Yes I'm Still Alive!

Wow. Yes, it has been a long time. Fear not. I am still here. So, get this. They locked my blog because it looked like SPAM. What? What part of my blog seems like spam? I am not a hacker. I don't even "know how that works" so whatever! So, it may actually take days for this dang post to even show up because they have to review my blog and make sure it's legit. Ha.

Since I have a few different items to blog about today, I decided to do it in chapters.

Chapter one: Baahhston!
My parents and I recently visited Boston to see Ethan get baptized. This was a great trip and was full of family-ness. We hardly even did any sight-seeing at all. I am okay with that because I do make it out there 1-2 times a year anyway. It was so fun just to be with family. I adore my nieces and nephews!

Erin was in one of her good moods at that moment, so I whisper-yelled to my dad to take a photograph so I could prove we're friends. One night, I showed her a picture like this of us together and said, "Hey, we're friends!" and she replied, in her two-year-old voice, "We're not friends." Wow. Them's fightin' words. She cannot be blamed, though. Erin had a horrible fever after we got there which landed her, Marissa, and Grandma Nicci in the hospital until the wee hours of the morning. Not fun... but she is doing well now!

Dinner at Legal Sea Foods! The lobstah. It's like buttah. Here are me and Pinchy in the ever-necessary Legal Sea Foods lobstah photo.


This was the look I was given every time I pulled out the camera after the fever ensued, and this was the day I went home. Oh how I adore her!
The baptism was a huge success, even with mom's doctrinally-incorrect talk about Wilford Woodruff translating the Book of Mormon with Joseph Smith and getting the Priesthood and baptizing him. Not a big deal, mom, really. At least we all knew what you meant. Just think if you had said something like, "Ethan, when you turn eight, it is a special time. You get to be baptized into the church, receive the Holy Ghost, and begin plural marriage. Welcome to the fold." Now THAT would've been disastrous, especially with the non-member who attended. So I say, hey, count your blessings Grandma.

We got to walk the kids to school, go to great restaurants like Bertuccis (my favorite), have a tea party, and have adult time too with one of the most funny games of Apples to Apples I have ever played. The grandmas were wheezing from laughing so hard when the green card was "Hysterical" and the red card read "My Body"... Calm it down, grandmas.

At our Tea Parties, you must be polite, and you must wear a hat. I even spoke with Julia in a British accent and she replied "Perhaps next time your sister and brrrrrother can come" and she totally rolled that r-sound. It was adorable. Also, any time you can order British Clotted Cream or Devon Cream, do it! Put it on a blueberry scone with lemon curd... ahhhh droooool....

On Saturday, after the baptism, we decided we were jealous Ethan got to be in a font and decided to go swimming at the hotel. The kids were adorable. Jordan is absolutely fearless in the water. I loved it. My favorite part of the pool party, though, was the uninvited guest from the third floor. So the hotel is shaped like a triangle, with the middle hollowed out so you can look up and see all three floors and each room. The pool is on the ground floor, in the middle, so basically everyone can just watch you swim from their bedroom window. G-H-E-T-T-O but it was $75/night, so... no complaints. Wait, yes, I do have a complaint! Back to the INTRUDER! First off, every time we are in Boston, or any big city for that matter, I get hit on by a black guy. So I'm walking from the pool to my towel by the parents, and I hear: "Hey! HEY!" so I looked up at the third floor, and there was a black man, holding something like this over the railing:"Hey!! YOU WANT SOME CAKE?!!" Ummm well that depends, sir. Is it laced with pot? Can we share it in your bedroom? Do I need to put some clothes on first? He yelled it for the entire hotel to hear, and I thought he might drop the cake on me, so I politely answered, "Uhh, no thanks" and hid under a canopy for a while. Did I mention I was in my swimming suit and soaking wet? Our new family joke is: "Hey! HEY! YOU WANT SOME CAKE?" now. We love it. Ohhh good times.

Chapter two: Providence, Rhode Island
After all the fun, it was time to return home. My flight was a couple hours after mom and dad's and it was out of Providence, though theirs was out of Boston. So, they had to drop me off in Providence hours before my flight. Don't you worry. Dad told me about an amazing mall in Providence, and I googled it the night before, where I was therefore lost for hours in all the wonderful chances I would have the next day at Providence Place.

