I’m in a wedding in a couple of weeks, and despite losing a bunch of weight (and keeping it off) for my own wedding, I decided to buy a Spanx bodysuit anyway.  It’s not that I even really need it for the slimming effect, but more because the top portion of the dress isn’t the most flattering on me, so I figured I’d just make sure all my lines were smooth underneath.

In the greater Birmingham area, there is one place to buy Spanx.  One.  Sak’s Fifth Avenue.  You know – the place that isn’t exactly student budget friendly? (Or any budget friendly, for that matter.  Budget and Saks do not go in the same sentence unless you are talking about your unlimited budget)  So this is not a place I frequent oh, ever.   I went in on Friday, and they asked me for my phone number or email address.  I picked the lesser of the two evils, and gave my email.

Today I received my first email.  I promptly clicked on the ‘unsubscribe’ link, and hopefully ensured that it will also be my last email.   I don’t know why I found that so funny, but I  did.  That’s a big marketing fail.  Maybe they should just not email people that only go in and buy one thing.  That might be a sign that the people a) aren’t really that interested, or b) don’t have the wallets that are being targeted.

My birthday was Saturday, and I had just the most perfect day ever.  I got to spend the whole day with my boy, no interruptions, no schoolwork, and no stress.  We stopped in Clanton for some fresh peach ice cream (which we hadn’t had in over a year) on our way to Auburn for the football game.  Despite the monsoon that delayed kick off for an hour-ish, it was a great game.  I say that now, because Auburn won.    I had my doubts during the first quarter.  We got home obnoxiously late, which left us nice and tired for a visit with our friends and their absolutely tireless four year old.  I couldn’t have asked for a better day!

I’m debating making some changes to the blog here, as I’m determined not to let it die, and it’s been pretty sad around here.  I’ve started in the past 6 months or so to really get interested in sports research, and I’m debating starting to talk about it on here.  It’s pretty interesting stuff.  To me, at least.  I’m pretty focused on gender differences in sports, and I’m tossing an idea around in my head for a new paper that I think would be really interesting, if I can get the right direction on it.

If nothing else, perhaps pictures of scantily clad male and female athletes will attract some attention.