A light at the end of a very long tunnel

This week has been absolutely terrible. Work has been crazy and gets worse daily. I cut my thumb cutting up apples. The egg carton came flying out of the fridge when I opened the door and most of the eggs were broken. I spilled an entire tray of yam juice all over my coat. I got yelled at by a client's mother (who also yelled at the agency director and the president of the board). My car had a major breakdown. The screen on my cellular telephone stops working when I use the down button. Maybe all these things don't sound too bad, but combine them with mounting stress, hormones, and poor sleeping patterns... yikes. I've been a bit of a mess. Thankfully, my husband bought me the perfect Christmas presents to make up for it. Friday night he took me to the Buskirk Chumley Theater to see a Christmas Carol. It was wonderful! We sat in the left side of the balcony, just like those old guys from the Muppets. But instead of yelling and throwing things at the stage, I was glowing and laughing and having a wonderful time. While I was getting ready for the show, Jared gave me my other Christmas present, which was my very own Modcloth dress!

This is the Walking Phoenix Dress. I have wanted something from Modcloth for a long time, but it's still a little out of my price range, so I thought it would be a perfect Christmas gift. I sent Jared 5 or 6 different dresses and he chose the one he liked the best. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of me wearing it yet, but it fits perfectly! He also surprised me with this, the Compass Rose necklace:

And if that wasn't enough, he found these Galaxy socks and felt like I just had to have them!

What a wonderful lot of Christmas presents! Thanks Jared, you're the best. Today I got to sleep in and hang out with my friend Samantha. We made Christmas cookies and sang along to the Glee soundtrack. I bought my first Christmas presents today - talk about a late start. I always think I should start early, but don't usually buy anything until the week of Christmas. Hopefully my vehicle will be up and running again before we need to do all our traveling! Have fun finishing up your shopping! And don't put your yams in a flimsy tin pan. They WILL spill all over you.

A huge mistake and a proposal

1.) Have you ever been excited about your outfit, then realized when you got wherever you were going that you had made a huge mistake? This happened to me this morning. Last night I couldn't sleep, so I was (of course) hitting up some fashion blogs. Have you checked out Kendi Everyday? You should. Jess told me about her and I think we are both obsessed with her now. Well, I had this great idea for an outfit today, inspired by one she wore on her blog. But when I got to work I realized it just wasn't working out. I had made a HUGE mistake. First, I should have washed my hair. It's greasy but I couldn't make myself get out of bed so I look gross in general. Second, I should have work a different pair of jeans. I have these jeans from Target that get stretched out in about 15 minutes. It's so frustrating! I hate stretchy jeans - I need structured clothing to keep me all tucked in and smooth. Third, I couldn't decide if I should keep my shirt tucked in or not. So it was tucked in for a while, then pulled out, then tucked back in, and pulled back out again. What a mess.

2.) About my proposal. If you don't read jenloveskev, you should. She is part of a blogger community that has clothing swaps. I have recently come to realize that there are lots of clothes in my closet I do not wear, or just don't fit me anymore. I thought I would propose a clothing swap. Maybe after Christmas, when things are slower for everyone (and we all get new clothes so we're more apt to throw out old ones!). If you'd like to be part of it, please let me know!!! Tell your Bloomington friends and let's get this party started!

Ruffles and Things

As it gets colder I find myself wanting to wear skirts more often, just so I can wear tights. I've realized that most seasons agree with me, except for summer. You can totally wear tights during all other seasons. Lately I've seen the fashion bloggers adding socks with their tights, so I asked for some knee high socks for Christmas and can't wait to try it out! I'll let you know how it goes. Lately I've been totally obsessed with anything girly - mostly clothing covered in ruffles and giant bows. Nothing makes me feel more like an elegant lady than ruffles and bows! And here is a prime example:

Jared and I are still working out camera skills - I don't know why, but when he takes pictures of me the top half of my body always looks bigger than the bottom half. I tried to take better pictures of my tights, but Jared was cooking dinner and couldn't help me so they didn't turn out so well. But here are few small details:

Breezey found this brooch while she was in France and brought it back for me as a souvenir! I love it! It's so classy. The white ruffle shirt is a prized possession I found at Goodwill. The black blazer was a gift from my mom (for job interviews), from H&M. Ruffly/flowery skirt is from the clearance rack at Kohl's. Pink bow headband from Target (they have lots in different colors - you should get one!).