This five-story complex is a shopper's heaven. I think it should be renamed "Paradise Palace at Providence Place" but that's just me. Nordstrom, Coach, Tiffany & Co., Nine West, Lindt chocolates, Brooks Brothers, Ann Taylor, Ann Taylor Loft, Gap, Banana Republic, ALDO, J. Crew, the works!


Luckily, I was able to catch a really great sale at Nine West. I got this wallet for $15...
...and these shoes were marked at $80 but I got them for $47. I assure you, they are even hotter when they're on feet.
On that note, remember the dress I wanted to buy for my Xmas party at work and the cruise? "Oh yeah, Lindsey, I remember. The one that was super cute and would've looked good on your curves?" Yes, the very one. SOLD OUT EVERYWHERE! They had it one size, too big for me. So, I guess it's ironic that I tried to lose weight to let myself buy it. Whatever. So mad.


Chapter three: Tori's bday!
Happy bday, Tbird. I love it when Tori abbreviates things to the first letter and then the second half of the word "my b-day" etc. "I cannnnn't handle it!" She will probably murder me if/when she finds this post, but oh well. I love her and had to put up some pics.



Oh yeah, Kiera's prego. :)


Chapter four: Walking/Rocking Out/Working Out
I started walking the past couple weeks. Our Singles Ward has volleyball at the church every Tuesday, so I have been walking there and back (which was stupid because I turned down a ride from a guy because I need to walk to lose weight to date him... but wait... he offered me a ride and I turned it down... well Lindsey... you're the stupidest person ever)

Last night, I finally remember I have an iPod. Hello! Take it with you! So, I did. Oh man, I tell ya what. Beyonce's new song "All the Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)" really pumps up my energy level. If you have seen the video, please agree with me that she is amazing and if I could move 1/389457th as well as she does, well, I'd probably be married because men love dancers. So, it was playing through my headphones, and I was literally dancing down the street on my way back to the house. I would stop when a car would come by, and it was 10:00pm, so nobody could really see me. I was totally getting into it, too, and it felt GREAT. I am SO WEIRD!


This is what I expect I may have looked like, and I pictured Jennifer Grey as Baby in Dirty Dancing, in this very scene, while I was dancing down the street:

Okay, what a long update. I hope you didn't fall asleep! Also, last night, I was up late because Jenn got me hooked on this hysterical blog all about cake wrecks. Check it out if you're bored. It's pretty funny. Keep in mind, too, they're all professionally done. It reminds me of Jay Leno's Headlines on Monday nights.

NEXT WEEK IS THANKSGIVING!

La mulţi ani!

So, about four months ago, I was chatting with Heather Beck and I mentioned that I could easily list 100 of my favorite memories of her. We decided to make it the birthday blog post. Then, I decided since her birthday is on 11/1, I would up it to 111 favorite memories. I added to it over the months. So, over 100 days later, it is finally Heather's 24th Birthday. The post title was in Romanian, by the way, which is her mission tongue. I know, I know. I am **such** a good friend.

Heather dearest, here are 111 of my FAVORITE memories of you.

