similar.

      • Lyssa

        As a former server, I’m adamant about tipping in general, but I tend to agree; counter service is not the same thing as personal table service. I would probably tip for a large or complex order, but usually don’t for a standard one (which is my norm). Also, there’s a lot of weirdness about how those counter tips are actually distributed – you might be tipping someone who had nothing to do with your service, and leaving the barista who actually helped you with nothing.

    • KittyKat

      I pay for everything with cards but I have a pocket in my wallet with $1, $2, and $5s that are reserved for service people. Tiping on a card means they have to claim the income so cash is advisable.

      • Mpls

        Well, they are supposed to be claiming the tip regardless (it’s income) and some states automatically assume you are getting tipped a certain percentage of sales anyway (maybe more for restaurants than baristas, depending on the state law statements about who is a tipped employee).

      • Anonymous

        Sorry (/notsorry) but I’m not going to structure the form of payment of my tip so that they can avoid paying taxes on their income like the rest of society.

        • Anon

          Right, because minimum-wage workers should totally be overtaxed (i.e., expected to pay on money they’re not earning). Good thinking!

          • soup

            I don’t quite follow this – do you mean that they’ll be taxed on a tip they don’t receive?

          • Baconpancakes

            Some places (usually chain restaurants -never heard of this happening at a coffee shop), estimate how many tips their employees will be receiving, and withhold taxes based on that amount, not on their actual pay checks. So an employer will assume you’re going to get 15% of the average sales for your tables (say $500/night). If a really big table with a lot of sales tips less than 10% but takes up all your time for most of a night, a server could end up owing taxes on money they didn’t ever receive. It’s a terrible system.

          • Anonymous

            ^At the end of the night, they are supposed to go in and put in what they actually received (which will override the estimate) but it’s my understanding that this requires the manager to input and a lot of managers just don’t do it. The servers are well within their rights to report the correct amount on their tax returns, but of course at a greater risk of the IRS doing an automatic adjustment because it doesn’t match the W-2 received by the IRS from the employer, and it’s a tough burden for the employee to prove otherwise if they want to challenge the computational adjustment. All that said, cash tips actually make this problem worse, as credit card tips are automatically entered into the POS system when the charge is processed, and therefore override the estimate. It’s the cash tips where the estimate sticks, and cash tippers are prone to undertip if they have the mindset of “hey, it’s tax-free income so I can tip less!”

          • L&E

            Baconpancakes: that would be 100% illegal for the employer to do that. (And it’s illegal for the employee to not claim all of their tips as income.)

        • KittyKat

          I’m not going to consciously screw some poor grad student who has 80 hour weeks between school and work yet still lives below the poverty line.

          • Anonymous

            It’s unlikely the person you describe actually has a tax liability at the end of the year, but in any event, your complaint should be exercised with your vote, not vigilante justice in the form of aiding tax fraud.

          • Anonymous

            Also, the people you’re really “screwing” are the honest ones who actually report all of their income, unless you’re implying that every low-wage worker is cheating and therefore not affected by the higher brackets and rates we all face to make up for unreported income.

          • anonymous

            I don’t see how it is “screwing” anyone to force servers to declare taxes. I have to pay my taxes, and so does the rest of society. It’s our legal obligation as citizens. Anyways, if the server is indeed a student and/or living below the poverty line, his or her taxes will be minimal if anything.
            My fellow anonymous (at 11:13) is right, enabling tax evasion is just screwing the honest workers, in the end.

      • Baconpancakes

        Another reason to tip with cash, even if you’re really concerned that your barista isn’t reporting the extra $10 a day she’s making from tips on top of her $9/hour job… tips often don’t get paid out to the baristas when they’re given on the tip line of a card. I’m not sure where that money goes, but when I worked in a coffee shop, the manager would “forget” to tally up the CC tips at the end of a shift (which was every two hours, since schedules were staggered).

          • Baconpancakes

            Many practices in food service management are illegal. When you’re grateful to have any job at all, you don’t fight illegal practices, because you know you’ll get fired and replaced quickly. I don’t know if you’ve ever worked in the service industry, but that’s been my personal experience and that of most everyone I know who’s worked in the service industry. There are exceptions, of course, and the people who work in those places tend to be fiercely loyal because of it, but you get used to being treated terribly, especially in ways that aren’t easily proven or documented. Accept a job for 36 hours/week because that’s where corporate starts giving you health care after 6 months, but then your hours just “happen” to be cut to 35 every week after 5 months and 3 weeks? Promotion training keeps getting pushed off because the trainer’s had something come up, three months in a row? You get used to it, and don’t think you can fight it because you’re worth next to nothing to the company, anyway, and you start to think you’re not worth anything, and you deserve such treatment.

    • emeralds

      I’ve worked in a lot of coffee shops, and do remember that while tipping is very much appreciated and noticed (especially for more complicated drinks and frequent-flier customers), baristas are not tip-dependent in the same way that wait staff in restaurants are. If you don’t have cash and you don’t get a credit slip where you can charge a tip to your gift card, I wouldn’t worry about it–like desi said, just tip a little more the next time you have cash. It evens out.

    • Wanderlust

      The Starbucks app (which works like a gift card) has a new-ish popup feature asking if you’d like to leave a tip. I’ve always thought it was a bit presumptuous.

      • A Nonny Moose

        Mine popped up once and I left a tip. It hasn’t popped up since and I’m upset as I like to tip and never have cash. If I can afford Sbux, I can afford to brighten someone’s day by leaving a tip.

    • Anon

      Not a faux pas, but if it’s your regular spot, just keep some change and 1s on hand. I don’t always tip but try to because I’m not going to miss the dollar but the barista may really need it.

    • Anonymous

      According to the tipping statistics I’ve seen, 60% of people tip their barista (as opposed to 99.5% who tip their waiter), with average tippers giving loose change and high tippers giving $1. “If you don’t tip, you’re… a little cheap but fine” and “You’re more obligated to tip if your drink took time to make, but it’s nice to tip anyway, especially if you’re a regular.”

      http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/04/everything-dont-know-tipping.html

  4. Shoes for BR Sloan-Fit Ankle Pant?

    Can someone help me figure out what sort of shoes will work best with these pants?