Well tonight was my last night of class for the semester. I still have a couple assignments left to finish, but by early next week I will be done for the semester! Hooray! I'll be ready to party EVERY night until spring semester begins. Rodeo has some shows this weekend, so I'll be pretty busy, but I'll try to take some pictures of our adventures. Hope you have a great weekend and find yourself wearing ruffles and bows and tights and all things lovely.

Back in the Habit

Well, I am back to work full-time and feeling much better. I am sooo thankful that my concussion is gone. It's so wonderful to feel normal again! This weekend we held the annual Cheek Home Alone party, when we watch both Home Alone movies back to back. It was super fun and I got really excited about taking pictures at the beginning of the party, but forgot to keep taking them. So here are some pics from the pre-movie viewing part of the party.

Just hangin' eatin' some homemade snacks, no big deal.

Kyle is soooo ready to party. He loves Home Alone.

Total party in the kitchen! We love snacks!

I hope you had a good weekend! And if you missed our party, you should probably watch the Home Alone movies to help you get in the Christmas spirit. This week is the last of my in-person classes and next week is the last of my online class! Hooray! I cannot wait for this semester to be over. Then I get to start all over again in January and add a practicum. Good news is I'll be doing my internship at IU, working with a gal I highly respect and I think will be pretty helpful. I'm very glad of that.

Lastly, I wanted to share my outfit from today. The last few weeks I haven't quite looked my best. Today I felt more like myself than I have in a long time, sometimes accessories just make you feel better, you know?

A very belated...

Happy Thanksgiving from the Von Trapp family (also known as the Deisler clan)!

Beverly Hills, ever heard of it?

This week I have been catching up on homework like WHOA. I haven't done any for the last two weeks, so now I'm making up for lost time. I do my best work when I have something on the tv for background noise, but it has to be something I've already seen, otherwise I can't pay any attention to my work. This week I have been watching a marathon of Beverly Hills 90210 (the original, duh). I love this television series. With all these quizzes on Facebook about which Harry Potter character you can be, I've been thinking about which 90210 character I would be (sad, I know). Well, I've decided I would have to be Kelly Taylor. Brenda is too moody/bitchy for me. Donna is gross looking and has a giant space between her boobs that really weirds me out. Andrea is too old to actually be on the show and she drives me crazy. Now Kelly has made her share of bad decisions (like making out with Dylan while he is dating Brenda, snorting cocaine, and almost becoming a member of a cult), but in the end she's pretty reasonable and has such a lovely skin tone. So if you are cramming to finish your work before the end of the semester and need a study buddy, stop by the Cheek house! We can work together and discuss 90210. I'll help you figure out what character you are! Also, this weekend is the annual Cheek Home Alone Party. So stop by on Saturday night and be ready to party!

Long Time No See

Well, I meant to write this post a while ago but getting hit by a car has put a halt on several projects I've been working on. One such project was getting my tattoo (I got hit by the car about an hour before my appointment), so no new tattoo yet. The weekend before the accident, a bunch of us Bloomingtonites went to see a "professional" wrestling match. When Jared first brought it up, I refused to go. But after much persistence, Jared won and I finally agreed to attend the match. Best decision I ever made. My camera died before any of the wrestling action began - but here are some cool pics of us having tons of fun!

The wrestling was top-notch, for real. Well, at least it was entertaining. And one of the wrestlers fell out of the ring onto a small child, which terrified the poor thing. After one of the matches, our friend Dylan threw a glow stick onto the ring and got kicked out by a security guard with a speech impediment. The rest of us decided to leave, too, just to stick it to the man for Dylan getting kicked out. Sadly I dropped my camera on the way out and had to go back inside to ask the security guard for it (after several of us yelled at the security guards for kicking him out). Once outside, we ran into one of the wrestlers, who called himself a reptilian from the 4th dimension. He had a lot of awesome things to say, which I think were captured on a youtube and posted on facebook for the world to see. You should check it out. That guy sure knows how to party.

Lastly, this is what I wore to the wrestling match. I wore it out shopping with Jared that day and loved it so much I wanted to share it with you. Sadly I had too many layers on for the match and got a little sweaty. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving - and don't forget to look both ways before you cross the street! (just for the record, I did look both ways. the car just didn't see me. hopefully we get rich from this and can go on carnival cruises every weekend).

Christmas Part II

I thought you might be interested in the finished products of Jared's decorating:

Some of the bulb ornaments no longer had a hook for hanging, so Jared stuck them on the ends of the tree branches. And yes, that is a Muppet Baby on the top of the Christmas tree.

