Took Mum shopping today. Very very brave little toaster of me. Not an easy task. Yes I wanted to claw my eyeballs out, and yes it's embarassing to go into a changeroom with your Mum and help her dress when nobody really knows what's going on, but Mum needs good clothes... clothes that aren't circa 1987... and I took it upon myself to help her out and get some plain but flattering jeans and shirts. Then we went through and got rid of all the clothes in her closet that were too old/ugly/dated/stuffed with giant shoulder pads. Also not a fun task. But satisfying. If it's not in front of her, she won't wear it. And there are a lotta things she shouldn't be wearing.
To make myself feel better, I blew an inordinate amount of money on "Dorinha" jeans (aka "The original one-inch zipper fly low-riders) and bought a GOOD pair of jeans. I've shopped in Sally-Ann enough, and yes I've found good buys. But until you go and try on 25 different kinds of jeans in 45 minutes, you forget how good you feel in a pair of jeans that you're going to want to live in and sleep in for two years. I know- I bought my last pear of GOOD jeans last year and I still wear them every day. Worth every penny- especially when I went back today and they had to break the news that my favorite pair has been discontinued. Gack!
Enough about clothes. Good god, I think that was a paragraph on pants. This is what happens when you decide to only talk about non-personal things online. It gets shallow.
Then Mum and I got the car cleaned inside out (very overdue for that) and took the dog out. My dog doesn't fetch- has no retriever instinct in her. But I found the secret weapon- stuff a cookie in a kong, put her nose against it, then toss it. She actually chased something! Typical pug- will only play for food. She's out like a light in her bed now.
Made dinner, did two loads of laundry, obsessively cleaned the house, showered and stuffed myself into my new jeans. And now I'm off to work.
That is all. I think I owe everyone an apology for that being the most banal entry ever.
XOX-L
To make myself feel better, I blew an inordinate amount of money on "Dorinha" jeans (aka "The original one-inch zipper fly low-riders) and bought a GOOD pair of jeans. I've shopped in Sally-Ann enough, and yes I've found good buys. But until you go and try on 25 different kinds of jeans in 45 minutes, you forget how good you feel in a pair of jeans that you're going to want to live in and sleep in for two years. I know- I bought my last pear of GOOD jeans last year and I still wear them every day. Worth every penny- especially when I went back today and they had to break the news that my favorite pair has been discontinued. Gack!
Enough about clothes. Good god, I think that was a paragraph on pants. This is what happens when you decide to only talk about non-personal things online. It gets shallow.
Then Mum and I got the car cleaned inside out (very overdue for that) and took the dog out. My dog doesn't fetch- has no retriever instinct in her. But I found the secret weapon- stuff a cookie in a kong, put her nose against it, then toss it. She actually chased something! Typical pug- will only play for food. She's out like a light in her bed now.
Made dinner, did two loads of laundry, obsessively cleaned the house, showered and stuffed myself into my new jeans. And now I'm off to work.
That is all. I think I owe everyone an apology for that being the most banal entry ever.
XOX-L
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Baron
can we puh-leeeease see you in those jeans now? rawr