    I am thinking something like the CH Air Tali wedge or the CH Air Barraca Ballet flat. They are shown with heels, but heels + ankle pants seems very 80s to me (so: would need a perm and a scrunchie).

    I have the pants and my shoes (I have the two pairs listed above) are looking a bit long in the tooth and I want to get a replacement that goes with the pants (which I think I will get more of — my size had changed and it’s time to shop a bit and donate the old items). Usually I wear a lot of 2″ heels (something like the Tory Burch Amy) with straight or boot-cut pants; I don’t think those with work with these pants / this style at all.

    If it matters, I’d be wearing this all mainly to my biz-casual office.

    • (Former) Clueless Summer

      Heels and ankle pants may be 80’s but they are also 2015! But like First Year said, I love pointy toe kitten heels (Ivanka Trump has a good one) with my ankle pants. Maybe because they don’t work with much else that I own (don’t like them with skirts).

    • Duchess

      I wear my Sloans with Sam Edelman Felicias and Noahs. I think it looks nice…

    • PolyD

      The thing I love about my Sloans is that I can wear them with all sorts of shoes. I can wear them with flats (sometimes I cuff the bottoms under, the material is thick enough that it stays in place), heels (I generally wear 2″ heels), oxford-style shoes, loafers, even boots sometimes if the shaft goes up high enough to stay covered by the pants. The only difficulty I find is socks – they look stupid with any kind of sock, unless you are wearing boots and the top of the boot/sock does not show.

      But perhaps I am not a great style maven.

      However, I was a young adult in the late 1980s-early 1990s, and I do not think current pants with heels look anything like how they looked in the 1980s. Which just goes to show, as people here have said, there will always be something a little “off” about older clothes, even if they are theoretically the same or a “classic” style.

  5. Sydney Bristow

    Vince Camuto actually just died this week.

    This top is pretty. Green is one of my favorite colors to wear.

    • NOLA

      Yes, my SO asked if I was going to wear black today because he knows I’m a Vince Camuto fan. Very sad.

    • Ellen

      Yay! Fruegel Friday’s! I love Fruegel Friday’s, and thanks to Kat for pusheing Vince Camuto, who died of cancer this week. So sad.

      I have alot of his shoe’s but not a top like this. Mabye Rosa can wear this but with Frank around stareing at me, the vneck doesnt work for me. FOOEY!

      I have a big meeting with the supermarkit guy’s today that I must prepare for. I think they are questioning my billeing. The manageing partner texted me last nite and told me to wear my red suit b/c he thinks I will be abel to convince them I did the hour’s billed (which I of course did). They should be happy with my result’s b/c their employee’s have ALL lost their case’s. YAY!

      Myrna’s brother want’s to get together this weekend, but I am not interested in him b/c I saw him pickeing his nose and scratcheing where he should not have in public. FOOEY! I want a guy who is like Don Draper on Mad Men, but who does NOT drink, but with a good paying job. Isnt there someone out there like that for me? HELP b/c all I get are guy’s like this! DOUBEL FOOEY!

  6. TJ

    I am thinking about moving into a one bedroom apartment for myself, as it’s something I’ve always been interested in doing (mid-20s). But I live in a high COLA city, and in the neighborhood that I want to live in, my rent will be much more than 30% of take-home pay, especially as another thing I want to finally do is live in a nicer place (i.e., dishwasher, space). I guess I’m just looking for advice/support from others who have done it as I’m scared of taking the financial plunge but think I will be happier…

    • Older and hopefully wiser

      How much more than 30%? Do you expect your income to go up enough in the short term to help pay for it? There’s a term, “house poor” that applies to people who buy more house than they can afford…you would be “apartment poor.” Are you putting 15% of your income in a retirement fund? Do you have a 6 month emergency fund? These things are important. You have to pay rent, (or a mortgage), but it shoudn’t strap you.

    • R

      This depends on the kind of person you are financially.

      Have you ever set a budget? Were you able to follow it? If not, what type of purchases were a challenge for you? Can you live without those things in exchange for a nicer place?
      Do you have any debt? What kind, and do you pay it off responsibly or do you pay late fees or extra interest?
      Do you have any savings? Is it growing or shrinking? How would this affect your savings, and are you comfortable with that?
      Do you have any long-term savings, like a 401k or Roth? Again, growing or shrinking? How would this affect that?
      Does your financial plan include help from anyone else (either regularly or as needed)? What happens if that falls through? Do you feel okay with help in order to be happier now, or do you want to work toward independence?

      No judgment on the answers to any of these… but they’re things to consider. If you’re generally less disciplined when it comes to money, or if you’re abandoning savings or relying on outside help, it might make more sense to work on those things first, before committing 30%+ of your take home pay to an apartment. If you’re generally well disciplined and this won’t impact your ability to plan for the future, then you’re likely going to be okay with whatever you decide.

      (I should clarify – by outside help, I mean anything from paying your bills to telling you how much to put in your 401k. I tend to encourage smart women to educate themselves on basic financial principles.)

    • Katie

      I just made a similar leap myself not long ago in a HCOL area. Perhaps there’s a middle ground that won’t be so expensive for you? I went from living with roommates to a small one-bedroom, and while there was a small price jump, giving up a dishwasher and moving just a bit farther from public transit helped to keep prices manageable. If you’re not cleaning up after roommates, and you’re the only one creating dirty dishes, do you truly NEED a dishwasher? Also, perhaps consider how much furniture and space you truly need, if you could get away with a junior 1-br, or if you could live on the edge of your desired neighborhood (or whatever neighborhood is right next to it). See if there might be other things you can cut back on to help even out the expenses. I became much more diligent with bringing lunch to work, taking public transit as opposed to driving, and shopping at a less-expensive supermarket. While being house-poor isn’t a great thing, eventually one will own their home. Being apartment-poor seems like an even worse prospect. I personally think that living somewhere a little less luxurious is worth the trade-off to have your own quiet space at the end of a day, yet not constantly stress over finances.

