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[miyakuli]

ladyredflame replied to your post “Chateau de Versailles”

@miyakuli I went two years ago during a holiday in Paris and it was one of the most beautiful places I've seen...and yeah, I ended up walking something like 15 km that day! Still worth it!!

That’s about it XD my feet were dead the day after :p I’m glad you could enjoy the place as well :)

[steverogersnotebook]

ladyredflame replied to your post “OMG! Your new glasses are adorable! Guess who's gonna end up with...”

@steverogersnotebook​ wait a second, you mean that your doc doesn't just give you the prescription for glasses and then you go to the shop to buy them? I'm afraid to ask how much a pair could cost in the USA...

I’ve paid $600-ish for a pair with thin, progressive lenses which transition in the sun.

These new glasses with the same exact lens treatments, minus the ‘brand’ name on the frames were $245

I pull enough for my eyes each year for my flex spending account, so, it’s not all coming out of my pocket at once.

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As for the doc/shop thing, most of our opticians are inside optical shops (I’ve used Target’s optical department for a dozen years, mostly because I adore my optician. It was only in the past year that I decided to get them from another supplier. It was from tumblr that I learned of zenni optical.

[stephrc79]

Honey dear all the fucking hugs to you!! I just finished reading your post and WTF?? I was ready to hop on a plane and go slap a bitch! You also made me realize that I was friends with someone similar (I had my suspicions for a while and thank all the Gods I "fell out" of friendship with that person). Please DO NOT think that your writing is not good, because that's BULLSHIT!! I'd love to write as good as you do! Again, all the hugs from Italy (and tiramisù too)

Thanks, bb! Luckily, I’ve had time, perspective, good friends, and @the-life-of-bucky-barnes to prove to me that I’m not a shitty writer, so there’s that. 

And I’m glad you can see the signs. I mean, aside from finally feeling like people need to be made aware of her behavior, I also really want people to see signs in their own friendships because we realy DON’T think abuse when it comes to friends. If I can get one person to go OH SHIT I HAVE A FRIEND LIKE THAT, I BETTER FUCKING BOUNCE, then my work here is fucking done.

(PS: You’re gonna need to get in line behind @brendaonao3. She’s been wanting to slap the shit out of Kara for years. But considering Brenda got the brunt of my friendship/writer-friends paranoia, and le shedding of le baggage, it’s kind of undertandable.)

[thebestpersonherelovesbucky]

Hi! Just wanted to let you know how good it is to see there are someone else who likes Marvel and anime/manga :D I've grown up with anime on tv and now I'm down that rabbit hole again!! Glad to have some company :D *hugs* (but only if it's a thing your comfortable with)

Sooo... cool story, right? 

Here’s Hiro Mashima, creator of Fairy Tail at Comic Con in 2017. I took this pic while waiting on line to meet him bc A Really Cool Person™ had a pass for the exclusive signing and since they didn’t even know the manga/anime, they were kind enough to hand it over to me.  

Yaaay!!!

But the story doesn’t end there!

I only found out about the pass maybe a week before the con at all. So here I am all 

Cause, HELLO, Hiro Mashima! Creator of Fairy Tail!! Everything’s just ended and he doesn’t exactly come out much and this is just WOW!

But not only that, he would be drawing everyone at the meet a personal picture of any character they wanted.  

So I got this:

Now, you might be thinking, ‘So what? Big deal, it’s Natsu, I bet a bunch of people got Natsu.’ 

But what’s makes this even more special than just getting a personally drawn pic of one of my fave characters by the author of the manga himself is that before I even knew I’d get this chance this was my choice of cosplay that year

So, here I am, dressed up as Natsu and when I went up to him he looked up at me and LIT UP and shouted out, “OH! NATSU!” and said something in Japanese that his translator said meant “You’re here for a self-portrait!” and while he was drawing, he paused a few times and looked up and said ((as per his translator)): “I have to look up to remember what he looks like.” 

It was one of the BEST manga//anime moments of my LIFE. 

Anyway, in answer to your actual message, you’re in good company!! 

[steverogersnotebook]

ladyredflame replied to your post “To get ANY toilet paper, I had to renew my COSTCO membership, which...”

@steverogersnotebook​ costco confuses me...why, why do you have to have a membership to shop in a grocery store?? O.o

Short answer: Because America.

or... more wordy and hopefully explanatory (no guarantees):

Costco is more of a warehouse club store, they have BIG everything. 2 gallons of milk purchased at a time, humongous bags of flour, cases of canned goods, (states that aren’t Utah have) huge bottles of alcoholic beverages, as well as  home and auto needs, clothes, etc. for better price per/measure than grocery and hardware/home improvement stores.

It’s handy for large families, especially where I live. It’s also cost effective for us, although we don’t have a large family, the dog food we buy is cheaper than a comparable brand nearby.

I’ve also gotten lucky of late in that they have my favorite coffee-shop drink mix -- a bag of dry mix serves (i don’t know exactly how many) for the price of 3 drinks at the coffee shop, fewer actually because I am a phenomenal tipper. those girls deserve it.

I could get these things on amazon, but the drink mix is still more expensive there, so an annual membership ($60) pays off within a couple of months with just these two items, and sometimes I find a cute plaid flannel or hoodie for less than the target/walmarts of the area.

I can see where some families can benefit from the executive membership, they pay more in membership, get 2% of their spending in a year back as a store-usable check. Heck, I know some smaller households who share memberships across family members, and it pays off for them as well, but I’m just one person, my roommate and I share a membership in order to get those items mentioned above.

typically the 35 mile trip would be rolled into one of my in-office days, meaning I wouldn’t be going out of my way, but we’re remote in these times of c19.

I hope this clears up more than it confuses on the topic :)

[steverogersnotebook]

lillianfromaccounting replied to your post “51 tomorrow i’m freakin fiftyone.”

treat yo self!

tinylittlelokitty replied to your post “51 tomorrow i’m freakin fiftyone.”

Happy Birthday!! 🎉💖

ladyredflame replied to your post “51 tomorrow i’m freakin fiftyone.”

Happy Birthday!!

Thank you all so much!

[steverogersnotebook]

ladyredflame replied to your post “My shoes finally arrived after a sizing problem and reshipment and I...”

Oh Gods!! They're the cutest thing ever!! Where did you get them??

tinylittlelokitty replied to your post “My shoes finally arrived after a sizing problem and reshipment and I...”

So cute!!

sassyshoulderangel319 replied to your post “My shoes finally arrived after a sizing problem and reshipment and I...”

THOSE ARE SO HECKING CUTE OH MY GOSH!

Thank you all, I agree! I was excited to receive them, and after the size debacle (they are NOT EVEN CLOSE to true to size), I almost gave up on them. But the company - I got them through Amazon, but the seller was DecoStain - was very helpful. I want one in nearly every (26) color. However, I will exercise restraint.

[steverogersnotebook]

I have to say it: you kill me every Tuesday with TJ! He's the sweetest boy ever and God only knows how many times I wanted to strangle every single Hammond person during the series. I mean, remove TJ from the toxic, overexposed world of his mother and father (and brother) and I'm pretty sure he would have been happy (still angry we didn't get a season 2)

I don’t mean to kill anybody, but I understand. TJ and his story kills me on the regular. I agree completely with everything you said about TJ and the Menace that is the Hammond Family!!

Look at this soft puppy.

Deserves Better