It's Friday and it's date night. There was a time I would just leave the office, go right out on a date, and look just as pulled together as Liz does in this date with Richard. But these days I require lots more primping. In part that's because I work at home so half the time I'm still wearing workout clothes at the end of the day. But there are also some inexorable-march-of-time issues going on here, too. I have, in fact, lately been thinking about ratcheting up the primping by taking some drastic measures. That's another story but if any of you want to share your cosmetic miracle stories—chemical peels? laser light treatments?—I'm all ears. Nothing Brazil extreme. Just a little pick-me-up is all I need.
Today though, I have to tear out of here in order to have time to primp, pluck, style, and install pneumatic underwear. (Okay, I'm kidding about that last one. Sort of.) Like I said, I've got a hawt date with this guy I've lived with for what seems like 200 years and see all day—EVERY DAY! What's the point you may well ask? Our 9-year-old is at a sleepover! We can do anything we want! Woo-hoo! We are as excited as puppies on a rabbit farm.
Before I go, though, I want to remind you all that we are giving away a 6-month subscription to the awesome SitterCity.com to one randomly lucky reader. To win? All you have to do is scroll to the end of this post and add your two cents. You can say freekin' anything you want—but keep it clean. How hard is that?
No one is getting anything though until we get to 100 comments and we have a LONG way to go. In fact, I'm kinda bumming about how few of you have played my little game yet. I'm not feeling any love. **Sniff** Come on, peeps! I'm trying to give you stuff here. So go comment! If you win and don't need the prize, you can always give the subscription to that person in your life who REALLY needs a sitter and never gets one. We all know one of those. (You know who you are.) Or maybe if you already commented you need to get all those people who keep telling you, "Get a sitter!" to play so you can win?
And like I said in my last post, everyone who plays will win something. Don't try and make me say what that is. There is only one way to find out and that's to COMMENT!
hey, I'm the first. what do I win? oh yeah, right, a free subscription to a babysitter service. cool.
ReplyDeleteactually, we've got an excellent baby sitter right now: the Xbox 360. we're leaving the 12 year old plugged in and heading out. he won't even notice we're gone.
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I'll post again because I like the idea of a "hawt" date with my man when he gets back to town. I was telling a couple that I have worked with that being married to a man who you have dated since high school, even with the few breaks to date others, may sound dull......but it's not! I am ready to make use of this freebie, do you think the babysitter will let us drop our kids off at their place? Just kidding! We'll send to Elizabeth's if it is necessary without any junk food! Just hoping you are feeling the love, not as much love as I have for my man but you get my drift.
ReplyDeleteI'm always looking for a babysitter where we can drop the kids, too! Babysitters are great but they do require that you leave the house and then the date is sort of over when you get home, which takes a little of the hot out of hawt. Have you tried Power of Play for dropping the kids off? Mine are too old for that now but it worked well for a while. They offer drop ins every Friday and Saturday I think.
ReplyDeleteNow we love sleepovers! The kids love them too so its a win/win. Scheduling it so both are at a sleepover at the same time? Nearly impossible.
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ReplyDeletechemical peels are also damaging if not properly administered*';
ReplyDeletethe side-effects of a bad chemical peel is horrible, i'd stay away from chemical peels~`-
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