Love, Linz

1. "Sing your words, Heather. She does this every night."
2. Erin…. C2…. Sitting on the floor…. And the whole apartment shaking.
3. The Boy is Mine, acting like choir teachers, brownies and pizza in one oven
4. Sleepover with Aleta and she didn't think anything we did was funny and we told her she couldn't come anymore once she got married
5. Kneaders with Troy
6. "Joel just farted on our bookcase" 4 years later…. "There's that Joel kid who farted at FHE!" "No, Lindsey, that's not him"
7. 3am Dance Party
8. "Linz, I have to tell you something. Last night, Ashlie got in bed with me."
9. "FELIZ NAVIDAD! FELIZ NAVIDAD! FELIZ NAVIDAD LE CUMPLEANOS NAVIDAD"
10. Belgaum, French, German, Italy, and Africa
11. "It's NOT BELLY!"
12. "Shutuhhhp Aleta, okay? Just shuhhtuuhhp"
13. "Sick, homosexual cows? It's like Sodom and GomMOOrah!"
14. "So, my syphilis, is that dominant, or recessive?"
15. "Speaking of genes, I got these way hot jeans the other day."
16. "Speaking of cells, where is my cell phone?"
17. Ditching Bio for Los Hermanos on the worst boy day of our lives
18. "Heather! Get off the bus! I'm takin' you to dinner!"
19. Planning Spencer's date and you kept bringing up a carnival with beans….
20. Getting our hair done together and drinking Dad's root beer at Tiff's
21. Going with you to JC Penney to get your hair done and then a chunk fell off
22. Not a funny one, but I will never ever forget when you came to my apartment and told me your dad had cancer
23. With that, being together while the world fell apart around us (C2 problems…)
24. BYU Homecoming dance
25. Your testimony "without a doubt in my mind" that inspired mine
26. "Girls, did you pick out your outfit for the coronation ball??!?!!?"
27. You taking me to Cold Stone on my bday (after knowing each other three minutes) so they could set up the surprise party
28. Taking you to the airport and spraying Orangina all down myself
29. Taking that random girl to school and me drooling all down my seatbelt… and when she ran away from you at school….
30. Dropping you off and picking you up from school every day!!!!!
31. Honking at you on campus
32. Belting One Day More in my car
33. "Red, the color of the damned!"
34. Your Grandma telling you that you look like Chelsea Clinton
35. Ring shopping and deciding gaudy is not always bad…
36. Walking down the Plaza in the dead of winter
37. Every time we eat and you have to unbutton your pants :)
38. That time we ate too much at Los Hermanos and went to your apartment and passed out while Laura and Dave made out to Seabiscuit
39. "I see that you have reduced-fat options, but do you have anything exceeding in fat?"
40. Along with that, the non-amused waiter
41. Visiting you in DC!
42. Visiting you in KC!
43. Stalking you and walking with you when you were shelving
44. The Halloween dance in DC and the two swing dancers… and Becca falling on her face
45. Going through the "Do I go on a mission or not" conflict at the same time
46. "Clamp." "Honk"
47. Giving blood even though neither one of us wanted to and wished we didn't qualify
48. Peanut Butter M&Ms
49. Getting stuck in our driveway for 1/2 hour in the snow
50. "To the Clyde! Mush!"
51. Driving in the Neighborhood every day… with Taco Bell
52. While watching the Prince and Me… "WHAAAATTTT?!!?!?"
53. Planning a trip to Greece to meet Kostas
54. Ethan pinching your bum in Cali
55. "Maybe it doesn't like people with bad attitudes."
56. "Can I bring my flute?" "NO!"
57. Shopping in Park City for your 19th Birthday
58. Always singing around the piano
59. "This one is for Martin… 'cause I'm kissing youuuuu ohhh"
60. Planning Aleta's themes for her wedding
61. Planning our performance of "I Will Always Love You" for Aleta's wedding
62. Disneyland… "WHOOO!!! BLEHHHH…. YUM YUM YUM!! WOHOO!! BLEHAHH"
63. Tortilla Flats
64. No-Bakes
65. Eating a whole pan of brownies when I got to your house at like 10pm in KC
66. Making a top-ten list of our semester together 2008
67. Making a list of common things we find under "Interests" on boys' facebook profiles that drive us crazy
68. Paying for a private room but sharing yours
69. Jumping with one leg on the mattress and one off
70. Getting letters from you on your mission
71. Telling people our relationship is "We're married, but we're not lesbians."
72. "Cherie? Karl?" "What time is it?"
73. "Spencer, when will you see me? I love you."
74. Harmonizing the Primary Articles of Faith songs
75. Awkward Nation
76. That time you cried on my bed at C7… and you know what I’m talking about.
77. "I just…. God Bless America!"
78. BYU chocolate milk and walking on campus with you
79. HFL 110! Our Cooking Class!
80. Trying to fit in that tiny t-bird or whatever it was after cooking class once… that guy you liked…
81. That time I set you up with Bryan Strangfeld and you finished your Costa Vida and he didn't
82. That dance we went to when Evan and Levi were there, and all your imitations of how certain people dance were spot-on
83. "I unleashed the beast."
84. That time in my bedroom when we talked about the furniture joining in our game
85. Your old dinosaur impressions
86. Practicing running to the door to meet our Homecoming dates
87. That time we ate at the Mayan and then when you were doubled over in pain, seeing your ex-boyfriend and his wife
88. Moroni, the non-scriptural one
89. "We are not drama"
90. "Hell called. It wants its kitchen back." and how mad you would get at that kitchen.
91. That time we went to Greg Busath's… and poor Devin came out of the bathroom about 1/2 hour later
92. That same visit, talking about different words for "vomit" and really impressing the boys
93. That time your car battery died and we got Devin to come "help" us and then screaming when the alarm went off
94. Going to Park City when you visited in June for a day-trip and riding the trolley
95. Every single time we just start dancing around a room or singing along with Destiny's Child - I absolutely love it
96. "Well!.... …. … Bleahhh!"
97. Your facial expressions never cease to entertain.
98. Minigolfing on a double date when you were down for Dave's reception
99. Planning a party where we only invite all the boys we've ever had crushes on, and put riddle nametags so they have to guess which one they are
100. "EVACUATE!"
101. "I AM SO… SICK… OF… PEOPLE… TRYING … TO… KILL… ME!!!!! Geeee, sir!"
102. Visiting you in KC! AGAIN!
103. Cinnamon Rolls with Katie Woods and random Hungarian connections, then dinner with Heidi!
     
