: Name changes :
It's been rather busy this past couple of days, changing all my identity documents and such. On Monday I got my driver license and social security cards changed, and changed my academic records at my university. I also ordered new copies of my diplomas with my new name so I can replace the old diplomas in their frames, which were in my office at the time of the fire. I also changed my bank account name and ordered new checks and ATM card.
I also changed my credit cards, my cell phone account, my IRA account, my Costco membership and a few other things. I'm sure there will be other things that come up as I run into them, but I'm pretty much done with the major stuff right now. The last thing to do is to submit my tax return for 2005 next week. This is gonna be interesting because I'm filing jointly with my ex-partner, but my name is already changed in the social security records, so it appears from our tax return as if we are a lesbian married couple. I just hope all the convolutions don't trigger an IRS audit.
I've also been doing a fair amount of shopping lately. Now that it's getting warmer, I realize that I don't own any athletic shorts, or much in the way of athletic clothes period. So I bought some pieces just so I can go and walk the stairs in my apartment complex, which is my regular exercise routine. I need to be a little more disciplined about it - I'm about 10 pounds heavier right now than I should be.
I'm also trying out a new face powder by Yves Saint Laurent I found at Nordstroms. It's called Poudre Sur Mesure or semi-loose powder natural radiance. It's a pressed powder in a compact, but with a turn of a ring, the holes in a metal tray on the powder act like a cheese grater and turn the pressed powder into loose powder, which you can apply with a brush. I've been using it a couple of days and I'm pretty happy with it. It gives good coverage and a luminescent finish, and the powder surface won't pick up oils from my skin like ordinary pressed powder would from a brush. Heh, I'm such a girl when it comes to makeup now - hard to believe I've only been using it less than a year.
I also changed my credit cards, my cell phone account, my IRA account, my Costco membership and a few other things. I'm sure there will be other things that come up as I run into them, but I'm pretty much done with the major stuff right now. The last thing to do is to submit my tax return for 2005 next week. This is gonna be interesting because I'm filing jointly with my ex-partner, but my name is already changed in the social security records, so it appears from our tax return as if we are a lesbian married couple. I just hope all the convolutions don't trigger an IRS audit.
I've also been doing a fair amount of shopping lately. Now that it's getting warmer, I realize that I don't own any athletic shorts, or much in the way of athletic clothes period. So I bought some pieces just so I can go and walk the stairs in my apartment complex, which is my regular exercise routine. I need to be a little more disciplined about it - I'm about 10 pounds heavier right now than I should be.
I'm also trying out a new face powder by Yves Saint Laurent I found at Nordstroms. It's called Poudre Sur Mesure or semi-loose powder natural radiance. It's a pressed powder in a compact, but with a turn of a ring, the holes in a metal tray on the powder act like a cheese grater and turn the pressed powder into loose powder, which you can apply with a brush. I've been using it a couple of days and I'm pretty happy with it. It gives good coverage and a luminescent finish, and the powder surface won't pick up oils from my skin like ordinary pressed powder would from a brush. Heh, I'm such a girl when it comes to makeup now - hard to believe I've only been using it less than a year.
