I win!
I shopped the JCPenny clearance sale yesterday and got two (count them two) fleece pullover/jackets for $13.29 total! I love clearance sales!

On another note, I'm glad to be back in more belly dance classes! I am at a point now where belly dance is becoming really fun again and practicing doesn't seem like such pain!

Now hopefully I can get this analyst position at State Farm! If the gods are kind and allow me that courtesy, I will be set. (oh pretty, pretty please!)

Final thought: I listened to a segment on NPR this afternoon about Iraqis that are being tortured by extremist groups from their own country who are sabotaging the Americans and Iraqi allies. They are doing horrible, horrible things to these people! They even beheaded a frightened little 11 year old boy. How do you fight evil like that? Where do you even start? Mercy seems useless...cruelty only feeds the cycle of hatred and violence...and the single thought I keep returning to is to thank the gods that I am as lucky as I am.