Award yourself a vat of wine.

I will do that. I am fit to be tied. Still.

Last night the Militant Electrician returned from a shopping excursion with her rich uncle. They were supposed to exchange undergarments of small size for garments of larger size.

She pranced across the threshhold in a WHITE Helly-Hansen Spyder Thinsulate® shell. WHITE. WHITE. did I say, WHITE? all over. "Rigorously tested by top athletes across the world, Spyder embodies a passion for performance --the same passion driving you to your next adrenaline rush," says the garment tag.

very stylish. tailored to a T. as in three more months of useful wear.

And four more of the wrong size long underwear.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.