Wasted day
My company holiday party is tonight, which means I have essentially wasted the entire day running errands and doing crap like tweezing my eyebrows and giving myself a French manicure (the real kind, with the white pencil). I shot over to the outlet mall in the extreme suburbs (like, I live on the north edge of Dallas and Not-Dallas, and I had to drive half an hour) and scored a kind of ugly but servicable and well-fitting dress and shrug for $36, and then spent another $46 on a bra and tights. Then I had to buy hairdo gadgets, tried and failed to buy shoes (dear buyers: I know some people go to work, or anywhere, in 5″ heels, but I cannot and will not, but I don’t want to wear flats either. Have 1.5-2″ heels really gone out of fashion?), and went into Target which was the worst decision I’ve made in months. I felt bad for all the parents of melting-down toddlers, because it was probably not yet naptime when they first got in line to check out. There were only 4 registers and one express line open, which is ridiculous.
We’re in hurry-up-and-wait mode here, now, lest we end up all dressed up and unable to sit down (dog hair) an hour before we need to leave. Now I’m off to deal with my hair. Happy Saturday!
December 13th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
I went to Target today too. I think the low point was hearing a mother of five teens and pre-teens say “That is it. Next time I am leaving you at home.” All in black, they were sort of circled around her like articulate vultures. She definitely got my sympathy. Apparently, melt-downs aren’t limited to toddlers.
December 13th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
I had to laugh at the hurry up and wait to get dressed and the dog hair… We have 2 cats. One of which is long haired and white, so you can imagine what anything black must look like in our closet. LOL! Our solution is to sit on the hard kitchen chairs and not the couch. Funny, the cat NEVER gets on the furniture, yet his hair is everywhere.