Girls Gone Mild

I meant to post these pictures before leaving for TN for Christmas, but I got all busy and stuff. Lisa, Leslie, and I decided that the Thursday before Christmas would be Ugly Christmas Sweater Day. I was immediately sold on the idea, possibly because I was working on my second apple martini at the time.

They were harder to find that we thought. For whatever reason, Wal-Mart only sells Christmas sweaters in plus sizes. Why's that? Are zaftig women the only ones allowed to express their holiday spirit with bugle beads and sequins? I actually got mine at Burlington Coat Factory. Not plus size, but the one I "liked" only came in large or small. I went with large, because really, who wears a fitted Christmas sweater?

Next Year's Wal-Mart Christmas Flier
All sweaters this year had some additional flair on the back. I think Lisa (c) has the sweater-model-casual-pose down. Somebody call Simplicity!

A note on footwear: I actually wore my highest pointy heels to counteract the kindergarten teacher look (Lisa wore cowboy boots for a similar reason), but I'm wearing running shoes in the pics because I had to slip into something more comfortable to walk to lunch. I think I'll save my sweater for next year. Maybe Ugly Christmas Sweaters would be a great theme for a holiday party!

Recycling

Time is short before we leave for TN for the holidays, and I feel like there are not enough hours to get done with all I need to do, but I had to break from my to-do list when I got home, because Montgomery County delivered the recycle bins I requested! Now I don't have to feel like a poseur at work...since I'm on our sustainable design committee. I already got a good-natured ribbing about my continued use of aerosol hairspray; I figured I'd get kicked off completely if anyone knew that the recycle bin that came with our house is being used to store garden supplies. Our new bin (for glass & metals) and rolling cart (for paper & cardboard) are exciting and inspire me to not hate the earth and, by extension, America. I can't wait to finish my box of cereal so I can throw it in my shiny new wheeled cart! And now that I have the rules in print, we won't have the situation that soured us on recycling three years ago--when Mo. Co. sanitation engineers dumped out our recyclables on our lawn two weeks in a row. I realize now it was just their way of saying it was not kosher to mix paper with glass/metals. At the time, I interpreted it as a middle finger to the new southern transplants! I'm going to go have a bowl of cereal.

Stampy and Homer Wearing Stuff

My mom has said more than once that I didn't post enough pictures of her granddogs, so here is my attempt to give my audience what it wants. I started out just posting some pictures of Homer in his collection of winter jackets, but then I felt bad about leaving Stampy out. So I created a set of my favorite pictures of our dogs wearing stuff! Without further ado, let the unbearable cuteness begin (click on Stampy to see the pictures):

Just an Average Day...

Not much going on around here. I went to a little ceremony today. I shook the Secretary of State's hand. You know, same old same old.




The rest of my pictures are here.