Jared also says that Jesus is for all people, including Bullwinkle and professional wrestlers.

Tis the season to celebrate!

Bloomington Handmade Market

My friend Gaby and I attended the Handmade Market this weekend and found some lovely treasures. There were so many things I wanted to buy! Unfortunately I'm not made of money so I had to limit myself to just a couple goodies:

A ball jar with a polka dot pin cushion on top? Genius! I keep dreaming about all the things I can store in there!

A distressed metal necklace with religious characters? Lovely!

I am preparing for the great tattoo adventure with Samantha this weekend. We stopped by the tattoo shop today to ask questions and get some info. I am currently looking for the best images to take to them so they can draw it all together for me. I am very excited but also really nervous because I know this one is going to hurt more than the baby Indiana outline on my ankle! I can't wait to show you what it looks like..... if you want to hold my hand, feel free to tag along. I need all the support I can get!

Also, my grandma recently came across this amazing find and gave it to me! It's a vintage fold-out sewing box with all kinds of lovely things inside!

My grandma was thrilled about all the different color thread she found in there! She also included a new pair of scissors, several elastic bands, two thimbles, a seam ripper, and several bobbins. Now I need to figure out what is wrong with my sewing machine so I can use it all! Have a great week! And pray for me to be strong while I'm getting tattooed, or "mutilating my body" as my aunt likes to say.

Christmas at the Cheeks'

You must be thinking, Christmas already? Well, when you are married to Jared Cheek, the Christmas season begins right after Halloween. We need to have at least two months of celebrating before we take the decorations down. So today Jared started putting up our Christmas tree. Of course, we had a Christmas movie playing while he worked.

With all the excitement, King James started freaking out a little....

I hope your weekend has been as festive as mine! Yesterday was the Bloomington Handmade Market. I bought a few goodies, which I plan to post later. We also played a sweet house show last night in Lafayette. Jess met a cat in the road she wanted to steal, even though it was clear the cat belonged to a house nearby. So if you have a cat, keep it indoors, otherwise Jess will steal it and bring it home! Happy Christmas season!

It's So Cold in the B (How the F are we sposed to keep peace?)

Remember my orangey sweater I wore a while back? I put it to more use today with even more layers! I'm soooo excited about jackets and sweaterrrz. Everyone is complaining about the cold weather but I'm relishing it! I was made for colder climates. (Sorry I couldn't get the whole outfit in the picture, I'm not very good at taking photos all by myself + the Rodeo guys were practicing and wouldn't take it for me).

So I have an interview set up for Monday at the IU Office of Alternative Screening and Intervention Services (i.e. kids who get in trouble for making bad choices and have to be sent to a therapist). The woman I might be working with got her degree at IUPUI while commuting to and from Indy and I think will be super helpful in working around my work and class schedule. I'm really excited! Hopefully it will work out and I can straighten out a few unruly college kids (or at least do some shredding for the office workers).

Hope you all have a great week and do some serious partying!

Grad School Sucks

It really does. Being in school hinders me from doing the things I really want to do, like hangin' with budz or watching Glee all day long. Instead, I have to stay locked in my room working on homework. Next semester I start my first practicum, which has had me stressin' out. I'm not sure how people survive this program while working full-time, but I guess I'll find out soon enough. I got an email today about a possible practicum placement at IU, working with students who get in trouble for doing too many drugs and making bad choices. I'm pretty excited about the prospect, especially because I already know some of the therapists that work there! So wish me luck. Hopefully I don't die in the process of working 40 hours a week, spending 16-20 hours at a practicum, and taking a class (homework included). So, think twice about going to grad school. Your social life will come to a stand still.

Halloween! Spooky! Scary!

Well, at least my costume was scary/totally awesome. Rodeo played a show last night and the boys dressed up like the Bo Jackson 5. Very last minute, Zack and Jared gave me the idea to be Penguin Stefani (pen-gwen stefani, get it?). The van ride was pretty awesome, including Zack's awful driving and me duct taping pillows to Kurt (football pads). We also had some great madlibs and snacks (Flipz and Cheetos). Jess took some pics from the van ride. Here are some sweet pics from the evening:

I think I still have two more parties to attend, so we'll see what I can come up with for costumes! I had originally wanted to be Annie Oakley, but I don't have much time to get a costume ready. Plus, I have a cold and only want to sleep all day! Hope you are feeling great and come up with some great costume ideas! Happy Halloween! Watch out for ghosts!

