Halloween & Shoes

Here's a picture of my Halloween costume. I was a princess! :-) And since the dress was yellow, I decided I was Belle from Beauty & the Beast. Originally, this would've gone over great since we were going to go to my ward Halloween party for the Primary kids. But we didn't go, so it was a bit of a stretch! Anyways, I think I looked pretty.

I mentioned a few posts ago about my shoes breaking. Well, they haven't been fixed yet, despite multiple efforts, but I've come to terms with it enough to at least post pictures of the damage.

You can see that a jewel is missing, which thankfully has been replaced through the miracle of superglue. The offending piece of metal is also pictured above. Apparently, it's a pretty tight saudering job; so tight that the shoe repair man wouldn't attempt it. A friend said it seemed doable, however, so I'm encouraged to get a second opinion. I really wish I could say that I'm purposely being melodramatic about it...unfortunately, I'm pretty much really this devastated. I love these shoes!!!

Oh, Electra!

I think I'm going to have video cameras installed in my house solely for days like today! Electra managed to find her way back into an old vent pipe that was supposed to be covered up & inaccessible to mischievous felines. She came out COVERED in black soot! This does not go over well with my white couch & light-colored bedding. A bath was imperative.

Yes, I bathed my cat today, and I would give almost anything to be able to relive the experience! The range of emotions was the best part. At first, I was ticked that she'd gotten back in there & determined to punish her with a bath. Then, I began to realize that this was going to be a painful process for me, too! Soon, the hilarity of the situation was too much to bear & I found myself laughing at my poor kitty in her distressed state. I was busting up laughing at her even as she clawed at my arms, chest, face, hair, etc. in a vain attempt to escape. Ah! If only there were pictures! Alas, all I have to show for the experience is the shredded skin on my wrist & a fluffy, fresh-smelling cat.

The cameras would also have come in handy tonight when Electra misplaced the lid to my ice cream container. I set it on the stove while I enjoyed some delicious chocolate chip cookie dough straight from the carton, only to return to find it missing. Like, seriously missing! I searched high & low, yet ultimately was forced (yes, forced) to eat the rest of the ice cream. Waste not! I think it ended up being nearly 1/3 of the 1 1/2 quart carton.

Yeah...makes you want a cat, doesn't it? ;-)

Nathan & Me

We took these pictures the other night because we thought we looked funny. Turns out, we look pretty cute together despite the ridiculous outfits!

So we had gone to dinner with my friends & I wore a skirt because it wasn't terribly cold. I did have the sense to wear a cardigan at least. Apparently, it gets colder when the sun goes down! We were FREEZING when we left the restaurant! So before leaving Nathan's, I grabbed a blanket & wrapped it around like a towel to cover my poor legs. Nathan had left his car at my house with both of his "good" hats in it, so he had to wear this one, which I think is hilarious, especially with that jacket! We were quite amused with ourselves & felt the need to document the event.

This is Nathan's favorite picture of me to date. I pretty much hate it, but what else is new? The hat was at the Gap & it was suggested that I try it on. The result was clearly deemed picture-worthy & is what shows up whenever I call Nathan. Maybe if I were standing up straight...


Side note: Nathan's new phone is awesome-- he took these on its 3.1 megapixel camera & emailed them to me. I need it! It's the Google version of the iPhone, basically, and it's fabulous! Most especially because it's a T-mobile phone & cheaper. Here's the product tour from HTC, the geniuses who made such a beautiful piece of technology!

6 Insignificant Things

Shantelle got tagged to write about 6 insignificant things about herself & since I never get tagged & she left it open, I figured I'd tag myself! :-) And it's only 20 minutes until "The Office," which is not enough time to start listening to another lecture, so I need a diversion. Please excuse the seeming self-centeredness of them all starting with "I." It is a list about me after all. Here goes!

1. I talk to my cat. And when I'm on the phone with Daddy he tells me to stop because it makes me sound crazy. I think he's worried that I'm going to be that girl. Oh well. Fact is, I've been talking to Sanguini for years & he's definitely less interactive than the cat, so...I'm gonna say it's a step in the right direction! Who knows, by next year maybe I'll have moved on to talking to real people! And at least she doesn't talk back...

2. I have yoga pants on under my jeans. This is because I had to go to school & was planning on going to a yoga class afterwards. I wasn't too terribly keen on waltzing into my small group session in spandex capris, so I pulled some jeans on over them. I have yet to do the yoga, however, so here I am!

3. I had instant maple & brown sugar oatmeal with a pear in it for breakfast this morning. The instant oatmeal thing has pretty much revolutionized my life. The pear was an afterthought & was eaten today primarily because it got injured yesterday in the grocery unloading process. Loss of pear to the iminent rotten demise was not an option! Anyways, kind of an odd combination, but it was delicious.

4. I broke my favorite shoes the other day. It was a tragedy. I'm kind of still too upset to talk about it, actually. Maybe once they've been brought back to life I'll tell the story & post pictures of the carnage.

5. I've been wanting to rewatch "The Matrix" for like 3 weeks now. Nathan has it & it's been taunting me. Part of it is probably that it's one of the few that I can read from across the room...but yeah, I need to watch it again. It's a fabulous movie. But I can't recommend it because it's rated R. Bummer.

6. I love chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. Pretty self-explanatory. I think I'll go have some right now!

That was surprisingly difficult to do, actually. And even still Nathan claims that none of these things are insignificant! Though in the grand scheme of things, I have to say that they are indeed of little to no consequence in my life. Except maybe the shoes...

...off to focus on "The Office," which incidentally I still don't find riotously funny like the rest of the word, and massage my poor legs that have yet to recover from running on Monday. Yeah...