Trolls

This weekend the movie was Trolls.  I worked concessions for The Bean Friday night and yesterday afternoon since she was at a sleepover and then Mom asked me to work for her tonight.  I thought it was cute.  There are many ways I picture trolls, depending on the context.  For these trolls the picture in my head from childhood is this:

I can never decide if they're ugly or cute or some combination thereof. I actually think it's supposed to be the combination.

 

This is what they look like in the new movie.  Much cuter, still kind of weird.  So tonight's shoes are troll shoes, of course:

 

This one looks more like the old school trolls.  I like the colors.

Gaaah...troll butt!

So much pink.  Which actually works for the movie and that character, who is always talking about rainbows and cupcakes.

 

This guy is grumpy through most of the movie.  Poor boys get the grumpy guy because he's blue.  Rude.

 

Heehee.  That hair is hilarious and I think it would tickle.

These are adorably ugly.  I don't think they PB needs these.

There you go. Trolls shoes.  I'm sure your life has been enriched.

Ugly Sweaters

Guess what?  Today was National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day!  I don't have an ugly Christmas sweater, so I couldn't participate (although it's currently about 5 degrees, not counting windchill, so a sweater, regardless of beauty, is fairly necessary).  In honor of this very silly holiday I give you the following results from a search for "ugly Christmas sweater shoes:"

I'm just going to leave these here for you...you're welcome...

Christmas Programs, Round 2

Yesterday at 1:00 was Laughter's Christmas program, her first ever since she's just in Kindergarten, and she was SOOOOO excited.  She was hilarious before the program, jumping up and down and waving like crazy.  Her program was the Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades, and all of them wore their pajamas, so they were pretty adorable.  After the program, Mom, Dad and I got back in the car and came back home so I could head to Pippi's and Tink's program at 5:30.  Their school program was Monday and I wasn't able to go, but at least I got to go to their church program.  Pippi was the narrator and Tink was Joseph and they both did awesome jobs.  All my nieces are awesome; I'm such a proud auntie.  I got an even better treat in that Tink and Pippi came over for a play date today so I got to spend some more time with them, which I always love.  They were (as always) cracking me up with their goofy antics.  Pippi asked if I would play hide and seek with them, and I had to laugh at myself because as soon as I got into my hiding place I totally had to pee.  It never fails, the same thing happened when I was a kid.  It makes hiding difficult when all I can think of is my bladder.

Anyhoodle, tonight's shoes are nativity themed in honor of all of this week's Christmas programs:

This is so pretty.  Why do the shoe people want me stepping on the baby Jesus, the Holy Family, and the Wise Men?  So rude. 

I think this one is really sweet, but what is hovering behind the Holy Family?  Are those supposed to be angels?  Because they look like bull's heads or possibly devil heads.  Shoe fail.

 

Also pretty.  Also, see comments above on the first pair.

I had to rotate the picture so you could see the image on the shoe better, but then the overall shoe looks funky.  I like the cartoon, though, and it makes for a cute, quirky shoe.

I think this effort at nativity shoes went much better than the last time I went looking, but I'm still not convinced that nativity shoes are necessary, or even appropriate.

Christmas Programs

Christmas Programs are the theme of this week.  Flower's was last night and she looked beautiful and did an awesome job.  She played her clarinet and sang in the choir, and even had a speaking part!  (Pippi's and Tink's was also last night but sadly I haven't learned to be in 2 places at once)  The Bean's was tonight and she also looked beautiful and did an awesome job.  At least I'm almost positive she did, but I couldn't actually see her, which sucked.  She was smack behind the director, and even when the director moved all I could see of her was about 2 inches of her forehead.  That's what happens when you're short and play tenor sax so you're in the third row.  Oh well, it was still fun to listen.  (Flower and The Bean both had cute shoes for their programs, but did I take pictures?  No, I did not.  I'm a terrible auntie)  Laughter's is tomorrow at 1:00 and hopefully the weather holds so we can go.  Then Pippi and Tink's church program is tomorrow at 5:30, so hopefully the weather holds so the trip home isn't too terrible.  It's a busy week full of my favorite little people!  In honor of all of these programs tonight's shoes are a random assortment of Christmas shoes:

These wouldn't actually have to be Christmas shoes, but red plaid is rather festive.