    • Pink

      This depends on your short-term/long-term goals.

      eg. In NYC, as a starting teacher, I was being paid $1800/ month take home. At the time, even a shared rental, in a neighborhood I liked was anywhere between $800-1200. So even though it didn’t follow the 30% rule, to follow such financial budgeting guideline, I would have had to live in the boonies which wasn’t tenable under my new teacher + teacher grad school program schedule where I had evening classes 3x a week on top of my regular public school teacher schedule. So this was an example where there was just no way that my financial goals trumped my sanity/safety/health realities.

      As an attorney in NYC although I could afford much more, but I decided to prioritize safety and convenience and budget over posh! dishwasher! etc.

      So you have to do you. Is it the worst thing to do? No. Is it necessary for now? It may be for you. Especially if you had a string of bad roommates. But mid-twenties is the time to have them, because I feel like (unless you live in NYC), most people stop having roommates once they partner up and start having families.

      I do have to say, that living alone for a bit was super awesome and when compared to my mother (who never had until my dad went on a 4 month sabbatical to a foreign country last year) I’m super appreciative of the time I got to live alone in my own little space.

    • Baconpancakes

      I wouldn’t do it. I moved to a larger apartment, still with a roommate, with no dishwasher, and with my most recent raise, it’s now hovering at 30% of my take-home. It was doable before, at 44%, but the breathing room of extra money means I can actually save to take fun trips, go out to eat more often, and feel less “poor.”

      And now, my friends in lower COL areas are using the money they’ve been saving on rent to buy houses. If you’re planning on staying in an area for a while, it makes way more financial sense to buy your own place than to continue paying rent, so I’d suggest deciding how much it’s worth it to you to not have a roommate (at mid-20’s, it’s completely normal to still have roommates), and compromise, either getting a more luxurious place with a roommate or getting a less luxurious place by your own, and putting the rest into a saving fund for a future down payment. It might feel impossible now, but if you start in your mid-20’s, you can have enough to buy your own place at 30.

      That said, if your living situation is horrible, it may be worth the sanity. My ex boyfriend had terrible roommates in a crumbling house, and jumped to his own place, almost doubling his rent, but he was so much happier, it was worth it for him. Some people are ok or even happier with roommates, some people really benefit from their own place. If it’s just a milestone you want to hit, I’d put off getting your own place, but if it’s making you unhappy, it might be worth it.

    • Anonymous

      I really really want to buy a vacation cottage. But I’m not because I can’t afford it. Sometimes we really want stuff and just don’t get it. You’re really young. There’s plenty of time for a nice one bedroom once you can actually afford it.

      • platinomad

        I think this is a little harsh. She ultimately can afford it, but its a trade off.

        I personally have sort of hit both ends of this (stretching myself for a nicer place, better neighborhood, or to be alone vs living somewhere cheap to have more spending money), and I have found that I value having the extra money more. I like eating out, getting my nails done, and not really worrying about my expendable income more than I like living alone/having a nicer place. But I think this is a very personal decision and depends what drives more enjoyment for you.

        • Anonymous

          Srsly? If this response is too harsh don’t take your personal q’s to the internet.

          • Anon

            Hey look everyone! Here’s someone who thinks it’s ok to be a b!tch as long as you do it on the internet and everyone can just bend over and take it!

          • Another Anon

            I agree with you (And disagree with Anon 8:57, but can’t reply to her. I hope she sees this).
            Anonymous 10:27 was blunt, but not rude. That’s completely fine, and a perfectly reasonable response to a request for advice. Anon 8:57 is totally buying into sexist roles where women have to be BEYOND polite, delicately sugar-coating information, or else they’re a b!tch

    • LilyS

      How are you currently living? I’m also sick of the whole revolving cast of flatmates thing, but it’s a lot more manageable with just two sharing than four.

      • Baconpancakes

        Yes, this. I had one roommate for two years, and after she moved in with her boyfriend, I’ve had the same next roommate for another two years, and plan to live with her until I move out of the city or buy a place with a significant other.

    • k-padi

      I moved from a really horrible apartment (with roommate) to a very nice apartment (by myself) about 1 year into my career. The complex was in a sketchy area of town, across from a liquor store/scary laundromat strip mall. One of our neighbors was the “homeless guy” in the downtown a few miles away. There was a shady “storage” area where mysterious “movers” would move things between 10pm and 3am. We were right next to a loud train crossing where long night cargo trains would cross at 1am. It was impossible to keep that place clean with all of the dust around us.

      Moving was the best decision. I could sleep again. I felt safe in my home. I wasn’t worried about my car being broken into every night. I stopped getting so sick. Money-wise, it was a definite hit. My frugal side still winces at the difference in rent. My monthly expenses were double what they had been.

      If your current place is toxic to your physical or mental well-being, and you can afford to move, move. Otherwise, it’s your decision. In a HCOL area, 30% for housing isn’t bad. Many people are at about 50%.

    • Meg Murry

      FYI, if you want a dishwasher and find a place with countertop space for it near the sink, there are such things as small countertop dishwashers, which would probably be enough for just 1-2 people. Just putting that out there that you don’t need to go to a high priced luxurious place to get some of the amenities you want if you are creative about it. I suspect that you probably should choose between more space and amenities but with a roommate, or a smaller space that is less convenient or with less amenities but alone, not jump to a place on your own with amenities that will break your budget or push you right to the edge of your breaking point.

    • anon

      Put the increased cost of living into a savings account for 6 months and see what it feels like. then decide if its worth it.

      • Senior Attorney

        This. Plus you will have a nice little fund for moving expenses when you’re ready.

    • NYNY

      Lots of people are saying not to do it, so I’ll be the dissenting voice: If it makes you significantly happier, and you can live on what you have left over, do it.

