silly penguins acting all fancy

fun things that happened this weekend:

i ate goat.
i got my eyebrows threaded.
i went to a caps game and they won (they are currently up to 8 in a row).
i got my car washed and now mittens is so happy.
i watched the finale of an idiot abroad (loves it).

next weekend i'm going to hershey. so excited. i am going to be living my dream. i've never been to pennsylvania before so this is going to be a real treat. when i was in fifth grade we had to do a big report on a state. this report ended with all the fifth graders making floats and having a parade for the school. looking back it seems like maybe that was just a way to traumatize us against states that weren't california. i remember this one girl dressed up as a giant michigan. which mostly just looked like her mom wrapped in her blue felt and put a mitten on her head.

i had a pen pal starting in second grade who was from allentown, pa. and so i, of course, selected that great state. i had long since blocked out this memory until today when i started making plans for the hershey trip. and then i remembered the state report. for which i paraded around as a giant hershey kiss. it was pretty much amazing. i'm waiting for my mom to hook me up with some photos. but in the mean time to give you an idea, check this out:


i feel fairly certain that this is the exact pattern that my mom used to make the costume. man, i wish i still had it. how awesome would it be to roll up in hershey all shiny and happy and ready to get my chocolate on in that outfit?!

in fifth grade, i thought that costume was the most amazing thing in the entire world. in fact, i still think it is. it makes me kind of proud that even as dorky as i have been / am i've never been too ashamed to work a hershey kiss costume... or much of anything else, for that matter. remind me one day to tell the story of how we went to winter formal dressed as disney princesses my senior year of high school. we were pretty much the coolest thing to ever happen to that high school, even if no one else knew it.

the hershey bears have a hockey game on saturday evening. there are a total of 4 tickets left for that game so i doubt that we will be attending. such a shame. the bears are the feeder team for the caps and i hear they play a great game. better luck next time.

if anyone has any hershey special requests let me know asap. i'll do what i can to accommodate.

if you haven't heard me say it yet, i think lush is the most best store in the entire universe. i discovered it while i was in maui and my life has never been the same. they make soaps and scrubs and such from organic ingredients. i just love how luxurious and fabulous they feel. if you have a store near you, check it out. my closest stores are in raleigh, nc and washington dc. both of which i have visited. loves it. the workers are always super helpful and nice and willing to answer questions and let you take samples home to try. the smell can be over powering when you first walk in but it's totally worth it.

also, i'm totally obsessed with india these days. there is this fabulous indian restaurant like 2 blocks from my house. the food is just the best! i'm a big fan of their samosas and kheer. anyway, next weekend is holi. i would love to see that.


some day!