What do I do when my husband goes away?

Shop.

Ha.

I went to an outlet mall this morning.  And now I am going to the Jones New York factory store.  I need nice things.  But I don't need to pay through the nose for them. 

I do wonder why I am doing all this shopping now (I am also going shopping with Maria tomorrow afternoon, in an area of the city I've only been to once, and briefly); I've had the flexibility to shop for a good while.  I guess part of it could be good things happening on the job front; I am hoping not to have so much flexibility soon.

Anyway I didn't buy anything frivolous.  I'm not known for that, unless you're talking about DVDs.  And some don't consider movies (or, um, TV on DVD) to be frivolous at all.

OK, leaving now.