      When I was in my mid-20s, I was thrilled to move from a shared space into my own studio. It didn’t have tons of space or a dishwasher, but it was safe, nicely kept up, had a night doorman, and it was all mine. It was crazy cheap, but I wasn’t making much at the time – my $600 rent was probably 40% of my take-home pay – but it was worth it to me. I needed my own space more than I needed the money to go out or buy nicer clothes.

      One other thing: if your high COL city is NYC, and you use public transportation, then it makes sense to put more into your home than it would in places where you need a car. If you use Uber all the time, this doesn’t apply…

      • LilyS

        +1 – I have found that when I’m not happy where I’m living I end up spending more on excuses to get out of the house.

      • SH

        This. I also bought some sanity with a higher rent by moving out and into a different neighborhood (also cut my commute by 75%, which helped). It was like night and day. Those years were quite lean, but they were also definitely doable.

  7. Help! passport expediting ?

    UGH. I just realized that my passport expired last month, and I’m supposed to travel internationally in two weeks for a wedding. I live in a major city and the passport agency there says that they can do it in 8 business days, but that’s not going to be enough. Yelp reviews imply that you can get it same day if you’re flying within 48 hours, but I don’t want to wait that long and take the risk. And then there are those independent agencies, but are they any better than just going to the government agency? They charge a lot more…

    The first appointment I could get at the passport agency is for next Wednesday. I’m willing to wait it out all day or pay whatever it takes to get it done that day. Is that a possibility?

    What’s the best way to get this taken care of? Help!

    • Ree

      I think the independent agencies have to go through the same steps as you do, they just do it for you. Did they say they could do it same day? I would be very suprised if you were able to do it same day.

    • Marilla

      I would go to the passport agency, give your flight dates and see what they say – I’m not in the US but here they move pretty quickly for passport renewal, especially if you have upcoming travel and especially if you pick up your new passport in person instead of waiting for it to come in the mail. I’ve never heard of an agency handling passport renewal – sounds scammy to me.

    • Bewitched

      I have unfortunate experience with this :( I was traveling within 48 hours but had it done the same day when I showed up in person at the agency. As I recall, you were supposed to have an appointment and all the appointments for that day were full. I called one of my political representatives (they really do help with BS like this!) and they said just go down there at the earliest possible time when they open-they always have extra slots to take people. So, that’s what I did. I got there at 7am, they opened at 7:30 am, and I had a new passport by 1pm.

      • Help! passport expediting ?

        Okay, that’s actually a good result! When I saw your first sentence I thought you were going to say that you couldn’t go on a trip or something. Glad it worked out for you!

        • Bewitched

          Well, my family left for the trip on Saturday and I didn’t join them until Tuesday, but it beat the alternative (not going at all!) Good luck!

      • MSP

        I had the same experience in Minneapolis. I was told there were no available appointments, called my representative who got me an appointment. When I showed up there were very few people there, and the agent working told me that you can usually just come in, even when they say they are full, and get service. I had my new passport that day.

    • ANP

      I do know that my husband had to travel internationally for business and discovered the week prior that his passport was expired. He was able to get his renewed same-day (in Chicago, if that matters) by going in and basically devoting his day to the process. He did make an appointment in advance.

      • Help! passport expediting ?

        I am in Chicago, and I can devote a day to the process if necessary. That makes me feel better!

        • Serafina

          A few months ago, I got my passport renewed in Chicago about two weeks before I had to travel internationally. It was no problem – I think I went in on Monday, and got my passport back on Wednesday. It could have been faster if I needed to travel sooner. Just make sure you have a print-out of your plane tickets (and have all the paperwork, photos etc filled out correctly) and you’ll be fine!

          • Serafina

            It was the passport office in the Loop if that’s helpful! (not sure if there’s more than one in the city)

    • cbackson

      I’ve had to do this before and we got it back really quickly – far less than the quoted time. We did it at a passport agency in-person. They will not be able to give it back to you that day, I don’t think, but they should be able to get it to you before you travel.

      The other option is seeing if there’s another agency you can get into sooner in a neighboring city – it may be worth some travel time if you’re in an area where another agency is within an hour or two’s drive.

    • mascot

      Did the agency say that it would be 8 days if you had an in-person appt? I think there is a way that you can get it expedited if you can show proof of travel in 2 weeks and do the in-person appointment. I’d call back and verify.
      We used an expediting service and got one pretty quick but I still think it took a couple of weeks?

    • Roman Holiday

      I was able to get an “emergency” passport printed in a few hours at the US embassy in Bangkok. Mine was stolen and I’d already missed the flight I was supposed to be on the night before. Not sure if they are able to do it in all embassies, but if you just show up with a sad story they might be able to help.

      • LilyS

        I believe those are different and only meant to get you back home. There was a documentary about the British consular network in Spain on one of our TV channels a while back where they discussed the whole ’emergency passport’ thing.

      • cbackson

        I think that the OP is a US citizen who is in the US at present, so this isn’t really an option (there is no US Embassy in the United States, and she’s not going to be able to leave the US to get to one, since her passport is expired).

        However, if you are overseas and have to do this (I have), it is a real passport (at least in the US system), not a limited-use document.

    • A Nonny Moose

      Try calling your member of congress’ office. They can often help expedite.

      • Meg Murry

        Yes, when I had a family emergency and was afraid I was going to need to jump on an international flight any minute but didn’t have a current passport, my senator’s office was able to get me an appointment at the passport agency ASAP. I wound up canceling the appointment as the situation resolved itself, but I was glad I was able to do it.

        Alternately, keep calling daily and see if you can get an earlier appointment just in case?

      • Anon

        Just try going in person before you bother with this. My post is below, but in SF it’s unnecessary. There is an appointment option but there’s also a wait in line option for those traveling in less than two weeks.

    • Idea

      I’ve done passports “urgently” and had it within 4 days – with a holiday (Christmas) in between. Try it, you never know.