Farmer's Market

Last night Jess, Tara, Jared and I watched a whole lot of Glee (like maybe 7 episodes?). I sang all the songs and Jared made a lot of snarky comments. What a great night!

This morning Tara and I visited the Farmer's Market here in Bloomington. I love that place! There are so many delicious things to choose from! I walked away with some apples, sweet potatoes, and bacon (made from very happy animals they assured me).

One of the greatest things about the market is all the entertainment! Today there were cloggers dancing to a banjo! It was wonderful.

So many lovely colors!

This is my favorite booth because the apples are amazing. This is Jess's favorite booth because of the Amish man selling the apples

I love Saturday mornings at the Farmer's Market! Afterwards, Tara and I went to the Walmarts store to find some sweats for her Halloween costume. Unfortunately they didn't have the right ones, but I did get a vacuum cleaner!! Hooray! Now my house can be clean. Well, hopefully you have better luck with your Halloween costume than we did. Have a great weekend and don't forget to eat some bacon made from happy animals. If you're in the neighborhood, stop by and see my new vacuum cleaner!

Workin' on it!

I've been looking back at my To-Do list that was made several weeks ago... I'm proud to announce I have taken care of 2 items (tights and camera) and am working on some others (bicycle and tattoo). I'm also buying a vacuum cleaner because mine is terrible. I can't remember if that was on my list, but I'm adding it now. So I'm working on 3 items. My friend Samantha and I have scheduled our tattoo weekend and plan on getting our tattoos together. It's going to be great! Jess is supposed to go too, but she might chicken out. We'll see.

Today I almost said the F-word at work. That's not true, I actually said it. Thankfully there were no clients around to hear me cursing. I also said it in the car yesterday, driving up to class with Jessica. We were stopped at a red light and the guy in the car next to us heard me yelling and was staring at me. Yikes! I think this means I need a slow and easy weekend! And I need to watch some serious Gossip Girl! Maybe some musicals, too, to lighten the mood. I hope your week has been less full of curse words, and that your weekend is relaxing. Also, I promise to work on my grammatical skills. I realize I've had some major grammar issues lately, which is a little outrageous because I'm in grad school and I should know how to use words correctly.

P.S. If you're into witchcraft and wizardry, and want to attend the midnight showing of Harry Potter with Tara and me.. let me know. We need to get our tickets soon! It's coming!!

It's been a while...

Sorry I've been away for so long. Last week my father's best friend was in a motorcycle accident and passed away. I went home for a couple days to attend the services and be with my family. It's been a really busy week, trying to catch up on work and homework. Rodeo played an awesome youth group show on Saturday night in Fort Wayne, which also added to the busy-ness. After the show we went to a haunted hotel in Huntington, where I screamed my lungs out and probably made Kurt very uncomfortable with the amount of times I grabbed him from behind and buried my face into his back so I couldn't see the creepy people dressed as ghouls. I stayed the night in Fairmount, had lunch with the family, and then rushed back to Bloomington. I've also had some car trouble, which has caused me to drive 3 different cars this week. In all the madness and rush, my room has become a terrible mess. I thought I'd share some pictures with you, to prove that I haven't justbeen neglecting my dear 13 readers:

Maybe I should have warned you: these photos are not for the faint of heart! Or for the very organized.

Mostly I just wanted to show you that I GOT A DIGITAL CAMERA!!!! And I really couldn't think of anything else to take pictures of.... my entire house kind of looks like this right now. So, I hope your week wasn't quite as busy as mine... and that your home looks better than mine! Now that we've got the camera, I'm hoping we can get back into the fashion blog attempts. Hears to hoping and screaming in haunted houses!

Lookin' good girl

I like colors. And turtles.

This was the day before I got my hair trimmed, and boy was my hair everywhere! I couldn't take it, so I put it in a ponytail. I felt like I needed some color, since my whole outfit was grey and black, so I pulled out this blue ribbon. Thankfully I got my hair did on Friday and I'm lookin' much better now. Obviously I'm still in the hunt for a camera, but it is on my list of things to do and I'm getting closer to completing this goal every day! Hope your weekend is full of magical colors and hair trimmings.

