cozy

...to find these ridiculously ugly forgotten cookie monster slippers in my closet.  after several should-be-obvious-but-my-wedding-is-not-the-center-of-other-peoples'-worlds lessons this afternoon, cookie and i are all curled up on the couch.  mutant blue fur and all.   

it's a good thing

...to wear my somewhat dishelved diy hat once again.  i've been looking at cupcake stands online and have found some cute ones, but they were all really expensive. i found a martha stewart one @ joanne's that i liked, but it was small. and made of cardboard :(. so i made two three-tiered stands that hold 17ish cupcakes each, and a one tier stand that can hold a small top tier cake and/or extra cupcakes if needbe. i'm hoping to use them after the wedding to hold stuff; e.g. jewelry, keys, snacks.  whatever.

my pal, mickey

...for celebrity wedding well wishers.  i feel like if mickey and minnie mouse are still happily together and so obviously in love, there's hope for the rest of us.  i'm also thankful for the timeliness of their invitation response... if only my family would have rsvp'd as quickly.

what are you doing, new years, new years, eve?

should be renamed 'random clues i've never heard of' crosswords

...for a rockin' nye 2011:
brain teasers
ice skating and not face planting (and learning how to skate backwards in 2012)
numb fingers
five wing visits in eight days
losing track of what day of the week it is while on vacation
another week before school starts
going to bed well before midnight
celebrating my forever man's fun thirty one

and looking forward to nye 2012 when i can celebrate the new year as a mrs.