    • Anon

      Go in person with your plane ticket. I got one same day when I was traveling the next day (out of character oversight). Go first thing in the morning. Have your application filled out and photos with you. Get them done somewhere that knows how (eg don’t use some app that may not do them right). You’ll be fine. You just need to go in person to the “no appointments line.”

    • SF in House

      This happened to me too. In SF, they were serious about only come in with an appointment. I was traveling in 1-2 days from the date of my appointment and got it the same day. Be really nice — they are dealing with a lot of stressed, angry people. Echoing the comment above, have everything filled out properly and the right photos and you’ll sail through. It was honestly one of the best government experiences I’ve ever had.

    • Wildkitten

      Call the passport hotline and they will tell you exactly what to do: 1-877-487-2778

    • Bonnie

      I had to renew my passport on short notice and got it in time by going to the local office. I had to wait until 2 weeks before the trip and did have an appointment.

  8. marketingchic

    I’m planning a trip to New Orleans and looking for restaurant recommendations so I can make some reservations well in advance. What are your favorites for a couple nice dinners?

    • Frozen Peach

      Hi marketingchic,

      This place, Cote Sud, was our favorite best-kept secret when we were living in Nola. http://www.cotesudrestaurant.com/web/. Be warned, they only take cash or checks. Really reasonable prices, too.

      Eat New Orleans http://eatnola.com/ is another huge favorite.

      In my experience, if you venture off the beaten track a bit, there’s better food to be had at smaller chef-driven places than the tourist traps in the quarter (i.e., Commander’s Palace, Emeril, etc).

      Also can’t resist putting in a plug for the New Orleans zoo– it was our favorite place to go. Very unique and historic.

      Have fun!!

    • mascot

      Restaurant August was delicious, as were Commander’s Palace and Coquette. Bayona is supposed to be good. Brunch at Atchafalaya was awesome. Fancy drinks at Carousel Bar and The Polo Lounge.

    • desi inside and out

      where are you staying and do you have recs for an affordable hotel? we are going in a few months for a friends wedding and her hotel bloc is $249/night. We can’t afford that :(

      • SC

        What time of year are you traveling? What area of town is the wedding/hotel block, and is being close very important to you? I live in Nola, and my parents stay in hotels when they visit (my mom is allergic to my cats, unfortunately). Honestly, $249 is in the normal range for a hotel downtown, in the French Quarter, or in the Garden District during the spring, which is the busiest time of year. But you can probably pay less if you stay farther out, or at least stretch your dollar by staying in a place that offers free breakfast and internet. FWIW, my parents have liked the Hampton Inn in the Garden District (which has free parking, streetcar access, internet, and breakfast), the Homewood Suites on Poydras, and the Intercontinental on St. Charles. They’ve also stayed in the 1896 O’Malley House, which would be my first choice if location near the wedding/wedding block is not too important.

      • NOLA

        Agree with SC about the Hampton Inn in the Garden District. I think there’s also a Hampton Inn in the CBD. The Interntional House (in the CBD near the Quarter) is nice. My friends recently stayed at the Intercontinental, which underwent extensive renovation, but apparently, there is no soundproofing between rooms. They were kept awake by someone coughing next door. Susedna is here visiting me right now with her DH and they’re staying at Le Pavillon and say it’s really nice. We just found deals on Expedia and compared that with reviews and what we knew about location and reviews.

        • SC

          Good to know about the Intercontinental — my parents have not stayed there since the renovation, but I’ll pass that information along :-)

      • Bee

        Do you have to fly? Have you started looking into flights yet? If budget is a concern, make sure you look at flights before booking a hotel. Ime, the flights can be prohibitively expensive to and from Nola depending on when you have to fly.

        You didn’t ask this, but again since budget is a concern, some unsolicited advice – the bride and groom know that Nola is expensive. When you pick an expensive wedding location, you know that not everyone will be able to afford to come. If attending a Nola wedding is not in your budget, don’t feel guilty about not being able to go.

        • desi inside and out

          we are close enough to get a great deal on southwest or drive.

          the friend is only inviting a few close friends and family, so I want to make every effort to be there, and she said that she understands that $250/night with 2 night min is steep for her friends (but not her family/majority of guests).

    • Wordy

      I got so many great recommendations from this thread, if it is still searchable! NOLA has great suggestions.

      I also suggest taking a look at the boards on Chowhound, which has very active threads about New Orleans.

      On a recent trip we ate at Cochon, La Petite Grocery, Coquette. All amazing. Breakfast at Elizabeth’s (?) and Surrey’s uptown.

      I am really into cooking and wish we could have done the New Orleans Cooking Experience with Frank Brigsten.

      • NOLA

        For recent faculty search, we ate at La Petite Grocery, Bistro Daisy, Ralph’s on the Park, and Atchafalaya. Of the three, I was least excited about LPG, but it’s normally one of my favorite restaurants so I’d still recommend it. The food and cocktails at Atchafalaya were amazing. Just fyi though, the restaurant is so dark that people were using their phones to see the menu. I don’t know why the restaurant management doesn’t see that? The food at Ralph’s is consistently great and the service is impeccable and dessert was.. killer good. Bistro Daisy is a small restaurant on Magazine St. at Nashville. Totally worth it to get a reservation. We had a wonderful dinner there and everything on the menu sounded good. So hard to choose! I love Coquette but we stopped taking candidates there because it’s a bit intimidating unless you’re a foodie.

        Also would recommend Lilette (French), Cochon, Domenica. For a less formal dinner or lunch but with really good local food – Ignatius (on Magazine between Washington and Louisiana).

        Oh, and Wordy mentioned Frank Brigtsen. Brigtsen’s (in the Riverbend) is excellent!

        Commander’s, in my opinion, is best for lunch or brunch. Lunch is known for small entrees, huge desserts, and 25 cent martinis. Very see and be seen. But the food is also wonderful.

        Lots of great cocktails all around the city (craft cocktails have gotten to me a thing here). But have happy hour at the Carousel Bar at the Monteleone. The crab beignets and a French 007 (twist on a French 75) = yum.

