Teeth and Ties

There are a few annoying things about parenthood. Tonight, that annoying thing happens to be Ethan's teeth. He had two knocked out at school today, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sheesh! So it's now 10:30 and we've only recently gotten home from our hunt for decent clothing, and Ethan and Cameron are still wide awake in their room. Which means I have to stay up until they are sound asleep so I can perform tooth fairy duties. And losing two in one day? I just hope I have two dollars! And now I'm wishing that my kids were dumb enough to be excited by a dime.

Andrew and I are going to some kind of business dinner at the Deer Valley ski resort on Saturday night, and it's not the kind of restaurant that would consider my jeans and hoodie motif appropriate, so I had to go get something more suitable. Andrew, too, since his wardrobe consists of shrunken, faded t-shirts and warm up pants, with and without holes in the crotch. We found Stew a nice blue dress shirt on clearance for $7.37 and a tie at Macy's for $25. Why are ties so expensive? That was the cheapest one we could find!

I was on the prowl for a "little black dress". It's long overdue. I need something to wear to Phantom when we're in NY as well, so I was hoping for something that could be dressed up or down and could be paired with any piece of quirky jewelry that is hibernating in my grandmother's antique jewelry box. There are necklaces in there that I am dying to wear.

I found a red dress and a black dress. Long story short, I liked both, but Andrew and I both favored the black. I went to pay for it and it rang up twenty dollars more than the red dress. The red dress won. And none of my jewelry will go with it. So sad.

Are they asleep yet?? I am fading!