attack of the run-on sentence; or, what happens when I don't get enough sleep

So, it's Monday again! Oh my. Henry woke up at 5:30 (yes, AM) sneezing; he got up to get a tissue and turned all the lights on in the bathroom, which woke Wade up, so Wade took him a box of kleenex, which made Henry cry, so I got up and put the kleenex away and put Henry back to bed (because Wade had wandered out to the kitchen or the garage or I don' t know where but not where he could hear Henry saying, 'Daddy! DADDY! I don't WANT the kleenex!'). I got back in bed and tried to go back to sleep, but Henry talked to himself until 6:30, and then I just gave up and got in the shower and started my day. And then later we had a playdate and when we arrived, my friend's five-year-old was locked in the bathroom screaming and the not-quite-two-year-old was drinking coffee (okay, at first she was drinking milk, but later she drank coffee. Real coffee. Out of a tiny pink cup. And when she finished she said, 'Mo coffee, pees!') and it was wonderful to see my friend but a little overwhelming, what with waking up at 5:30 and all. And now everyone is asleep and I would take a picture of my hair but it's all fucked up from lying down with BOTH kids at nap time as they seem to be on some kind of sleep strike and I am just really really desperate for some peace and quiet.

Or a martini.

So how was your weekend?

I don't know what all we did this weekend. My hair cut was fabulous; Estrella said, 'What are we doing today?' and I said, 'I want the cut Anne Heche had when she was still a lesbian,' and she said, 'I know EXACTLY what you want,' and she did! Although she left the back a little long and I realized when I got home that in a week or so I would have a really scary mullet thing going on, so I went BACK to the salon later in the day and had her cut it more. And she was so nice about it! And now I love it. Pictures soon, really. And I had a nice chat with Estrella about how much cuter Anne Heche was as a lesbian. It was a good salon day.

And there was shoe shopping as well! TWO pairs of shoes, even! This first pair are my favorites; please notice the little flower on the front (have I ever mentioned how much I dislike shoes with backs on them? Virtually everything I own is either a mule or a slingback. Or flip flops). When I showed these to Wade, he said, 'They're your Stacey shoes.' Maybe he's been watching a little too much What Not To Wear with me, yes?*














But it gets better (in a really utilitarian way)! Stein Mart was having a buy-one- get-one-for-50%-off deal, so I also picked up some new driving mocs for $14.99! Oh, sure, I have two other pairs of black driving mocs, but I wear them ALL THE TIME, and besides the one pair is getting a little tired looking and the other is patent leather which just isn't as versatile. And these are SO COMFORTABLE. Although I had to buy a nine and a half, which was a little depressing. Particularly when the sales clerk POINTED IT OUT, in a very loud voice, to the whole shoe section. But hey, for $14.99, I can take a little humiliation.














I really really wanted pretty shoes like SO Not Martha found, but there were none to be had, so I opted for useful. And honestly, these will go with everything I own, which is good. And those little flowers make me so happy. Almost happy enough to forget that I've been awake since 5:30!

I need some coffee.

*I really prefer the original What Not To Wear, if only because Trinny Woodall is so bloody flat chested and yet still so very sexy and chic, but we don't get BBC America on our basic cable, so I'm stuck with Clinton and Stacey, who remind me a little too much of people I went to high school with. But they really DO know how to dress.