X-Treme Layers

Fall is in the air! And you know what that means? Mondo layering! I've always been really good at wearing too many layers and I think not wearing layers actually causes me anxiety. So, in order to preserve my mental health, I will continue with this trend forever and ever amen. Today I didn't feel like being super fancy (I also didn't get out of bed until 8:10 - which is late!), so I settled for jeans and mixing some great colors. The sweater looks very red in the picture, but it's more orange-y than red. My hair is getting too long and needs trimmed (and re-colored - my roots are showing big time), and mostly I just want it out of my face. Today I pulled it back in a little pony and added this wrap:

The coffee I made this morning turned out to be terrible, which gave me an excuse to run down to Starbucks for a pumpkin spice latte! The girl working the drive thru told me she really liked the colors in my outfit (this is why I love Starbucks, because they love me too).

This weekend I participated in an event for the recovery community, in which I sat in a dunk tank and people from the program paid to dunk me in the water. It was a little chilly outside, but thankfully the water was warm and I didn't die. I told my lady clients if I got pneumonia they would have to visit me in the hospital, bring me Kit Kat bars, and sing me a song. They all agreed! Fortunately, I didn't get sick. I'm still hoping they might give me a Kit Kat and sing me a song. I'll let you know how things go. Please enjoy this lovely fall weather, and don't forget, you can never have too many layers!

To-Do Check Up

Okay, so last week I listed a few things I needed to do. Sadly I've only actually accomplished one - which was buying some patterned tights. I also bought some other lovely things that I didn't put on the to-do list, but probably needed: a nautical striped shirt, a cropped faux leather jacket, an asymmetrical/flowy/long grey sweater, and a new black skirt with elastic waistband! All fall essentials! Today I accidentally stopped by Target to see if they had these ankle booties that I like (they were out) and then walked down to Payless.... and bought a pair of Oxfords! I've been looking for some at thrift stores, but it's hard to find vintage shoes in my size that aren't going to fall apart. So, why not buy a new, cheap version of the old thing? Here they are:

They have heels, too.... oh and these are some of my new tights....
The more excited I get about fashion, the more I realize how expensive it is to be fashionable! Thank goodness for stores that will sell me cheap versions of things (even though they are sometimes less pretty). Lookin' fine if I do say so myself (and sort of like a grandmother, but grandmas can be cool, right?). Well, I'm still working on my list, although I think I'm getting closer to a tattoo. I've got a couple friends who are down for getting them together (accountability is crucial) and soon. Also my mom taught me how to use contacts this weekend, so now I have no more excuses for calling the eye doctor and ordering some. I hope your night goes well - if you're down at the Bluebird or somewhere downtown real late, you can buy a hot dog from my main man, Jared. He'll be out there til the cows come home (or until around 4 am). So stop by and say hello - but keep your hands off, cause he's mine ladies (and dudes)!

Va-Va-Valley Girl Boots

The Valley Girl boots are in! I broke them out for XRA Fest this weekend, which turned out to be both a very good and bad decision. You know how my heart is set on fashion over function, so wearing boots with heels to a looooong show was maybe a terrible idea - but man I looked good! There are some really terrible pictures of me on Facebook from the show, sadly I am super sweaty and you can't see my boots. So I decided to wear them again today!

My lady clients really love them! One of them told me today, "Annie, if we ever saw you come into work wearing jeans and a t-shirt, we'd send you back home!" Apparently I dress up a lot! Thank goodness it is fall time and jackets/tights/boots are permitted (and I don't sweat like crazy because its 90 degrees). The lovely purple jacket and gray dress are both from H&M. Tights that you can't see very well (but have wonderful black dots on them) from Target.

If you missed XRA Fest, then you missed a major PARTY! I danced so hard my calf muscles are still sore! As usual a bunch of dudes took their shirts off and even jumped on stage while Rodeo was playing, knocking me out of the way so they could sing in the microphone. It was crazy. I also got to see some friends I haven't seen in a long while (like Tiffany & Penelope). I hope your weekend went well, and that you got to see lots of sweaty dudes take off their shirts, too.

Busy Weekend?

ME TOO! In a few hours I will be traveling up to Fairmount for the first night of James Dean Days and to see my family. My little sis is coming up from Tennessee and bringing a gal pal - so we're gonna hit the town Melton-style! That mostly means I'm going to be wearing way too much clothing for the hot weather and we will be laughing, singing, and making fools of ourselves, walking up and down Main Street, looking for the best fair food. We will then play a Glee board game that my boss gave me this week as a belated birthday gift! I can't wait! More laughing, singing, and making fools of ourselves (and probably some crying, you know how I love Glee). Tomorrow I will be returning to Bloomington in time to practice with the boys and go to XRA Fest, which Rodeo will be playing. The Fest starts tonight at Russian Recording (you should go!!!) and continues tomorrow night at the Bishop. Some great XRA bands will be playing - go check 'em out!

