Georgia On My Mind

I'm usually a Borders girl. But I also love Barnes and Noble, and I went there yesterday because I was already in the neighborhood. I went there to buy a specific book, and I carried that book around the store with me, determined to leave without any impulse buys. And I almost was able to do that. Except I ended up leaving with no book, purchasing four classic DVDs instead ... Out of Africa, The Way We Were, What About Bob? and The Best of Designing Women.

Except after watching it yesterday, I can confidently say it is not the best of Designing Women. Because there's hardly any Bernice, Suzanne does not yet have her pet pig "Noel" and at no point does Julia inform anyone that "you do not CROSS a Sugarbaker woman!" But there are some important lessons learned. Like when Mary Jo realizes that she doesn't need to get implants with the $3,000 her uncle left her. (She instead buys everyone video phones.) Or when Anthony gets everyone to go on the 48-hour fast to help raise awareness for child hunger, and Suzanne realizes that she should no longer complain about having too much food. Probably one of the greatest lessons learned (from the episode "Reservations for Eight") is that I never want to be stranded in a ski lodge with Julia Sugarbaker.