# I'm making birthday resolutions. No more gray shirts!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 1, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-birthday-resolutions-no-more-gray-shirts/598281 "2011-10-01T20:58:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-birthday-resolutions-no-more-gray-shirts/598281/1 "2011-10-01T20:58:14Z")

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Today’s my 46th birthday, and I like to think of things I want to do a little differently from here on out. After all, life only gets shorter, so my list of “life is too short…” items should get longer, right?  
My #1 Birthday Resolution: Don’t wear anything gray anymore. It makes me look horrid, and then I FEEL horrid because I look so awful. So out, OUT! with the gray tee shirts. I feel better already.  
My #2 BR: Go to Trader Joe’s. I started a thread on whether it would be worth a trip, and enough people love TJ’s that I’m going to do it. And there is a Penzey’s Spice nearby, so hurrah! Road trip for papergirl! If I like it, I’ll plan a trip once a month or so, and not feel guilty about it.  
My #3 BR: Continue Family Night. I realized that I wasn’t seeing much of the older kids, so several months ago I invented Family Night. Everyone is invited, I cook a huge meal (or set up a sandwich buffet or whatever), and we spend the evening around the table eating ourselves silly and catching up. The older boys (both away from home) seem to really enjoy it, and the younger ones get to see their older siblings for a while. It’s really nice.

That’s it for now…I’m still thinking, though.

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**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-birthday-resolutions-no-more-gray-shirts/598281/2 "2011-10-01T21:05:20Z")

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Good for you, Papergirl! Those sound like very sensible resolutions.

oh, and

**Happy Birthday!**

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**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-birthday-resolutions-no-more-gray-shirts/598281/3 "2011-10-01T21:07:56Z")

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I like pretty bras, too. I think…more pretty bras.  
(If the tatas can’t be what they used to, at least they can dress nice.)

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**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-birthday-resolutions-no-more-gray-shirts/598281/4 "2011-10-01T21:21:45Z")

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Make sure they’re comfy too. To me, life is too short to wear uncomfy bras.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-birthday-resolutions-no-more-gray-shirts/598281/5 "2011-10-01T21:35:01Z")

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Just bought new bras; they were buy two, get one free, so I got white, beige … and purple.

ETA: Happy birthday!