Shadow's new frend

I call him Red Bull but you could him Devil Cow....

Shopping!

Actually, the title should more correctly read: Shoes!

Yesterday was the annual Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. The past few years I've been taking the day off work and shopping with several girlfriends. We make a day of it and have a nice lunch as well. It's rather extravagant when I think about it, but it makes for a very pleasant shopping experience. The day starts off at 7:00 am in the shoe department. (My personal favorite).

This year's purchases are shown below:








One of these pairs might be going back (the black ones), but I think I'm keeping the rest. ;-) I really only go for the shoes. Honestly.

At any rate, my friends and I have a system all worked out and believe it or not, we usually discourage each other from making poor choices. It's the one time of the year I spend that much money in one place. And what better way to spend it than on some fancy shoes? O.k., I could donate the money to a food bank or a women's shelter but I do that at other times of the year.

New Rule

I'm making a rule that I have to post to my blog once a week from now on.  I've been so caught up in work that I haven't even thought about writing.  Mostly because I'm feeling like I don't have anything interesting to say….

However, I do have a plan to annoy my in-laws.  Obama for President campaign poster right next to the American flag we were given by my in-laws.  That ought to do the trick.  ;-)  I can hardly wait for the conventions.  Should be fabulous.  By the way, I read a blurb in War Room in Salon.com - the constitutional scholar suggested that John McCain might not qualify as a natural born citizen (as is required to be President).  He was born in the Panama Canal Zone while his father was in the service.

Oh, and now that I've gotten started about McCain and military service, here's my two cents on the whole Gen. Clark kerfuffle.  I think it's absolutely fair to ask McCain how his year's spent as a prisoner of war give him experience to be commander in chief.  I do not think that question does anything to impune his patriotism; he served in the Vietnam War.  However, being locked up in a prison doesn't mean you have executive military experience that you can use as President.  If anything, it makes you an expert on torture, and why it's a bad thing.