        • Wordy

          That is good to know about Commander’s Palace! It is on so many lists but in the end we didn’t go there — I was getting a Tavern on the Green vibe despite all the great food reviews.

    • SC

      I’ll second Bayona, Brigsten’s, and August. Donald Link’s restaurants Cochon, Peche, and Herbsaint are all amazing. And Gautreau’s and Clancy’s are both classic uptown places that I love going to. If you like more of a modern twist, Square Root and Coquette both have good food and adventurous menus. For another casual option, Boucherie in the Riverbend is excellent. In the spring/nice weather, I love brunch at Cafe Amelie (request an outdoor table). Luke, Domenica, and Borgne (all owned by John Besh) have the best happy hours in terms of value, and you can make reservations during happy hour.

  9. Ree

    Sorry in advance- I know this is a repeat question! But when I use the search function I am only getting articles by Kat, not any of the comments that mention it.

    Can we talk about the Magic of Untidying book? I just finished it last night and want to start this weekend. By her standards though, I think I would be throwing out most of my stuff. For those who have followed this method- is that what you have done? Did it feel good/bad/empty?

    And related- can someone please post the name of the place that let you send in clothes and then would tell you how much they would pay for them? Thank you

    • anon a mouse

      Haven’t read the book, but I sent clothes to Twice (liketwice dot com) and they bought them – payouts weren’t anything grand, but more than if I just donated the items.

      • LilyS

        I do this with books using Amazon trade in. They credit your account in I think two business days. Again, it doesn’t pay much, but it’s more than the books pay sitting on my shelf.

      • Mountain Girl

        I have sent clothes to both Twice and ThredUp. I actually like Twice better and think their payouts are a little better but ThredUp has a much more extended brand list. I generally send everything to Twice that is on their brand list. ThredUp pays in store credit and then you have to wait for a time period until you can actually get cash (or at least that is how it used to work). If I were decluttering I wouldn’t want the temptation of store credit to add back to the closet but you will have to make that decision for yourself. I have sold to Twice several times now and would recommend them. In fact, I have a box of sweaters in the closet that I was thinking I should put send this weekend.

      • kellyandthen

        Anyone used this? I just sent away for my first ThredUp bag, and I was curious about anyone else’s experiences.

        Someone here encouraged me to do this for my nicer stuff that I want to get rid of. I could donate it, yes, or I could get 4$ for it, and I’ll take the 4$. Before I’m branded as a Grinch, I have plenty that I do donate–goods and money–so this is just icing on the cake.

      • PolyD

        I’ve done Thred Up. It’s pennies on the dollar, but they take stuff from Target, Loft, BR, doesn’t have to be high end stuff.

        It’s a really easy process – they send you a giant bag, you fill it, take it to a Fed Ex place and send it back. All for free. It takes a little while to get the money (they transfer to PayPal), but seems to work well. I’ve done 2 bags so far. Again, I haven’t made much, but $10 for a dress that I probably paid about $40-$50 for and haven’t worn in 2 years? Why not?

        • Apples

          Oh good to know, thanks! I loooked at Thred Up’s ‘How it Works’ and can’t tell if they pay you right away when they receive your the items, or do you only get paid once someone buys your stuff?

          I have a bag ready to send to Twice, I wonder which one pays more!

          • WestCoast Lawyer

            With ThredUp it depends. For cheaper items they pay upon receipt, more expensive items they sell consignment and you have the ability (I think only during the first 14 days) to adjust the price they are asking. The last bag I sent in, JCrew and Lucky items ended up in the consignment bucket while Banana, Ann Taylor, kids clothes etc. generally received up front payments.

            Like Poly D says, it’s not a lot of money but for stuff I was just going to donate anyway it’s really easy and you get some cash. One other note, there’s a period of time (maybe 2 weeks) after they process your bag that your credit is only available to purchase items on their site, but after that you can choose to have it wired to you PayPal account.

        • kellyandthen

          Thanks ladies! Can’t wait now! I have some decent stuff, some NWT, that will be great to ditch this way. I have a few pairs of nicer shoes, though–Coach, Cole Haan–that are in their original boxes with no visible wear. Can I expect a decent return on those, or should I just bite the bullet and consign them the traditional way?

          • PolyD

            I think on their site Thred Up might list, if not dollar amounts, what sort of percent return you can expect for things. They also list which brands and items they take.

            And West Coast Lawyer is right. I got paid right away for some Target/H&M/Loft things, but had to wait until some of the higher-priced items sold – these included a Gap dress, Limited dress, and two wool Boden jackets. For the wait-to-pay-items, they reduce the price over time, but I think at almost any point you can request that your item be sent back to you (although they do charge to ship things back to you).

            I’m embarrassed to take my cheap-o clothing to an in-person consignment store, so I’m happy with anonymously mailing them my stuff and just taking what I can get!

      • Ree

        Did you feel like you were doing the program 100% or did you do a more partial approach to it.

        • Anon

          Not the OP but i am takimg a partial approach (by category). I’ve already gotten rid of a lot (via trash, donation, eBay) and brought in ~ $250 in 10 days off of what i’ve sold. Our space already feels lighter/more spacious and we’ve barely scratched the surface (and i didnt even think i had much extraneous stuff to begin with – but i did/do!)

        • Wildkitten

          I did partial (75%?) and plan to keep going. I only trashed or donated – nothing for money. It still feels good. My space definitely feels more spacious.

          I set out a box to keep “tidying” and have already filled it 1.5 times.

    • Bonnie

      Depending on your tax bracket, you may be better off donating items and writing them off than selling.

