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30 seconds of honesty, library edition.

Y’all.

I think my very Catholic upbringing requires I own up to things immediately, so the past few months I’ve been feeling VERY guilty not telling anyone that I finally got a library card. I’ve been buying books for my kindle and there are so many on there I haven’t read- and that shiz gets EXPENSIVE. I’ve never really considered book buying to be shopping but it definitely is and right now if it isn’t paint, primer, brushes or boxes, I’m trying not to buy it.

A few months ago a friend suggested a book to me. (Daughter of the God-King by Anne Cleeland. Amazing. Read it!) When I googled it instead of the top result being an amazon link it was a link to my local library using the SAILS platform. Ten minutes later I was reading the e-book.

Since then I’ve checked out a book a week, downloaded straight to my Kindle.

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Ames Free Library, so many books I could owe fines on one day.

My last Massachusetts library card was from Tufts Library in Weymouth, MA. I got it in 1983, used it to read every single Nancy Drew book, and by now I must owe them thousands for the three books on the Red Scare and McCarthyism I lost in 1996. When the kids were tiny we would go to that same library often but I was always sure they would run whatever version of a Library Credit Check they had and would shame me publicly or fine me more than I could afford. (yay anxiety) We would go for story time, and to play on their amazing playground, and to read books there, but we never checked any out.

When we moved to Austin, TX I felt confident getting a library card. Certainly my debts wouldn’t follow me there, 20 years later. Certainly the long arm of the Weymouth Library didn’t extend that far. I think I owe Austin Public Library 3.00 for the late return of a Pendergast novel, clearly I am a repeat offender in the Library crime world.

I was hesitant to get another library card, to possibly restart my life of check-out-crime after 8 years on the lam, but the allure of free Regency romance novels was too great. I am a card carrying reader again. E-Books are a safe way to go, after a week they just take them back off of my device, I couldn’t forget to return them even if I tried.

There we are. I’ve confessed my library sins. I feel better.

Better late than never.

overdue

xoxo

what I wore the day of my going away taco party when I left my last fuck at home

I am completely in love with the way I feel and look today. when I went to bed last night it was after eating something that left me so bloated I looked like I was 7 months pregnant and I was worried about fitting into the outfit I had very carefully curated for today.

my coworkers are having a taco party for me- remember how I was freaking out about how to tell them that I was leaving? they knew. they all knew because they’d signed a poster for me which was presented to me at our company holiday party.

before the company sold and we could wear jeans to work this outfit would have been a solid go-to for me, I love jeans and blazers. I’d like to dress like Samantha Bee every day.

annnyways, taco party outfit.

jeans. duh. after today I have 6 days left here, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to wear what I want. which is probably jeans, but could also be the same black dress from GAP that I have 3 of because it’s hella cute and looks good with all mah boots.

but for today these jeans from Old Navy are rocking my world. they’re lined with everything good and right with the world when it is cold outside and they are legit warm. I’m enjoying them very much. if you live where it gets cold you are going to want a pair STAT.

I have this great pair of rose gold mirror finish oxfords with creeper soles from ALDO that may or may not make my toes fall asleep – so I don’t wear them a ton but I fricking love them, and they match the rosy gold buttons on my blazer from Lane Bryant. if I’m gonna wear a t-shirt and jeans then I have to wear a blazer and either heels or oxfords.

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my necklace is killer, it is a statement piece from Stella & Dot, because if I wear a t-shirt and blazer to work I have to wear a statement necklace. the one I am wearing is no longer available but it is similar in vibe to this one, which I want now…

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I’ve got giant laser cut cactus earrings made by my friend Kelly that I bought at Blue Genie Art Bazaar last year. I wore them in my passport photo and when I go through customs I get complimented on the photo. it is 100% the earrings.

for my watch… I’m wearing this spicy number from Swatch.

but the best best part of this whole outfit is the t-shirt from pyknic. it is super soft, I love it.

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tacos are here. gotta go.

xoxo

 

(I used “I” 29 times in this piece. and that is making me feel really weird and like I (30) might not want to post it…) (and that doesn’t include the I’m, I’ve and I’d)