Saturday was just not my day :-(

[elady25]

There, there.  Just tell them what size you would take in the "I Love 
Draco" t-shirt at Hot Topic ;P Maybe send them the link.

Seriously, how about suggesting to your mom that she suggest a gift 
card?  

imamommy


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Dina Lerret" <redina at s...> 
wrote:
> I've got a *huuuge* zit on my cheek because I'll be on the rag for 
Christmas.
> 
> I email an HP slash list admin to *politely* inquire about removing
> spammers and spam, and I get 'bitchslapped' with list ownership.
> 
> I go to visit a couple of my favorite sites to find one permanently 
gone
> (password protection will prevent any Google cache or the likes) 
and my
> 'ratio' on the other resembling the Titanic sinking when I had a 
good
> status before.
> 
> My mom places in some phone calls for a Christmas dinner at a 
restaurant
> and she wants her children there... Problem is I know she can't 
afford
> (I've done spreadsheets on all her income/expenses) her three 
children,
> two SOs of said children, and a grandchild.  So, when I find out my
> sister, her young daughter, and my sister's boyfriend are 
attending, I
> decline so as to save my mom some money--plus, I don't really get 
along
> with my sister.  I then get a second heads-up my mom *cancelled* my
> sister's invite as a way for me to attend. {blink, blink}  How can 
I still
> decline that?  If she called my sister back, it'd be awkward, and 
if I
> don't go, she'd have two children missing.
> 
> Now, I feel bad. :-(  Granted, my mom only would pay for one dinner 
versus
> three, but my mom hasn't spent a Christmas with her first daughter 
in
> years... Err, you can estimate on the 'favoritism' issues popping 
up and
> how the split between my sister and I occurred.
> 
> Also, my mom mentioned my brother and his wife were asking for my 
clothing
> size. =:-o  I really don't like folks buying me clothes.  I remember
> getting this snowman sweater (totally sympathize over the Weasley
> jumpers/sweaters) and did not like wearing it as a young teen... 
Ick, I
> was pressured into wearing the... *thing*.
> 
> I've had a bad day... and I'm nearly out of zit cream. :-(
> 
> Dina