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mojosmom ([personal profile] mojosmom) wrote2006-03-07 03:54 am
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Mojosmom and the chocolate-y day

So our court clerk usually has mints and the like on her desk for us. Today she added Dove™ chocolates. Someone in the office made fudge (chocolate, peanut butter and Turtle™ varieties). And one of the guys in my Italian class just got back from Italy (Florence and Modena, where he was attending medical conferences. Why aren't my conferences in places like that? I get to go to programs in Chicago, Springfield, Urbana. It's not fair. But I digress . . .) and brought chocolate for the class. And, yes, I had some each time. I admit it. I'm easy.

In other things, I bought a bookcase (this one). I actually have two like it already. I wasn't planning to buy a bookcase, but, mirabile dictu, there was NO traffic coming into the city and I got to class way early. As there's a Pier One down the block, I decided to go browse and saw that these shelves were on sale. Took me all of about 30 seconds to decide to pick one up.

The woman in the State's Attorney's office who is in charge of their restitution division has been arrested and charged with embezzlement. They say she was forging checks on the restitution account, due to a gambling addiction. Embarrassing for Birkett (the SA), who's running for Lieutenant-Governor (couldn't happen to a nicer guy). I guess any probation violation petitions alleging non-payment of restitiution are now a bit up in the air!

I could give you the BIGGEST virtual hug!

[identity profile] marina-wolf.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for posting about the bookcase. I'd never have known about the sale, as I usually don't shop at Pier 1. I'm going to use the rest of my birthday money to pick up 3 of my own tomorrow (I've been needing them for well over a year now, yesterday's haul notwithstanding). I am going to assume that there's no assembly required, so my DH cannot complain on that count (as he usually does when thwarting my efforts to organize).

Re: I could give you the BIGGEST virtual hug!

[identity profile] mojosmom.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
No assembly required!

They also have a six-tier shelf, and a corner shelf. Have fun shopping!