104. Shopping at the Plaza and enhancing the economy
105. Cheesecake Factory - the new KC tradition
106. Sleeping in your parents' bed since they were out of town
107. Dancing to ABBA at 6 in the morning and Jessica Beus calling to tell us to be quiet
108. Café Rio salads - my first Costa Vida salad was with you
109. "You know my visiting teachers come on Thursdays!"
110. Throwing a bridal shower for that friend of yours who I didn't know, and the trashy lingerie comments on that Hawaiian dress, and the game with candy bars that I scrambled to come up with
111. Being my best friend, and all the other memories that are yet to come.

I want to marry you.

So, today at work, we got a letter for Trump University (we do the coaching for Trump University but obviously do not work for the Donald) and it was by far the BEST letter I've ever received. I opened it and immediately started laughing. We scanned it for emailing purposes, but her handwriting is atrocious as it is, so I will translate for you. I love the photo she included, which is probably from the 80s. Make sure you try to read it from the picture first, but I can help here:

This is what the letter says:

Dear Donald Trump,

I think that 800 billion was supposed to be mine. I had an account with a trillion billion forty million in it on the statement and the bank won't send me checks & a credit card on it. Do you want to fly out & help me, I'm at 19664 Stacey Beaverton Oregon 97006. I don't like living here & need my own house. I'd like an 8 million dollar house, but a 1 million dollar house would be better than nothing. My name is Kerry. I'm 55, I'm at 19664 Stacey Beaverton, Oregon 97006 I want to marry you. We had a date between 1980 & 1984 you met me at Marina Village in Marina del Rey Caly near Los Angeles we went to the Beach Shop Cafe for lunch & you gave me a house in Malibu & said you'd buy me a car. I forgot where the house is Can you send the address. I really need a car. I've driven 11 cars, but don't have one right now Can you buy me a car.

Love,
Kerry

So, we googled the address and yep, she lives in an assisted care living center for the elderly. She is not even a student with us. She must have just seen our address somewhere and decided it was time to send Don a letter. This is the saddest, most memorable letter ever and it certainly had us entertained this morning.

On another note, I did something last night that I secretly wish somebody had been there to videotape. I was in my skirt and cork wedge sandals, walking down the front porch stairs, and I rolled my ankle for the 789,364th time in my life. I then proceeded to gracefully tumble down the rest of the stairs, with two full, big purses, and my leftovers from Olive Garden. Even though it was 10pm and nobody was around to comfort me, I still audibly moaned for a bit. I could not get up for about 10 minutes, so I sat in the cold air, on the cold cement, in my skirt, and texted friends. Today, my foot is up on a stool and box at work with a towel-covered bag of ice. My arm, foot, and leg are all scraped up a bit. Awesome. I just really wish I could see it from the view of another, and have it videotaped. I am positive it must have been super attractive.... especially with me being in a skirt... and all the bags I was carrying.

Another Tag

I was tagged by my cousin, Katie, and I decided to play along! Here we go!

1. I had lazy eye as a child, and wore a horrible brown patch over my left eye to train the right one better. As I have heard, other children wore patches with dinosaurs on them or I can only assume butterflies or Lisa Frank characters, but no, mine were Band-Aid-brown. Thanks, Doc.

2. When I was five or six years old, I told everyone in the ward that my mom smoked, and I genuinely believed it, too. My aunt Bev sat me down one day and said, "Lindsey, I promise you, your mom does not smoke." I remember thinking, "Ha, little do you know..." I thought that when she was in the bathroom, locked door and everything, that she was smoking.

