September 3, 2007
· Filed under G, Life in Peekskill, food, work
As if tomorrow being my first day at the new job wasn’t enough, I’ve got to decide what to wear tomorrow, and the morning will come all too quickly. It’s already 11:47 pm, I really should be in bed by now, but dinner-cooking took all day long, what with slow-cooking the pork ribs and making the wontons for the soup and all. Who am I kidding, G did nearly all of the work, I did the cleanup. They were pork and shrimp wontons, with all sorts of other stuff in there — mmm delish! Back to my dilemma…
There are quite a few pink tops in the new hoard, I think I’ll go with one of those and a pair of black pants and my new Dansko clogs (I’m bringing the old pair to switch into). “Pink is my signature color,” as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie (Julia Roberts) said in Steel Magnolias. And it is. I grew up in a pink-carpeted, pink-furnitured, pink-striped-wallpapered, pink-blanketed bedroom, and nothing has ever made me stop loving the color. Oh yeah, there were those years that made my grandmother cringe when all I wore was black, but I’ve always loved pink, always returned to my girly-girl roots. What’s your take on the ultimate princess color?
September 1, 2007
· Filed under G, food, grill, shopping
Every time I hear the words “pork chops,” my brain instantly adds “and applesauce” with a Bogart-type inflection. As a child of the 70′s, life lessons as brought to you by The Brady Bunch are ingrained upon my psyche. G made a delicious rub for the pork (tenderloins actually) with a fresh herb “poultry mix,” garlic, pepper, and Jane’s Krazy Mixed Up Salt. Set for a few hours in the fridge, then warmed back up to room temp while I went out to The Westchester to get a parking pass and a new pair of Dansko clogs (I bought some Mary Janes, too). Grilled with some fresh garlic bread from the deli and mmm…tasty!
We went to Woodbury Common Outlet Mall yesterday and scored big time at the Liz Claiborne store. I needed a new wardrobe for work (I couldn’t get by with the four tops and one pair of chinos that I had in my possession pre-shopping) so I took some good advice and waited until the Labor Day sales kicked in. While poking around the Sigrid Olsen petites, a man came up to me and handed me a coupon for 15% off the total purchase. The sales associates who were helping also gave us a bunch of coupons for individual pieces. Squee! Saved a boatload and allowed me to justify spending the savings on an extra pair of shoes. With room to spare.
