Ugh

The fact that my entire mouth is aching from my cleaning today is not helping matters, or my mood, in the slightest.

I hate the dentist even more than I hate kids.

Owowowow

Friday Five

1. What size shoe do you wear? 9 1/2 usually. Sometimes 9 or 10

2. How many pairs of shoes do you own? Oooooh, let see. 17, I think. Keds, Ugg clogs, black aerosoles, brown woven flats, 2 pairs of black boots, hiking boots, red pumps, blue sling backs, 2 pairs of black strappy shoes, black beaded sling backs, black slides, coral slides, brown slides, brown woven sandals, black strappy flats. I could be missing a few of the more infrequently worn pairs.

3. What type of shoe do you prefer (boots, sneakers, pumps, etc.)? Comfortable. I like things I can slide off easily, so sandals win in summertime. I adore my clogs for the wintertime. I rarely wear heels except when I really want to look good.

4. Describe your favorite pair of shoes. Why are they your favorite? There's two - the Uggs clogs win because they're toasty warm, waterproof and adorable, with just enough heel that I feel tall in them. The brown woven sandals win because they're gorgeous, go with almost everything and fit like a dream.

5. What's the most you've spent on one pair of shoes? $85, on the favoritest clogs ever. If I had not had the willpower to wait until the brown woven sandals went hugely on sale, they would have set me back $115, but instead, I paid $50-something for them.

Feeling better now, except for falling down the stairs.

The baby finally realized that she WAS taking a nap this afternnon. Once she fell asleep, she stayed that way for nearly 2 1/2 hours (See, I told you that you neded a nap, silly baby). My mouth no longer feels like it has been garden weaseled, and it's just a little sore in a few spots.

While she slept I made some headway on cleaning, and planned out my menu. Thanks, everyone, for all the help and suggestions. I've settled on Curried Apple soup, Mushroom Polenta pie, tossed salad, and lorac is bringing dessert. My shopping list is all compiled for Sunday afternoon. The living room and dining room are clean. I even used some of my cleaning time to *really* clean instead of just straightening up. The kitchen is halfway there, but since it'll get all messed up while I prepare everything on Sunday, that's okay. I'll finish cleaning in on Sunday. Bathroom is nice and clean, will just need a sweep out on Sunday afternoon. Tomorrow morning, we pack Miss Widget up for her overnight at Sandy and Ina's, then we head out to Northampton for an evening of dinner, drinking and debauchery. And staying over, so we can either play more or get to bed earlier, and sleep later. This is good. At least now I feel a little more in control of my weekend

Today when I was bringing Miss Widget downstairs from her naps, I slipped on the stairs, at the curve in the bottom. Since I was carrying her, I was more concerned with not hurting her than catching myself. As a result, I landed in a bad way on my wrist, which hurt like a bitch for a while, but has eased up since. Now my upper arms and chest muscles are screaming; I think I strained them while trying to catch us. Hopefully, that will feel better in the morning.

Wiley made me a martini larger than my head tonight (damn the points), so I'm feeling nice and relaxed now. I think I'm going to go work on my project for a while, then head for bed. Night, folks.

Oh, and...

Despite being broke, I broke down today and ordered replacement clogs. Another $85, and it pains me to pay that much, but they've been discontinued, and are getting harder and harder to find anywhere. SO I just sucked it up and ordered them. I'll try to wait to wear them until the first pair officially bites the dust, so that I can have them for as long as possible.

Why would a shoe company discontinue what it proclaims to be their most popular shoe? Besides sheer stupidity?