    • Apples

      I read the book and could not wait to get started. I did clothes and shoes last weekend and got rid of more than 100 items (DH and I actually tallied everything by category, lol). It felt SO GOOD. I didn’t realize how weighed down I felt by having so many things I didn’t like, didn’t wear, and didn’t even want to look at. Our whole bedroom feels somehow lighter with no boxes of clothes under the bed, plenty of airy hanging space in my closet, no piles of shoes, etc. Now that it is neat and clean it even motivates me to actually hang my work clothes when I take them off when I get home! DH keeps saying how nice my side of the closet looks – he said he was inspired by me, hoping he takes action on that soon! I hope you go for it and never look back :)

    • Parfait

      I haven’t read it but I am purging LOTS of stuff as I move. But it’s kind of the low-hanging fruit. After I get settled in over here I think I’ll get that book and go through my things again. I’ve gone from having a full closet to half a closet, and while all my clothes fit in there, it’s really tight. And honestly I don’t need this much.

      The rocket scientist came home from the store with 36 pairs of socks the other day. I had to mock him for it. He thinks it’s a good thing to only have to wash socks once a month. I think we should maybe do the laundry a little more often and not have so many damn socks.

    • ACD

      Yes, I feel like I’ve thrown out “most of my stuff,” but none of it is stuff I needed, and none of it is stuff I miss. It’s amazing.

      I’ve sent clothes to Twice and would do it again. I also sell things on eBay, which has worked great for me and the financial return is worth the extra time I’ve put in.

  10. Blonde Lawyer

    This is for yesterday’s poster that was having trouble getting up in the morning. I want to echo others that you may want to consider a sleep study. I have severe sleep apnea that went undiagnosed for years and I saw a lot of me in your post. I was in my late 20’s when I was diagnosed and I didn’t meet the usual criteria doctors first look for (trouble sleeping, overweight). I would fall asleep instantly and stay asleep forever without an alarm. I could sleep through alarms and actually once slept through a fire alarm (scary!). I just wanted to post a few other symptoms that I recognized in retrospect (because they disappeared once I started using my cpap) to help you decide whether to get checked out.

    1. That crazy haze where I felt like I was sleep walking and didn’t know what I was doing in the morning went away.
    2. I didn’t get tired at night and didn’t know when to go to bed. Now I’m usually wanting to go to bed by midnight. My internal clock is somewhat working.
    3. I didn’t just have a “haze” in the morning. I felt somewhat sick. I would have a headache or feel nauseous or dizzy. That is gone.
    4. I was misdiagnosed with exercised induced asthma because I was very easily winded by mild exertion. That is gone now.
    5. I used to get bronchitis every winter. Since getting the CPAP I have not had a bout of bronchitis (4+ years) though I do still use an inhaler if I get a bad chest cold to ward it off.
    6. My heart rate was always inexplicably too high. It is still that way but my doctor thinks it is because of the years of sleep apnea.
    7. My ear tubes were inexplicably chronically swollen with no infection. They always felt uncomfortable and full. That went away with the cpap.
    8. I was never hungry in the mornings and couldn’t fathom eating breakfast. Now I wake up hungry.
    9. I would on rare occasions wake up in the middle of the night coughing or choking in a way that I thought was heartburn / acid reflux. I now realize those were times I had stopped breathing for too long.

    I learned that I was stopping breathing 31 times an hour in my sleep. I wouldn’t wake up but my body would move sleep cycles to get me breathing again. I basically never got REM sleep. I still have a hard time understanding how that correlates to super deep sleep where nothing wakes you up but that was actually the symptom that got my doc to order the sleep study. (That and ADD).

    I sleep fine with the CPAP and feel much better with it but it is certainly not at all sexy and I would hate to have to deal with it dating. If I were you though, I would rather know and make an informed choice about the CPAP rather than ignore it when there could be a real lurking danger.

    I’d be happy to answer any questions about it.

    Extra bonus – the cpap filters the air you breathe. My filters get pretty gross looking pretty quick. It also has a humidifier. My husband is jealous when he sees my gross filters that he is breathing that stuff. In the dry winter he is also jealous that I have direct humidification all night.

    • SleeplessinSeattle

      Thank you. I found this incredibly helpful, and see a lot of the same signs in my husband (and, he also appears to stop breathing (snoring) in the middle of the night fairly frequently). Did you just talk to your primary care physician about this? Seek out a sleep specialist? I’d love to be able to tell my husband who he should talk to about this.

  11. Work Advice Needed

    Hi all – I’d appreciate some professional advice from the Hive here. I, like most people here, work very long hours. My manager is aware of this and has re-allocated some of my work to some more junior staff in order to make my work load more manageable…. but now I feel a bit marginalized? Am I crazy? Also, since she is re-allocating some of my work to more junior staff, it seems like she is grouping the junior staff members and me together (like when she is asking for a project deliverable or just addressing us in meetings), which, again, concerns me that she won’t think I’m in a position to be promoted when that cycle comes up, since I am now being lumped with more junior members. She has commented a few times now that one of the junior members is ready for a promotion when that cycle comes up, but I haven’t heard anything about me (although she is not someone to compliment you to your face).

    Has anyone experienced the same thing? Or just share their thoughts?

    • Anon

      Sounds like a classic case of you’ve got to pick what matters to you. Ala, no eating the cake too. To get promoted, you probably need to keep your work, not complain about having too much, and if junior people can handle it then yes, they’ll rise faster. If advancement is important to you, then you need to do the work. If lifestyle is important (and I personally don’t think people value this nearly enough), then keep doing what you’re doing. But then you don’t get to be mad when you’re not given kudos/promos, etc.

      • Anon

        +a million

        You don’t get to have your work delegated and then complain that other people are getting kudos for doing good work.

        • Anonny

          Yup. This. Your offloading work is a chance for a junior person to shine (this would be how I got the promotion that basically changed the course of my career when I was 25 – stepping in for an overworked more senior person).

        • NO

          Balance is important to me. Just found out yesterday that they are (finally) hiring someone more junior than me that I will be able to unload some of my work to as the current situation is not working……we will see what this means for me, but in the meantime, I will keep my head down and continue to work. Looking forward to delegating soon and possibly going part time!