3. I have pretty picky food habits which I have realized over the past couple years. I say no to Teriyaki, sweet & sour anything except Sour Patch Kids, sweet and savory mixed together except chocolate covered almonds, etc., banana-flavored items except popsicles, bananas that are the slightest bit overripe, cherry-flavored items, pie crust, pie filling except cream pies with graham cracker crusts, sushi (which makes me literally vomit right onto my plate, remember Happy Sumo?), jicama, uncooked apples (give me stomach aches), boogers, dirt, cooked olives or olives on sandwiches, bugs, hot pineapple except for Tucanos, more than one piece of fudge, honey except in honey butter, molasses except in gingerbread, fish except shellfish, Moutain Dew, Dr. Pepper, and many other things I can't think of right now.

4. My dream is to be kissed outside in the snow, while it's snowing, and it has yet to happen.

5. I have a slight fear of snapping rubber bands and popping balloons. I hate the games where you try to pop balloons and I am a nerd and was snapped by rubber bands in jr. high band by mean boys. Mean, mean, mean. And the STUPID substitute teacher didn't do ANYTHING about it. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

6. I hate teaching piano lessons because then I don't get to play and the students are never as good as I want them to be, and I am a music snob.

7. I have never had a real boyfriend, and have therefore never been through a real breakup, which is a blessing in my opinion.

OK!! I now TAG
Amber
Kim
Heather
Brittany
Candra
Laura
and Jenn

Have fun!

"You don't have to be stupid to be domestic. You can be hot."

3am Utah time: Wake up and get ready to head to the airport. Nothing will process in your head until many hours later.

That was pretty much how my morning went. Heather Beck dropped me off at the airport, and we said our goodbyes. I have some thoughts on travel-via-airline, which I will share after the description of my trip.

Friday: Headed to the airport with Lance and Ryan in tow. I was thrilled beyond reason that I had said no to the Croatia trip in the first place. Why, you ask? What was my one fear? That Lance would have a girlfriend and I would be ticked the entire trip that I wasted thousands of dollars on. Ope, yep, you guessed it. I do believe he is dating a girl from our ward, and no, he did not tell me about it in any conversation. Ever. After he made me move over on the couch, like he was throwing away a stinky diaper, so he could sit next to her, well, it became apparent. Then when she stayed after to say goodbye after all of us had already left... yep. And hearing her talk about him the past week, and seeing the way he looks at her, it all came together. Thank you, buddy, for the nice invitation to your house to watch Ironman and to sit on a couch with you and your lover. So, I'm moving on!! It will be tough, but I will still be friends with my friends and try to not let anything bother me or get to me. Thank goodness for a weekend away in Kansas City to eat two big bowls of chocolate ice cream, snickers cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory, my weight in cinnamon rolls, etc. Thank goodness for Heather Beck!

So, Friday night, I got in really really late and we went home and chatted and went to sleep. Yay.

Saturday: Woke up, got ready, watched the first session of conference where they announced a temple to be built in Kansas City! HB screamed so loud, the roof blew off the house and we jumped around in giddy delight. The next few minutes were filled with phone calls to/from fellow Kansas Citians, who were equally excited and emotional. Went to Target to buy tights since I forgot all mine and they MAKE the outfits I brought, ate lunch at Panera (YUMM) and then made it home for session numero duo and meeting Edward. After that, we went to the Plaza and boosted the economy by each purchasing three tops from Banana Republic. The second one is in a robin-egg blue and I'm wearing it today. I must say, actually, that these models are too skinny and don't look good in these shirts. I am curvy (I know, shocking) and actually fill them out and I think I look good. I need to feel good now so that works great for me. :)

Then, we hit up Cheesecake Factory, our new KC tradition, and got nachos, quesadillas, and snickers cheesecake. Mmmm. Went home, went to bed.

Sunday: Got ready, Katie Woods (from Heather's singles branch) came over and made us cinnamon rolls! She is a babe! We had a really random connection, too. Her cousin is the elder from Lance's mission I've heard him talk about for the past five months... and who he is currently visiting in Hungary. What the?! Crazy times. We watched the first session and ate Jolly Ranchers to pass the time. Lots and lots of Jolly Ranchers. Then, it was off to Heidi's house for dinner and playing with Heather's niece and nephew. Scarlett is absolutely beautiful, but obviously did not like me. We had a good time anyway and I adore Heidi. She is a great example of being a hot mom who is still domestic and awesome. I had grits for the first time and enjoyed ribs for the first time.

