Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants

 “Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

Today was a fabulous day! And we really didn't have any traveling pants, unless you count  Lise's sister, Charlotte's, who came to visit from Indiana. Guess which one she is? LOL We spent the morning running an errand or two and then met Wendy and her cutie, Micah, and Leah and her 3 cuties, Robert, Richard and new cutie, William, for lunch at Olive Garden. So.much.FUN! We laughed and talked, a few may have teared up, and just enjoyed each other. After that, Lise and Charlotte and I did a little thrifting! We all ended up with some cute jewelry pieces that we'll have to show off later. And I found a PALM TREE scarf. Naturally, I had to have it. Yeah, sadly, it was full price and not thrifted. But it was palm trees. I HAD to have it. It's a rule.

We had THE best time at lunch today.  Anyone going by our table would have thought that we had all known each other FOREVER or that we were all related.  And thought I'm not as close to some as others, I KNOW without a shadow of a doubt, if I ever needed anything at all, any one of these women would be there in a minute!! And I just LOVE this picture!! Seriously, Ladies, we need to do this regularly instead of like once a year!!

And that's what friendship and sisterhood is about, isn't it? Being there for one another. A shoulder to cry on, someone to share joys with, someone to be silly with. To know that no matter what happens, good, bad, or ugly, you can count on your friends to be there, even if you disagree. Sometimes, you need that someone that you know will kick your butt and get you going, to tell you that you're being stupid, or that No, you actually don't need another purse! LOL And sometimes, you need someone to just let you cry, and someone to just laugh with and forget all the other things going on, or to just gossip and be all judgey with. (Don't judge! You know you do it, too.LOL)

“For there is no friend like a sister
In calm or stormy weather;
To cheer one on the tedious way,
To fetch one if one goes astray,
To lift one if one totters down,
To strengthen whilst one stands” 

 ― Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

 Yeah. I'm almost a week late, but it's still the new year, right?!

 It's been so long since I've posed, I think I've forgotten how!  Doncha love the skull sweater? It's from the boy's department at Target and I HAD to have it!!

I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas or Hanukkah!  What kind of good stuff did you get?

I got some money, which is always nice, penguin pjs and bracelets from my Leah. Ben and I don't exchange, because we buy all year long.  I used some of my money to get these AWESOME Wonder Woman shoes that I've wanted forever. Ben has the Superman ones, so, of course, I had to have these!!  Aren't they geektastic?!

And speaking of geektastic! Leah and I had seen some awesome painted shoes online. In fact Leah Hollett's brother does some fabulous painted shoes. My Leah wanted to try it out. So I bought her 3 pair of Ked's from a thrift store. Grand total 3.99. I bought paint at Hobby Lobby for 7.00.  I washed them and told her to have at it.  THIS is what I came home to:

TARDIS shoes!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! My child knows me so very well! I almost cried. I know I squealed.  She did such a good job!!  I love them so much!! I have them on in the top picture!

The kids got lots of things. They got a couple of remote controlled helicopters and remote controlled bumper cars.  The dog was not amused. The dog didn't like Christmas.  See? Poor pitiful puppy.

So, tell me about your holidays!