So maybe 11 PM isn't the best time for painting your toenails.

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Tomorrow I'm doing the restaurant week thing and going to Poste with Perky K. I am wearing a skirt and strappy black sandals, so someone better appreciate the non-denim lengths I've gone to. (Things I love about my job #57: "well, you're cleaning your workspace with bleach solution" dress code! This leaves me with very little motivation to upgrade my clothes.)

Pursuant to shirts, this weekend I walked into Macy's looking for a camisole-type thingie and walked out with... a blue v-neck t-shirt. Yes, I know: you are all shocked by this break from tradition.

Also, shopping appeal: I'm breaking down and buying a digital camera. I'm soliciting opinions. HOWEVER, comma, I am on a budget. I'm looking in the $200 - $250 range, with an absolute limit of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) for the camera and basic accessories (second battery, larger memory card, etc). I really would like a digital SLR, but it's not happening this year. CNET has a real crush on the Canon Powershot series; does anyone else have nice or nasty things to say as I reach for the sales papers? I want instant gratification at high resolution, but I'll settle for decent warmup and shot-to-shot time, good picture quality, 7+ mpix, and an optical viewfinder.

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[wizardoffoo.livejournal.com]

Keep forgetting to mention but if you do manage to snag a deal on a Nikon SLR body I have an extra lens I can lend you for a while. Nikon AF 50mm f/1.8 - fabulous lens, especially in low-lighting, if you can deal with 'zooming with your feet.' Used to be bolted on the front of my D40 (where it doesn't even autofocus due to lack of old-style motor!) all the time, even over the also very fab 18-55 lens the D40 comes with until I snagged a Voigtlander 40mm f/2 (still manual focus but actually designed for it). Will shave a few bucks over having to get yourself a lens.