Your Weekly Friday Morning List Post! (TM)

Virgo:: Did you ever get one of those spam emails informing you that you've won the lottery in the Netherlands or that your government is trying to locate you in order to give you the assets of a distant relative who died and left you an inheritance? In the coming week, you should be alert for messages that contain authentic versions of those phony come-ons. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you have become eligible for benefits you don't know about or have barely guessed the existence of.
Sweet. Let's hope one of those 'benefits' is a huge, unexpected chunk of change-- enough to pay off my student loans, get a car, and maybe jet to Greece for a month. Or maybe it's just the gift of dangling participle.

1. First and foremost, Friday Night Swing tonight at the Towson Armory. As always, the lesson starts at 8, the dance starts at 9. It's First Friday, which means it's big band night. If you think you might have fun-- well, you probably will, so you should come. I'll be there in my teal dress of prettiness.

2. I have a long, but fun weekend ahead of me. Dancing, driving (I'm getting on the road!), traveling to DC for afternoon tea. I'll likely be exhausted come Monday morning, but at least I'll have spent my time happily.

3. Payday, how do I love thee, let me count the ways. I paid my bills this morning, and saw that I had a little more than I expected left over. I placed a little order with Fantasy Bath to re-stock my bath cabinet. It's worth it-- richly scented baths are cheaper than therapy. Add that to the pending Lush order, and I think I'm set for a few months.

What I ordered::

Lush::

-- 1 medium bottle of American Cream conditioner -- It smells like vanilla bean buttercream and the scent just lingers. Mmmm.
-- 1 small pot of Ocean Salt facial cleanser -- I swear that this is my secret to pretty skin, plus it smells like a margarita.
-- 1 Amandopondo solid bubble bath slice -- Roses and lemon scented bubbles.
-- 1 Two Timing Tart solid bubble bath slice -- I haven't tried this yet, but it apparently smells of strawberries.
-- 1 Turbo Bubble solid bubble bath slice -- A very bubbly bar with subtle shimmer.
-- 2 Avobath bath ballistics -- Turns the water bright green and smells like limes and grapefruit.
-- 1 Sex Bomb bath ballistic -- Hot pink water and a sexy, clingy scent.
-- 1 Happy Pill bath ballistic -- The new ballistic, which is scented with mandarin and grapefruit.
-- 1 Sakura bath ballistic -- Not much color to speak of, but the scent is dead-on cherry blossom petals.

Fantasy Bath:: (all bath ballistics-- and I got free shipping, dudes!)

-- 1 Into the Green -- Jungle green water and the scent of amber, incense, blood orange, and patchouli.
-- 1 Neptune -- Deep blue water with sandalwood, berries, and lavender.
-- 1 Days of Lime and Roses -- Pale green water-- for some reason, this reminds me of Lewis Carroll.
-- 1 The Wild Rose -- Pink water scented like a lush briar rose.
-- 1 Desert Rose -- Coral-stained water that smells like Sting. Err, sandalwood and rose.
-- 1 Mountain Mama -- Bright blue water scented with woods.
-- 1 Amazon Rain Forest -- Turquoise water and a hothouse bouquet.
-- 1 Bliss -- Starry-night blue water and a scent that tries to capture summer evening air. It has black currant, so I was sold.
-- 1 Irish Meadow -- A fresh green ballistic. Irish Spring, anyone?

...I forgot to get a Mardi Gras one, but there's always next time. And why doesn't anyone ever think to make a deep red ballistic? There's Blood Bath by Hell's Belles, but you must be out of your damn mind if you think I'm paying $6 for something half the size of a Lush ballistic.

4. Is it 6:00 yet? Seriously. Is it? Because today is a day I just might choke a bitch.

5. I wonder if there's any way to change the "current mood" field to "current scent." I think my scent is fairly descriptive of my mood, and probably more interesting. (BPAL's Pumpkin Patch-- pumpkin and spice, by the way.)

6. The most disturbing thing I've seen this week: V/Snape slash. This narrowly beats V/Phantom of the Opera slash. Why, people? Why??

7. The funniest thing I've seen this week: TBS-endorsed Hobbit Slash. And the ensuing Fandom Wank discussion, which includes a fascinating tangent about ancient Greek slash and how Homer totally fangirled Patroclus, who was, by the way, totally on top. ("Cousins! Cousins! We're totally cousins!")

8. Ahem. *points to icon*

9. Dear Tyra Banks, I appreciate that you give me my weekly guilty pleasure show. However-- you have never, ever selected the right winner of ANTM, and that was somewhat forgiveable until Wednesday night. How could you take my Mollie Sue, my walking straight girl wet dream, away from me so soon? How?? And you let an egotistical, under-performing, excuse-making, 80-year-old drag queen stay? WHAT?? You are dead to me, Tyra. Dead to me.

10. Today's post brought to you by cinnamon Teddy Grahams, because I am five.