Welp, we had our first legit "cool" day. Break out the hoodies! Throw some chili in the pot! Yessir, enjoy it while it lasts! It'll be 80° next week.
Because I love you, I'm posting some high quality phone pics, complete with awkward faces, evidence of how good Anj's chili is was and general blur.
Did you see the dancing skeleton? He is gettin' his groove on in the "art hole" for the time being.
He kinda brightens my day.
Also, you may have noticed that I was excited to get to use my Goodwill afghan.
Also, here are a few recent pieces that are up on the Facebook page.
I need an Etsy shop. I am procrastinating.
Tell me it's amazing and user friendly and super easy and I am just being silly.
Also, we met "the dog" in real life.
I shall not post a photo until he legit lives here.
I may have an issue with the fear of things falling through.
But - I already picked out the perfect name for him.
You just wait.
I am off to have a few swigs of Diet Coke before bed.
My caffeine/diet drink addiction is in full swing.
It is so hard for me.
I wish I loved water.
Toodles.
Oh, oh. Also, there's this new pic at the bottom of the home page of my blog:
Do I not look like I'm running for office?
Vote Shug in Boots for ... ? .... HBIC
Ice cold Diet Mt. Dew in every vending machine!
Animal abusers to be tied up naked, covered in pork chops and surrounded by Rottweilers.
Michael's coupons 40% of entire purchase! No purchase limits!
I think I can thank my mama for my love of Halloween. When we were kids, our costumes were not some random last minute purchase. {There was no Walmart. Roses was it. And even so, a random store-bought costume was just not gonna get it.}
We would scavenge closets - our closets, her closet, my grandparents' closets, aunts' and uncles' closets - whosever to get what we needed to feel that the mission had been accomplished. One time, Mama used orange food colorin in my little brother, Eric's hair because he was a pumpkin that year. Took a week to completely wash out.
You can see below that I am one awesome gypsy.
And that lil fella is my brother. Truth be told, at that age, he dressed like that everyday, minus the 'stache. Tool belt, too. Although, I don't think Mama would let him wear it to school.
The cowgirl is my friend Amanda. She would often go with us.
{What is Eric tryin to steal from Amanda's pocket?}
Amanda - a hippie. Me - Cher? Another hippie?
Eric - the pirate.
Those floral pants that Amanda's wearing are mine. I totally rocked them in 5th grade on the regular. Those polka dotted ones that I'm wearing too.
I remember we would always get cheeseburgers and hotdogs from Stuart's and get an early start. You see, we didn't go door-to-door. My mama drove us all over the county
to people's houses that we knew. Being diabetic, they always had
something special for me. Everything from baggies of change, pencils,
erasers, stickers, Lisa Frank notebooks, sugar-free gum, to turnips. And any candy that I
couldn't eat would be brought home and sold to my uncle for the price of
$5.
Thanks, Buck.
Love Halloween.
I still love the magic of it even now.
Posting this year's pics later in the week.
Perhaps writing this post will make me sound like the biggest lame eva. But, I'm okay with that. See, I don't watch much TV, and I definitely don't keep up with the reality shiz that America watches because honestly, it gets on my nerves. Sometimes I feel left out in all these "Real Housewives of BFE, Bachelor(ette), whatev, whatev" convos. I just feel like people in real life are irritating as all get out, so why watch more of it on TV? But, that's just me.
But - sometimes, I'm not strong. Sometimes I fall off the wagon when I leave the TV on ABC Family as my background noise. PS - I don't think PLL should be on anything with the name "family" in it. But, nobody asked me. But, when I get sucked into that background noise, they are really good at suckin you in, before I know it, I can't pull myself away.
Disgusting, I know.
This happened once with Lost when my friend Lindsey got me addicted, but by the time that happened, I needed to catch up on 2459 episodes. And I felt overwhelmed. And I quit.
Well, it's totally happened again with Pretty Little Liars. I'm kind of ashamed. Part of me likes to watch it so I can dream of having long, wavy locks. Or bomb eye shadow. Or wonder what it's like to be tall and skinny. But, I have to admit, its not just the "I wanna look perfect all the time like they do" aspect. I really am left hanging on the edge of my seat when they get those stupid texts. And the random clues that they sneak in here and there? Dang it!
Anyway, I need help, people.
You see, since I got addicted late, I hardly have any information regarding what is really going on. But, I'm still hooked.
Here's what I get:
*Disclaimer: If you've been watching PLL and this isn't new to you, you will be like, "Duh, Shug in Boots, thanks for stating the completely obvious." But sometimes I need to think my thoughts on paper, mmmk?
{1}
The four chicks, Hanna, Spencer, Aria and Emily were friends with this typical mean girl/beezy named Alison, who has mysteriously disappeared and was missing for a year, then all of a sudden her body was found. She was a conniving, manipulative Beezy who thrived off of others' humiliation and need for her approval.
{2}
They get these creep-o texts/messages from "A" first about secrets that Ali would have only known about any of the four given girls, like Aria's dad's affair, or Hanna's food issues, etc. Since it's crap only Ali would have known, the girls wonder if they are from "A" ... like, is she really dead?
{3}
There's lots of other randomness going on in the town - you know, like, Hmmm, what's she doin hangin out with him? I didn't realize they knew each other. Why's her dad care about him being around? Her mom knew him BEFORE?! Who took those pictures? Who was that in the background? etc.
But - the "all new" Halloween episode, which aired Oct. 19, synopsis found here ... tells us that "A" started harassing people, including Ali, BEFORE Ali disappeared/died, along with several other nuggets of info that fill in some holes.
What the heck is goin on, y'all?!
I missed a LOT of episodes in between the pilot episode (which they also reaired on Oct. 19 after the Halloween special - thank you ABC Family) and now. I read the synopsis of the other episodes but y'all know that's just not the same. Clearly, I will be spending nights stalking my computer to watch old episodes to catch up before January when the show airs again.
