My aunt is getting married in a few weeks, and as of this morning I still hadn’t found anything to wear.  I have a semi-casual LBD, but its a bit too casual for a wedding I think. So my mom and I went dress hunting today, and were suprisingly productive! I always hate when you go dress shopping, and for some reason the stars aren’t aligned correctly, and after hours of searching you find nothing. Searching hours and finding a rare gem of a dress that is perfect is totally fine and worth it, but spending hours and getting nothing is just frustrating. So it was suprising to have such good luck today. Lord & Taylor was the first stop, but those prices were way beyond my unemployed budget. My mom noticed there was a Ross up the road, and neither of us had ever been. It was a miracle we went! I got three dresses for $35, and my mom bought me a fourth. This is the largest amount of dresses I’ve ever owned at one time. And they are simply fabulous.

I also started making a flower  garden using eggshells to start them. One of the zinnias has already sprouted, and hopefully the pansies aren’t far behind. Its a lot of fun, and gives me something to do and take care of while I’m home. What I really want to get is a dwarf lemon tree for the house  so we have a nice supply of lemons, and it will make the room smell nice as well.

Baking and knitting has been going on full force as well. M’s scarf has hit a snag though, and I have to rip out about 50 rows (or one pattern repeat) in order to fix it. I have no idea how, but somehow I managed to add in about 8 extra stitches. The fact that I’m taking a few steps back in the project is making me want to put it aside and find something else for a while, which may be good and may be bad. A break would be nice, but I don’t want to put it down for a bit only to never pick it back up.

Still looking for a job, and even though I’ve sent out more applications than I can remember or keep track of, there have been no offers yet. A few telemarketing companies, pyramid schemes, and other generally undesireable jobs have sent an email, but that kind of thing is definitely not for me. Hopefully something happens soon though, because even though I’ve somehow been able to pay bills mostly month-to-month (with help from M), I don’t know how much longer that will last.