The Daily Sabs

okay, this is ridiculous i know, but i have set a pretty strict "self-portrait" policy here at the daily sabs. the rules are (1) i have to be the one to push the button (remotes and timers are okay - i just have to push the button) and, (2)... actually that's it. i have to push the button. consider me a control freak.

anyways, so this morning katie was handing out her "pets" for some babysitting. i was lucky enough to get to hang out with a whale. i let katie have my kitty (a gift from Anna the super intern) as a trade. we were hanging out when anissa volunteered to take our photo. that's lucky for me, because the one i tried to take of us was waaay too blurry to use. when i asked katie what the whale was named, she said "whale -- he has a hat tho." talk about cutes.

ps. i'm exhausted. i couldn't sleep last night and got less than 4 hours of sleep. that's why i'm lounging around in my sweet old lady bird sweater, and phoning this post in.

i have a confession to make. i haven't left the house today. and although annie sent out a very tempting invite to m83, i'm going to decline and stay in all day.

and now before you go thinking i'm a totally lazy potatocouch (this is a morm vocab word, btw) i should say that while i haven't gone anywhere, my lungs were filled with fresh air when i went to the garage to do laundry, so at least chores were taken care of. also i thought about going downtown to run some errands, but then i remembered it was black friday and that i didn't want to be anywhere that craziness. we played along at a fry's a few years ago, and i don't feel the need to do it ever again.

anyways, on to the old lady collection. this sweatshirt was given to me by grandma. samshrew and i went to visit her a few years ago and she gave it to me because it was too big for her. it's too big for me too, but there's something about it that i love. it's a horrible plain grey sweatshirt with slightly puffy bird embellishments sewn onto it, but i think it's great. mostly because it's super cozy, but partially because it makes me feel sentimental. i call it my sweet oldlady bird sweatshirt and i plan on sitting in it all night long.

randall and i are headed to los gatos tonight for fine dining at manresa. we're meeting some really good friends to celebrate for no particular reason.

while we were getting ready randall made me laugh by putting on a really ill-fitting blazer. i hope we never grow up.

ps: the title of this post is in reference to the dress i'm wearing. it's tang mama's (my mom's friend's mother's old dress from probably 1985). i love it but have only ever worn it in public one other time.

pps: i wish this photo was in focus a bit better, but dinner calls!