 

I love these.  So cute!

Awww...the PB needs these for the imaginary baby closet.

And these!  Also, can I have some?

This appears to be two different kids, otherwise it's someone with very strange feet, but I would totally wear one green and one red shoe as a pair.

Well, I'm off to bed so I can get up and go to more programs tomorrow.

Sleigh Bells

After helping with last night's post Flower suggested that tonight's post should be sleigh bells.  She didn't get a chance to help me choose this time, but here are some of the shoes I found:

I'm not sure I'd classify those as sleigh bells, but hey, what do I know?  My feet would cover them up anyway, so it doesn't really matter. 

 Zazzle comes through again!  You know I love the color.

I think this is adorable, and it would be an easy DIY project.

More Zazzle.  Love the plaid.

And again with the DIY.  So cute.  Of course, the jingling might drive you crazy if you have an overly exuberant kicking baby.

 

These are velvet, and probably my least favorite of the bunch.  I don't hate them, but they aren't grabbing me tonight.  

So today was another good day with the nieces and seester, except for the fact that last night was awful.  I woke up at around 2:00 with a massive headache that finally caused me to throw up around 4:00.  That was actually a good thing as only then did the headache subside to a level where I could sleep for a couple of hours.  I made it to church with the family, which was lovely, but the headache has never fully gone away today.  I'm about to go to bed because it's still lurking.  Poor seester feels terrible because this same thing happened 2 years ago when I was staying with her.  I don't think it has anything to do with her house.  It's most likely a combination of tension, sore muscles in my neck and shoulders, and hormones.  It was a weird headache, though, because it felt like something(s) were stabbing me in both temples, through the bridge of my nose, and in both eardrums.  Rude.  Oh well, any day with niece snuggles is a pretty darn good day despite my not being the most fun auntie in the world.

Snow!

Ahhh...It finally snowed here.  Not a lot, maybe 5 inches, but it's sticking and it was snowing this morning in big, beautiful, lazy flakes:

So tonight's shoes are inspired by the snow, and picked out by Flower:

We both thought this was hilarious.  It's a wedding shoe.  A winter wedding I get.  These shoes?  Not so much.

Now these I would wear for a winter wedding.

We also thought this was hilarious.  A red tennie with snowflakes is one thing, but one with a yeti on the back is awesome!

Also wedding shoes.  They said they were blue, but we both thought they looked green.  Maybe it's the light?  What color do they look to you?

I love these.  I would like a pair, please.  And I really hope this is a pair and not a single shoe from 2 different pairs.

I also love these.  Didn't Flower did a good job of choosing shoes?

Speaking of Flower, I'm at the seester's for a few days, so I get to hang out with this set of nieces.  We've had a lovely day. We went shopping for their Christmas dresses (which are adorable) and caught up on the Advent Calendar, and did a lot of giggling.  Not a bad way to spend a snowy Saturday.

Brownies

What have I done?  I hadn't gotten my return plane ticket yet for a variety of reasons.  The hubby and I were talking today and I was looking at prices.  For the next week they are a decent price, and then they get really high over Christmas.  January 5th had the lowest price, and the hubby said, "why don't you just stay?  Take advantage of being able to hang out with your family for an extended period."  So, I now have a return ticket for January 5th.  On the one hand, yay!  Family time!  Niece snuggles!  On the other hand, massive guilt for leaving my husband alone for Thanksgiving, Christmas, AND New Year's.  I know it was his idea, and believe me, he wouldn't have said it if he didn't mean it, but I've been having really mixed emotions all day.  And I miss my puppies.  Oh, and I have no Christmas socks or earrings because I didn't pack any.  And Pedro only has his tux and his Thanksgiving shirt, so I can't dress him appropriately for the season.  (Also, yes, I know those last 2 things are completely inane, but this is how my brain works when I get weirded out and feel guilty about something)  I'm feeling very selfish at the moment.

OK, moving on.  Did you know that today was National Brownie Day?  Me either, until a few minutes ago, but I made brownies today!  It was cold in the house today and we had a box of brownie mix in the cupboard, so I figured I'd use the oven, warm up the house, and get chocolate all in one go.  Tonight's shoes are inspired by this happy coincidence:

I like them all.  Brownies are yummy.  I still have guilt.  Good night.