Oh my, so much to reply to. I'll start with the fun stuff, first.
Shoes. I have an obsession with them. Not really shoes in particular, but boots. I hate when my feet are cold in winter and have been doing some serious boot investing over the past couple of years. I don't just want my feet to be cute, but I want them to be comfortable. Which means, I've spent a lot of $ on high quality shoes. I'm a Zappos addict. If you haven't checked them out, try it. They usually ship overnight (and for free). La Cannadienne are my absolute favorite brand. They are not only cute and warm, but waterproof! I'm actually thinking about selling my Uggs at the consignment shop, though. They are so warm and comfy, but mine have laces on the sides that make them very hard to get on and off. It takes me 10 minutes to put them on, and then my hubby usually needs to pull them off. So, I was looking for some slip on Uggs, but have been spending so much money lately on shoes that I picked up a pair of Bear Paws, instead. They are basically Ugg knock-offs, but still warm and cozy with the shearling lining and got good reviews.
Last time I signed on I was telling you how I thought I was PG and had a plan to tell DH. Well, my plan involved shoes. We got into a fight recently because I went out to get some winter boots (the Bear Paws) and came home w/ 3 pairs of shoes. They were buy one get one half off and the others were on clearance, so I didn't spend a lot, but DH just saw 3 pairs instead of 1 and was like WTF? He is very frugal, and I'm not. Anyway, I thought I was pg, so after the big fight the plan was, I was going to tell him I just had to get one more pair of shoes and then show him the bag and inside would be a pair of baby shoes. That was the plan, but sadly I had nothing to announce. In my crying fit I told DH I thought I was pg and even had a way to announce it, but didn't tell him what it was, so maybe will still get to use it someday.
Wow, I'm randomly blabbing and haven't even gotten to my replies, yet...saw the Ugg convo and got all excited.
Regarding adoption, my OB actually said she had a friend who was having trouble TTC and had a baby ready to adopt when she got PG and then decided not to take the baby.
So, I guess that does happen a lot. I would still take the baby, though. I don't know if it's just that we've been having a hard time TTC, but I feel like maybe we're meant to adopt? I would like to be pregnant at least once, but I feel like we're going to adopt, either way. Not right now (I'm not ready to go through the process), but in a year or two if no baby of our own, and in our 40's when we're all settled in, I'd like to adopt at least 1 or 2 more. I don't know why I have that feeling. Is it weird?
Titi, you seriously crack me up!!!!!!!!!!! Someday I want to write a book about TTC...except I think I need to hire you for input. It's almost like you were looking in on my day/sad bedroom experience.
Seriously, that totally cheered me up. Love the stories about your furbaby, too!
Squirrel, we've all been there, but the "you usually don't want to on Mondays" kind of made me laugh.
I second the being thankful for what we DO have! Love it. Also, how is furbaby Jack?
Ejay That is the cutest little puppy ever!!
Lucky Merry x-mas to you, too! I was just thinking about you the other day...I can't believe you're so far along already! I was thinking "maybe some of LuckyD's luck will rub off on me in 2011?"
Tryfor - Thank you for your words of encouragement.
Also, just have to echo the others that I'm so envious of the washing machine BD! My personal favorite is couch BDing with me on top.
Honey - I'll try to be on here more. It's been harder with my new job to sneak on BnB while I'm working at home and that's when I always got my best BnB time in (or when I'm procrastinating from my thesis, which I haven't worked on in a while). I met DH at the casino! Well, I was there with a friend for her b-day and he met up with us for a little while because he was friends with her then BF (who is now her husband).
The story of how we met: Kind of a random story how I met DH, actually. I guess I'll give the long version. So, I had recently moved back home and got a new job. Most of my friends had moved away, and the one that was left I stupidly started dating. Except, it turned out to be the best thing ever. I was thinking about our relationship one night and got this feeling like "there is someone else meant for me." So, I made a list of the perfect guy I was thinking of (his attributes and such...not really appearance, but personality) and broke up with my BF. The next weekend, it was my coworker's b-day. We had been friendly at work, but I still didn't know her all that well. Randomly at a work event I asked what she was up to that weekend and she said that it was her b-day and she was celebrating at the casino, then she asked what I was doing (probably just to be polite). My reply went something like "well, I just broke up with my BF, and my friends all moved away, so...nothing." Sounds like a sob story, but I was joking when I said it.
Her reply was, "why don't you come to the casino with me?" And that is the night I met Joe. We didn't talk much that first night (we met up with him for a total of 5 minutes), but just had a feeling. When I saw him the next night, I pretty much knew he was the guy from my list, even though I didn't want to get my hopes up. Now, the coworker and I are very good friends and she and her husband were in our wedding, and Joe and I were in theirs. The end.
to Ejay and Titi, and anyone else expecting the witch shortly... 
doesnt happen often!!! We only dtd 3 times up to and during my fertile period....same as usual....blah.....I am only 3dpo and I feel out already....
I said "another sad reminder" and he said "its ok" and I said "you runined it this cycle,my last cycle before my due date".....he then didnt reply.
honeybee!
but that is sooooooooooo something that my hubby would say to me!!! Sometimes my dh says "well, you didn't seem like you wanted to".....it's like REALLY? You REALLY thought after over 24 cycles of going through this together that I would EVER want to miss a chance to snag that egg!!!!!!!????????? I hope you have safe and enjoyable travels.
