You know the kind - you're tempted to ask the cashier (in theses stores they're called "clerks") if it costs extra, but you're afraid you'd look cheap and that they might kick you out because you're not rich enough to shop there, so you don't say anything and walk out of the store with a fancy bag containing a pair of socks (because that's all you could afford at that store), feeling like a thief. So you go back and ask, just to be sure, and they give you that condescending smile you were afraid of and assure you that the bags are free. In reality, you paid for 17 or 18 of those bags just by buying that over-priced pair of socks - and you thought you were treated well because they gave you such a fancy bag for "free"!

Anyway, when I saw her with her arms full of these bags I said, "You can tell she's getting married."

"Yes, she's always smiling", was Toni's reply.

Not exactly what I was thinking...

Later that evening Marianna made it very clear she had not been shopping (or, "spending any money," as she put it). I guess we know what she and Jeffrey have been talking about...

Then I post this picture of Jordan from Jesse and Annie's wedding. And everybody reacts the same, right? NO! You're wrong! C'mon people! Have you not read anything I've been saying? So far the guys response has been something like, "it's Hilarious" and the girls think it's "Depressing" (this is based upon more responses than those posted). Those are very different adjectives to describe the same reaction, aren't they?

A certain individual, who shall remain unnamed for the sake of their reputation, refers to the opposite sex as the "other species" because the differences are so drastic. And I must admit that I find myself perpetually amazed by the differences between men and women. Sometimes the differences compliment one-another, at others they're so marked and distinct that it's almost impossible to compare the two. Like trying to compare birds and bees (maybe there was sense to that old adage), or a wallaby and a walrus: how can they be compared - especially if I don't know what a wallaby is?