Also, one of my greatest fears came true last night: I went to class, heard a friend talking about a paper, and then realized I totally forgot about a paper that was due yesterday! I felt like such an idiot! Good thing I took off the afternoon to travel up to Fairmount - I can finish my paper while waiting for my family to show up! Yikes! You'd think by now I would be a better student and know where to look in my syllabus for assignments. Well, have a good weekend, and hopefully I'll see you at a show!

Monday To-Do List

On Sunday Jared and I took a look at the 2nd Street Antique Mall. It's a bit pricey and mostly has fancy antique stuff (Jared and I prefer the junkier items found in flea markets), but I did find a booth with lots of vintage lace, ribbons, and fabric. I found a few fun things I think I can use for some upcoming projects! Here are my finds:

Sorry about the poor quality cell phone pics! I recently came into some extra money (for being a super bad-ass social worker) and am planning to purchase a digital camera soon. It's on my to-do list anyway, along with several other things like homework and cleaning my house. There are a lot of things I've been getting excited about lately, so here's a list of non-school/work related things I want to do (not necessarily in this order):

1.) Buy a digital camera
2.) Buy a bicycle (preferably a red one)
3.) Get a tattoo (at least 1 out of the 3 I have planned)
4.) Order contacts (I lost my glasses last week & Jess found them at the bottom of her trash can. So I'm looking at contacts!!!)
5.) Buy a few pairs of brightly colored or patterned tights

So these are my leisure-related priorities. If you'd like to be involved in any, please let me know! I'm always looking for shopping partners and people to hold my hand when I'm getting tattooed. I also might need someone to teach me how to use contacts.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changin'

While I frequently peruse the many pages of vintage wonders posted on Etsy, I have never actually bought anything from them. During my bathing suit crisis, I looked at vintage bathing suits every day on Etsy, and sadly never bought one. Today is a monumental day because I bought something on Etsy! I have been eyeing a pair of vintage boots online, and today I just did it. I clicked the "add to cart" button and bought them! Who knew I could be so brave?

Here they are - the lovely "Valley Girl Boots" from kickinthemulevintage on the great Etsy.com! Ah... perfection.

Jess and I have been talking about the itch for change.... I recently satisfied mine by chopping all my hair off. But the itch always returns, much like an STI. So I have been thinking about tattoos and finally laid to rest the eagle chest piece. I do have three serious ideas for tattoos now, one of which I hope will be coming very soon. I can't wait to show you, but until then, it's a secret! Hope you have a fabulous weekend, full of impulse buys and hopefully void of STI's (in case you didn't know, STD was recently changed to STI to avoid some of the stigma that comes with the word "disease." Not sure if it really helped...).

Gleekin' Out

Have you watched Glee yet? It's only the best show I've seen. Glee is a mix of my two favorite things: teen dramas and musicals. Could it get better than this? I think not.
I think you've heard of the Melton family curse, right? If you are unaware, I will fill you in. The Melton women have been cursed with overactive tear ducts. We cry no matter what emotion we are experiencing. Watching a scary movie? Yes, I'm crying because I'm scared. Romantic comedy? Yes, I'm crying because it's heart-warming and funny. Make me mad? I'm crying. Life falling apart? I'm crying. Happy news? I think you get it. Well, I also cry when listening to music, especially music with lovely harmonies. And how does Glee affect me? Well I cry watching every episode. Whether it's the music, the hilarious jokes, or the melodrama, I'm cryin' my eyes out. So, if feel like watching something hilarious and dramatic that also happens to be a musical (how can you lose?), please check it out! Then maybe we can watch it and cry together. Or you can watch it like a normal human being and I'll sit beside you crying like a baby.

It's that time of year...

For tights!!! And boots!!! I wore both today, and I can prove it. What a lovely day.
I've waited for three months to bust these babies back out (I unfortunately wore some tights at the end of May during some sweaty Rodeo shows - not a good idea). This Saturday my agency is having a Square Dance to raise some funds, and I'm on the prowl for the perfect dancing outfit. Let me know if you have ideas! So far, I just really want to wear my Wal-Mart cowboy boots (which Jess gave, thanks dear) and I'm looking for a dress with a full skirt. Or maybe just a skirt. We'll see what I can come up with... I may just have something perfect lying in my closet. Well, I'm off to organize my office and then on to class. Hooray for going back to school and taking classes that don't teach you anything! Gotta love grad school.