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Need Dress Help

I just bought a very cute dress to wear to a wedding this weekend (and likely another wedding in July). The dress is sleeveless but not spaghetti strap. My question: The top of the dress is slightly too big. The wedding is Saturday so I likely won’t have time to get it tailored. Because of that extra length in the straps, though, the very top of my bra peeks out around the neckline. And when I bend over, the top of the dress gets a bit loose for my demure ladylike demeanor. Does anyone have ANY thoughts on how to fix this without sewing? I’m thinking double sided tape or something.

A Question for the FreakNation

Lisa is looking for travel advice! Help her out in the comments.

I’ve decided that I want to take a spa vacation. I want to go to a destination kind of place where I can relax, get some treatments, eat healthfully, take some classes, etc. I’d like to keep it within driving distance, so I’m thinking PA, NY, New England, etc. Would you ask the freaknation for suggestions, please & thank you?

Oooh, I Got an iPhone!

Yep, I did it. Couldn’t resist the cheap price of a refurbish, and we got me an 8GB iPhone over the weekend. Loving it so far. I do have a few complaints — no MMS support? Makes me sad, as my sister and friends message me a lot of pics of their kids. I know there’s an email workaround, but it’s a little bit of  PITA. Also, as I suspected, the 3G network in our neighborhood is pretty much non-existent. I have to turn it off and use the EDGE network instead if I don’t have access to WiFi (like when we’re out on a walk or something). And the phone appears to be interfering with my mouse at times here at my desk, which is odd.

So, my iPhone friends, tell me your favorite apps! I’ve downloaded a few so far (Urban Spoon, TwitterFon, Facebook, WeatherBug, Flixster, Yelp, Pandora). I’m looking for a good Flickr uploader (using FlickIt right now, but don’t like that I can’t rotate the photo) and a good photo retouching program. And whatever else might be super-fun. Also, FREE. I’ll pay for an app if it’s really good, though.

New Orleans

The geekboy and I are contemplating a weekend trip to New Orleans (something like Thursday to Monday, probably near the end of April). Neither of us have ever been there, so we have no idea where to start. I know a lot of you have visited and loved it. I’m looking for a safe, conveniently-located hotel. We don’t care much if it’s fancy, but we like clean. We’d like to be able to walk to most of our destinations, as I’d rather not spend $$$ on renting a car. If you have any advice on lodging, please post in the comments.

A Question of Ethics

We had a severe windstorm here a few weeks ago. It happened to be a recycling day in our town, so recycling buckets and whatnot were strewn all over our neighborhood. A day or two after the storm, everyone seemed to have collected their belongings from wherever they ended up. However, there have been two blue recycling buckets sitting in the grass median of our parking lot for about two weeks now. I want one of them. I mean, it’s just been sitting there. But I feel weird just walking up and taking it. I have this illogical fear of a neighbor looking out the window and thinking, “Why is she taking something that isn’t hers?” But nobody is coming to claim it, so why can’t I have it? It’s funny that the geekboy and I had no problem picking things out of the dumpster at our old place (it’s how we scored new shower doors to replace a broken one), but for some reason this bothers me.