I have now officially turned old.

I muttered these words out loud to no one in a boutique dressing room the other day. No sense in naming the store and embarrassing them by letting people know old people shop there…

Sex and the City 2 opened last week and although my plans to have a repeat of the fabulous watch party we had for the first one failed miserably… I still immensely enjoyed going the midnight showing with 2 fabulous ladies.

Let me start by saying if you only watched the series on TBS you do not really have the level of appreciation I think is needed to truly enjoy the movie. There I said it. Our midnight movie looked more like a late night rush meeting – everyone in gym clothes with blankets and snuggies in tow. {Ewww – really? You bring a blanket to the movies?} As we were walking out I actually heard a group of girls say it was cheesy and that they didn’t get 90% of the puns… pure blasphemy!

2 years ago, we have a fabulous watch party in Denver – every seat in the movie, in which every theater was showing SATC, was donned in a cocktail dress and a minimum of 3 inch heals… I was at best disappointed in the turn out here in Fayetteville.

However, I cannot complain about the movie – Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda completely delivered – the fashion was outrageous (to be expected), the adventures were wild and the story actually kept with the theme from the previous movie on most all parts. I feel like it ended in a way that most likely will not be made into a 3rd – and I’m ok with that. I’m contemplating re-watching the entire series and writing about the crazy antics of which I can relate to the stories of my friends and the way we were/are!

No, it’s not just a holiday – it’s a place!

Some things I learned on my trip to Boston and Worcester:

• I will NEVER complain about traffic again
• Hooked on phonics is a big, fat lie
• {from watching stellar gymnasts} if you stumble in your routine, as long as you pop up and throw your hands up in a solid finish, everything is OK!

Starting with the last point, I went to Worcester to attend the Tyson American Cup – fitting since I work for Tyson. Ha. I couldn’t touch my toes if you had a gun to my head. So you can only imagine my amazement at the flips and twists and other feats of gravity defiance displayed by some of the worlds best gymnasts.

Moving on, the host town of TAC was Worcester, Massachusetts – claim to fame is it’s the second largest city in Massachusetts … really, it’s on their website. I can tell you the place is not to be pronounced war-ches-ter and as I was warned, I will warn you too, you will apparently get shot by saying it that way. Thus it was one of my quieter weekend. I had to strictly refrain from saying things such as “hey y’all” and “jeet yet” and “those biscuits and gravy are so lip smackin’ good, they’ll make you slap your mamma.”

Worcester (pronounced /ˈwʊstər/) is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named afterWorcester, England, the city had a population of 182,596, making it the estimated second largest city in New England.^[1]a[›] It is the county seat of Worcester County.^[2] Worcester is located approximately 40 miles west ofBoston.

Thanks wiki, for that lesson. As we just learned, Worcester is 40 miles west of Boston. To partake in this 40 mile adventure you must travel on the MassPike – a 4 lane wide parking lot. It took me 2.25 hours to travel that 40 miles = ridiculous!

The gymnastics meet was awesome and I got the added bonus of feeling tall for once in my life.

I did this last year and was quite impressed with myself and the results- so I’m at it again… NO SHOPPING DURING LENT!
We’re a week in and I have been quite tame AND haven’t killed anyone yet, so I say that’s a win for us all. I’ll be the first to admit I have a problem, and MZ will be the first, second and third to agree with me. You see I like to shop online and since one can not try things on through the internet {yet} I tend to over order, especially if there is a coupon and free shipping both ways involved! It’s compulsive while watching TV: I sit, I read blogs, I shop for what I see on blogs … I repeat I repeat I repeat

Hi, my name is graciefabulous and I’m a shop-a-holic.

It was great and fun filled and VERY busy holiday season which might explain why I’m just now getting around to posting anything about it. The other reason is that I was in such a tizy taking down everything that I forgot to take pictures of anything! Very Very sad – I know!

We had 4 trees in total – our big tree, the little tree in our bedroom, the Razorback tree and of course there had to be a tree in the Bears room…. I had a great time decorating the whole house and I’m having a hard time adjusting to not having bare corners.

I hosted 2 events in the same weekend – Holiday Bunco and the annual Cookie Swap party; and no – I didn’t take pictures at either – I don’t know what this world is coming to.

We’re both looking forward to a couple of low key months which should be just enough time to recover from a great holiday season. Then hopefully it’ll be patio season!!!

There’s been a rash of pregnancies among my friends, which is all well and good for them – really.
However, I don’t like surprises so when you show up at my door without warning and say you have something to say, I’ll probably stop you right there in the entry way and offer you a glass of wine.

So my fail safe test is, you guessed it, if you take the glass of wine, you are probably not pregnant. If you don’t take the glass of wine, no matter what – I will assume you are pregnant.

Feel free to go ahead and test me, even if you just want a glass of wine – I’m always game for a glass of wine!

You’ve been warned.

“I believe in overdressing, primping at leisure and that loving is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.” Audrey Hepburn

Since I haven’t blogged in a while, I figured I’ll just post a quote.
I WILL blog while I’m off work this week … I WILL blog while I’m off work this week …I WILL blog while I’m off work this week …I WILL blog while I’m off work this week … I WILL blog while I’m off work this week …I WILL blog while I’m off work this week …I WILL blog while I’m off work this week … I WILL blog while I’m off work this week …I WILL blog while I’m off work this week …

PS the oven is fixed – I paid “the Appliance Guy” $75 to come and screw it back on.

Yes, I broke the oven. I pulled on the handle to open the door to get out the bacon wrapped cherries and put in the stuffed mushrooms and the handle popped off a bit, so I just shoved it back on. Then when I opened it again, a side thingy just fell off and then the front glass shifted out of place … it was NOT GOOD.

This was on Thursday about an hour before we were supposed to be at Mikes parents with appetizers for the entire crowd. I should also mention that my hair was still up in a towel with no hope of getting properly dried! I turned the oven off and took everything out and went to finish getting ready.

We made it to dinner with enough time to finish heating everything up and it turned out to be a wonderful afternoon and evening eating WAY too much.