TWIMO Observes: A Cat Lady

Yesterday I stopped in at Target on my way home from my seasonal employment interview at Vera Bradley, because obviously I want to be a maven of over priced patterned, quilted tote bags. Verdict: LAME. I'm going to with draw my application. Sorry, TWIMOers, no VB bags for you for X-mas. Anyway while the clerk was ringing up my essentials (pee pads for Clair, TP for me, and a box of Mac and Cheese) an older lady pulled up behind me with her cart and proceeds to unload about 40 cans of cat food, a HUGE container of kitty litter, and lastly about a 50 lbs. bag of dry cat food. I immediately judged this woman as a crazy cat lady and looked to see if she was wearing a glittered puff paint t-shirt adorned with a cat and if that murmuring I heard was her talking to herself. I quickly realized that in fact the murmuring was the gawking noise coming out of my mouth as I imagine the 400 cats this woman was going home to. Right then and there I vowed to myself never, ever to become a cat lady, even if I do spend many of my Saturday nights alone and can't seem to find a boy I like. I, Sarah, will never wear a puff paint cat shirt and buy my weight in meow mix. Period. Let's face it, there are other options, because the world is my oyster.


P.S. Never google image search for "cat lady" photos. The results are horrifying.

Color Blind Architects

After Top Chef last night I started to watch Bravo's new show Launch My Line. This show has a bunch of professionals that think they're fashion designers paired with real fashion designers to create a line. One of the contestants is architect, David Applebaum. When they were instructed to buy fabric for their line he replied "I'm using black, black, black, gray, and dark blue." Typical architect. Can't see the color in life. Just Typical.

It's Finals. I'm procrastinating. I'm posting.

I'm Baaaaack. I was reading my friends' blogs (which are so entertaining) and decided to do this thing where you post everyday for a month regardless of what it is. My one friend who I think is an amazing blogger writes things she has overheard so I'm going to do the same, because let's face it, my life is just not that interesting.

So I was in line at a fabric store waiting for them to cut my sparkly felt for the holiday windows my exhibition design class installed for a local furniture store when I overhead these two older ladies discussing Snuggies (inspired by the DIY snuggie project the store was advertising. You too could be the proud owner of a personalized Snuggie. The possibilities are endless).

Lady One: "Oh, those snuggies. Mine is my uniform."

Lady Two: "They're great. I have this zip up bathrobe I like to wear backwards. I've been doing it for years. It's just like a Snuggie."

Lady One: "Did you know you can get them for your dog?"

I just had an amazing mental image of these ladies sitting in their snuggies with fido also wearing the blanket with arms. Genius.