What Not to Wear - Christmas Edition

Let me set the stage... We were going to drive to visit my parents in Colorado today. Since I like to be comfy in the car, I put on my comfy clothes in anticipation of a long-ish car ride. This outfit included workout pants, an incredibly old grey sweatshirt that is several sizes too big and black fuzzy slippers. Well, the weather and roads were total madness today and we ended up having to postpone the drive until tomorrow. Since I didn't have any food in the house (in anticipation of being gone for a week), we headed out to our local Panda Express for dinner. Since D. was wearing Simpson's pajamas, it was determined that I was the most presentable and should go in. Now I am not overly obsessed with outward appearance, but I have NEVER worn fuzzy slippers in public. That got me to thinking about whether this is how it happens to people on TLC's "What Not to Wear." One temporary lapse of situational judgement is caught on camera and folks accross the county eye you with horror and say, "How could anyone wear that?" Essentially, I am guilty and in that moment I am probably deserving of your harsh judgement, but I promise I hardly ever dress that badly! Only around the house really... I'm hoping that anyone who sees this gets to spend a couple days in cute pajamas as Christmas is upon us and cute pajamas = Christmas (and Christ, he's a pretty important part also :). Merry Christmas!

Our Weekend

This weekend, I wrapped Christmas gifts and got most of them mailed off to their various destinations. It was a relaxed weekend for D. and I. Oddly enough, last night involved us playing "Scene It - ESPN Edition." I would rate myself above average on my knowledge of sports trivia when compared to the average woman. That said, 95% of my knowledge is centered around college basketball. Of that knowledge, 95% is centered around one team. This game is really not for women, (sorry to stereotype) since one of my first bonus cards referred to the glee I should feel at the SI Swimsuit Edition arriving in the mailbox. One of the first video questions was related to the movie Caddyshack and I felt like I had a pretty good chance. Sadly after that, the questions started relating to NFL from the '80s and I was lost. Thankfully, you get to move your gamepiece even when you get questions wrong and I actually managed to win one of three games. We moved on to Yahtzee after that, more my speed.

I did a little holiday "baking" today and finished my Christmas decorating. Here's the tree (and the dog.)Today involved some "winterizing." I work for the power company here in NM and picked up a few tips to increase the efficiency of our 30 year old home. The space heater, flannel sheets and water heater insulation seem to be staving off our need for the whole house heater for now!

That's really it for us, it was a nice weekend and I got new flannel pj pants on Friday, so I'm pretty well set for now!