This morning is a blur because I have been up for 14 hours and it is only 5:00pm. I do, however, remember being on the plane, asking for crackers, trying to get my mind off the Lance drama, and them handing me this:

Has anyone even heard of "Lance Snacks?" You've got to be kidding me. That was like the time I was trying to get my mind off of Richard Taggart in high school, since he broke my heart on Valentine's Day, and my dad taking me to the movies to help me out. We saw Galaxy Quest. The main character's name? Taggart. Thanks, world. I listened to Leona Lewis telling me it'll all get better in time and felt better. I love her and wish I could sing like her! I miss Heather Beck and am glad to be home with family at the same time. Oh yeah, and if you have anyone you want to set up with me, please feel free. I hope they like drama.

Travel thoughts:

1. Don't put the exit/emergency door on row 13. You poor superstitious people. Dumb Delta.

2. Don't charge extra for an exit row seat and call it an upgrade. Then, when they're not filled, let people like me move to an exit row. I feel safer sitting there than having nobody who is helping with the emergency exits. Dumb United.

3. Who said it was okay again to serve peanuts on the plane? If my nephew were on that plane, you would've been hearing from me. Stupid Delta and United.

4. Don't serve Lance-brand Snacks. Dang, Delta.

5. Don't wear sailor hats. You're a FLIGHT attendant. Dang, United.

6. Don't give me a 4-hour layover in Denver. Stinkin' Travelocity.

7. Don't tell passengers they can carry-on that size of bag, and then fail to tell them they're on a commuter plane, so you'll have to check that bag planeside and bye-bye laptop. Stinkin' Delta.

8. Don't charge extra for checking luggage and then tell two scared international passengers that they will need to check their luggage again during a 1-hour layover in Frankfurt, Germany. Scary American Airlines.

9. Thank you Delta for printing off my boarding pass even at the incorrect gate, for my convenience. That was actually really nice.

10. Thank you United, for doing the same.

Weekly weigh-in

So, this is gross. Just a warning. I weighed myself this morning and was happy but not thrilled with the weight loss this week. Then... I went to the potty.... yada yada yada.... weighed myself again.... DOWN THREE POUNDS FROM LAST WEEK! That is a running total of 7 pounds. Just 13 more to go and cruise time!

That wasn't a tapeworm....

.... And we're back.....

Thank you, NBC, for a great season 5 premiere. It was well-enjoyed.







A few notes to ponder...

• Dunder Mifflin weight loss competition - this is interesting because I just started a weight loss regime to lose 20 pounds by my cruise to Mexico... which, if I accomplish, I will purchase this dress from Nordstrom for a lot of moolah and wear it on the cruise and to my company Christmas party. Today's weigh-in = Four pounds lost this week! WOHOO!!! I tried to start a mini-office weight loss thing, so it's funny that this was the episode!
• Mike and Holly... oh what an interesting season this will be! I loved the rap part. I also loved it when Michael "bought" Holly's tickets from her and gave her the idea he'd take her and then what does he do? He rips them up and offers to pay her the next day. As you can imagine, I yelled at the TV screen "Michael!! You're such a freaking idiot!!"Oh man... pretty dang funny. I love seeing them together because they're just so awkward. "I will exqueeze you"
• Stanley lost seven pounds on his own. He was always so pleasantly surprised with himself throughout the episode, and I especially loved the photograph of him as a young buck.
• Kelly really was my favorite part of the episode, though those of you who know me are thinking... um wasn't it JAM? (Jim and Pam for you novices)... well that was good too, though I have worries for the season. Kelly took the weight loss thing very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that she passes out from not eating enough and... something Creed gave her from Mexico, which nobody knows exactly what it is...
• I can also tell you right now that the wardrobe department gets Kelly and Pam's clothes from Banana Republic. How do I know this? Because I own about three shirts I've seen Pam wear and one dress Kelly wore. On this episode, she wore a dress that was the exact same style but a different pattern. "I'm gunna look amazing" - I loved when she said it this time... all weak and looking like death. Soooo freaking funny.

Okay, what were your thoughts on the premiere? Favorite quotes? I tried not to give out spoilers for certain friends who haven't watched it yet. I see where your priorities lie....