I’m cranky for no good reason and thought I’d share some of my favorite things in hopes it might turn my mood around.
When we lived in Ft. McMurray, Canada I went to the best salon ever — Spoiled Rotten — and the owner carried these wonderful magnets by Anne Taintor and I had to buy them. I’m still loving the whole line and I’d love some of her stuff for a belated birthday gift or Christmas (hint, hint). Anne uses images of women from real advertisements from the 50’s with great snarky phrases. I love my “make your own damn dinner” on my fridge and here are some of my other faves.
I really need to get an Anne Taintor air freshner.
So, I realized today my trip starts Thursday and I’m nowhere close to having an adequate iPod music selection and on the way to Walmart (don’t get me started) I thought, man, I don’t have any INXS: must have INXS. Considering that band was the soundtrack to years of my life, I can’t believe I’ve lost my cds. Wouldn’t you know Wally World had the greatest hits for 6 bucks. It’s such a shame when you find one of your favorite bands in the cheap cd section. I feel sorry for the band when I see that.
I’m not doing a great job of cheering myself up. Ok, here’s my favorite new find. 
It’s Vera Bradley’s new all in one wristlet. It’s fab. I know, I know, it looks like something just for teens or college girls, but lemme tell you — when Mandy, Lori, and I were cropping one afternoon at the store, we left to get coffee and ended up at Strawberry Patch looking at lall the new Vera Bradley (I don’t know how Mandy and I could keep away) all three of us had to get one. It fits my credit cards, cash, license (I still have to get that renewed) and here’s the beautiful part — my phone. How great is that when you’re just running into Target or when you’re I don’t know, maybe on a scrapbooking retreat in Mississippi this weekend. I got the one pictured here in Pinwheel Pink. Of course I got pink, did you really think I’d pick one in another color? Ok, I know owls are the thing right now (totally not sure why), but do we really need them on Vera Bradley? I say no. Owls creep me out. Not just because they’re birds. They’ve got that whole head-turning-180 degrees thing going on and my aunt Joyce had her house decorated with owl stuff when I was a kid and that’s just creepy. I like the owl in Bambi, but that’s about it. Anyway, go get your wristlet and pick a fun color.
I think Walmart put me in a bad mood earlier. I went for school supplies, t-shirts for the trip, & coffee. Wouldn’t you know on the coffee aisle there was a family of I don’t know, 10 with two carts and at least that high an IQ. They were trying to decide between all the roasts Community offers and I just wanted to get to the gourmet stuff that was on the other side of this clan. I’m telling you, when I saw them, I said a Whitney “oh hell to the no” under my breath and tried to get through, but they weren’t having it. And a lesson to any girls reading this blog — if you have a muffin top, maybe a cropped top isn’t the best choice for you. Call me crazy, but that’s not a good look. Now, I’ve been the cute chubby girl my whole life, so I’m not picking on anyone, but for the flava of love, please buy shirts that cover up the muffin tops! I mean, you’re in Walmart, they sell shirts, go get one that covers your belly button and really, your mama shouldn’t have let you out of the house wearing that, but I think she was wearing the Just My Size version of the same dang shirt. What is this world coming to?
While I’m on the topic of tops, I’ve been looking at this top for a few days and I don’t know if I’d look absolutely stupid in it or not. Probably the former. Maybe it’s the Lisa Loeb I’ve been listening to, or the girls are wearing me down with all the Hello Kitty stuff, but I think this tee is supercute. Should I get it or no? I think I’d be the coolest mom in the PTA with this shirt. Later, gators.
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