Don't laugh at the word "ya'll. I'm in Texas. That's what we say.

Once again, I need some advice. See, I haven't kept up with Jr. High culture over the past few years (read 21) and now, I have landed myself smack dab in the middle of it and we are coming upon our next obstacle. Next week is Homecoming week for Al and The Boy and I am not sure what Jr. High Homecoming etiquette is. Do the boys still ask girls to go to Homecoming with them? If Al chooses not to go to Homecoming with someone (assuming they do that) should I buy her a mum? do they still do mums?

I need some help here, people. If you have any experience with this, please, throw me a bone!

I have this, uhm, friend, whom we shall call Sweetest Person One Could Ever Meet (or SPOCEM for short) who has a relative that just recently bought her first house, we'll call her I'm So Much Better Than You (ISMBTY for short). This past weekend SPOCEM was talking to one of her favorite cousins (we'll call her FC for short) and FC said that she had gone to ISMBTY house warming party the day before and they had a great time. SPOCEM said that she had just found out about the party from her sister and that she had not been invited. SPOCEM was not upset about this at all because ISMBTY and her had never been close.

Monday night SPOCEM decided to check her e-mail before heading off to bed and was really suprised that there was a message from ISMBTY in her inbox. She read the e-mail and proceeded to laugh hysterically. The e-mail stated that ISMBTY was sorry for hurting SPOCEM's feelings by not inviting her to her party. ISMBTY said that she thought about sending SPOCEM an invitation but she was "running low" on them.

Now, like I said before, SPOCEM was not at all upset about not being invited. SPOCEM e-mailed FC to ask her if she had told ISMBTY that her feelings were hurt and she said that she had not. So SPOCEM has asked me to ask all my internet friends how she should reply to the e-mail from ISMBTY. She is thinking about something along the lines of "You really are as shallow as I always thought that you were." or "Could you be any more full of yourself?" What do you think?

We all know that bloggers are the smartest people around. No, I'm not sucking up, it's true. We just "get it".

Anyway, to the point of this post. My husband and I eat out everyday for lunch. Well, not really "out" because I always call the order in, pick it up, and bring it back to the office. What is the etiquette for tipping on a take out order? Being that we are in a small town with limited resteraunts, I always tip when I pick up my order so that my food is not spat on the next time. Is this really necessary? I mean, I don't really know who took my order on the phone so I don't know who actually did all the work.

I'm not in the food industry. Well, I did work at Shoney's as a hostess for 3 really long months my freshman year in high school but that is the extent of it. Sadly, I still remember the Happy Birthday song. Oh, man, now I have that damned thing stuck in my head.