        • Work Advice Needed

          Thanks for your comments. I should clarify that I do not complain to my boss about having a lot of work/working late. I enjoy my work and love the intensity of it (which my boss is aware of because she is the same way). I’m also new to this location, so it’s not like I have friends’ dinners or anything that I am missing. If I were to finish work at 7 or 8 pm, I’d just end up going home and watching Netflix (which I frequently joke about with my boss). However, she is just a very big promoter of work-life balance and keeps telling me that at my age, I should not be staying at the office until 10 or 11 pm – to go out to happy hour, etc. I appreciate all of this, particularly as it is not something that I have ever voiced I wanted her to do. I have also told her that I can handle the work and that I enjoy it, but she doesn’t want anyone at my level to have that much on their plate and stay that late.

          • Anonny

            I hear you about not having complained. But, if one of my direct reports was working until 10 or 11 pretty consistently, I’d do something about it. I think your boss is simply being a good manager. People below you are going to eventually get promoted to your level. It might feel threatening/personal, but odds are it is not.

          • Anon

            Girl, working until 10 or 11 every night is insane and acting like you love it is insane. If your boss expected you work what sounds like over 12 hours a day, that would be abusive.

          • Bewitched

            I would have a frank conversation with her which focuses on you, not the work that has been delegated to others. E.g. you’d like to rise to the next level, what words of wisdom does she have for you? Are there stretch projects which you could request be assigned to you? Are there specific skill sets or training which you could work on? I have always been looking for the “next big thing”, so I would view it as a positive if lower level work is delegated to others-it gives you the opportunity to take on other things and show that you are capable of moving up to the next level yourself. In other words, don’t focus on them, focus on you.

          • Work Advice Needed

            Bewitched – thanks for the great advice! That is a great way to approach this situation.

  12. Apples - Paging JJ

    I just saw your question on yesterday afternoon’s post about how I wear boots with suits. Yes, I wear them with boot cut pants.

    • JJ

      Thanks! I think that’s my issue – I’ve given up entirely on ever getting suiting pants to fit me. I’ll keep looking for the unicorn.

  13. Anon in NYC

    TJ about wills/trusts and estates. My husband and I need to set up a will with guardianship for our future kid, and some sort of trust for her. We have a few attorney recommendations from friends, but how should we choose between them? Are there certain things we should be looking for, besides their hourly rate? Thanks!

    • mascot

      Do they also offer to draw up your healthcare power of attorney papers? I think a lot of estate lawyers do this now as part of a standard will package so it may not be the deciding factor you are looking for.

    • Anonymous

      I think there’s a balance to look for in this practice area. You want someone who does this as their “it” practice area, not someone who does it as part of a more general practice. You want that high-volume experience, while watching out for someone who it feels like will just try to force you into their one set form without modification, rather than one who uses forms as a base but goes through a long list of questions with you that determine where the form goes from there. Also, personally, I look for someone who is old enough to have that level of experience but not so “experienced” that they are nearing retirement and aren’t going to be practicing in 5 years if/when baby #2 comes and we need to modify.

    • Apples

      One consideration for me is whether or not you feel like they are really listening to you when you meet with them. Some of them have done so many of these they kind of go on autopilot and give you a one-size-fits-most document.

    • MNF

      My answer depends on what you mean by guardianship. If you have a disabled child and anticipate needing to do a guardianship proceeding in your future, I would look for an estate planning practice that frequently deals with special needs issues.

      If you mean naming a guardian for a minor child in your will, then the answer is easier. Obviously you want an attorney/practice that focuses on estate planning (beware of the solo guy who does real estate, wills, and local criminal, etc.). Many EP attorneys offer a free consultation. Also, EP is tending more toward fixed fees, so you could ask about that. Finally, if you meet with an EP atty and she doesn’t ask for your full financial information – that’s a bad sign.

      ETA – or come visit me upstate?

      • Anon in NYC

        Thanks – I do mean the latter. Not anticipated disabilities at this point. How far north of NYC are you?

        And thanks for the thoughts, all! I hadn’t given a thought to healthcare POA, or really even living wills.

    • Diana Barry

      I would call them and see which one you like best. Some questions you might ask are hourly vs flat fee? do they give everyone the same documents or do they customize for each client? how long are the documents? (some trusts are 13 pages, some are 35 – big range here) do they draft themselves or do the paralegals draft?

      If they are not doing drafting themselves, then it is probably a volume shop, with less individual attention paid to each client – so you might get docs that are longer than you need or with provisions that you don’t need, but may be cheaper.

      • Anonny

        What is a reasonable hourly and/or flat fee for something like this? I’m in Boston, if that matters. I have zero experience with legal docs of this nature, but hubs and I also need to get these going..

  14. Anonymous

    I just bought these shoes in burgundy (link to follow) and I like them but am having a hard time pairing the color. What color pants would you wear with these? What color pants would you absolutely not wear? What color socks?

  15. Carlos, the Scientist

    PSA, Welcome to Night Vale tickets to the DC show went on sale today and there’s still a couple left!

    I figure some of the ladies here have similar tastes in TV/movies/books, so they might be listeners. If not, but you like weird podcasts, I’d suggest checking it out!

  16. 401k

    TJ: it’s my first time receiving a bonus (I’m a first year) and we are told that our 401k deductions will be withheld from the bonus payment unless we elect to do so otherwise. Should I leave it as is or are there benefits to changing the election? Thanks in advance!

    • Anon

      I leave mine as-is bc we get a partial match and that is always a nice, significant extra bump.

    • Anon2

      I asked the same question 3-4 weeks ago, and nearly unanimous advice from the hive was to leave it be and “your 65 year old self will thank you later”, and that’s what I did.

    • Anon

      Just make sure you aren’t going to go over the yearly contribution max. I think it’s 18,000 in 2015 but definitely check if you’re close.

    • MollySolverson

      I do not have mine taken out of my bonus check because I already have my contributions set up to max out based on regular contributions from my base salary throughout the year. If you are not already planning to contribute the max amount, I would use the bonus to help get you there.

  17. kellyandthen

    Got a temptations cat treat add on this page just now–after the “previous post next post” link line and before the “comments” header

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