Collette got these very tasty cookies from a new place in American Fork called Smart Cookie. She thoughtfully (and humorously) labeled the chocolate mint cookie "Not for Jana" because Jana s mint.
This is a shot of my plate of goodness. We had spinach dip and french bread, wheat thins with cream cheese and chipotle, french fries and fry sauce from JCW's (my contribution), the best berry mix salad ever (strawberries, black berries, blue berries and raspberries), plus the fabulous cookies from Collette. It was sooooo good.
This is what cute Collette looks like when she has a giggling fit. At one point she was laughing so hard she couldn't talk to tell us why. It turned out to be because Jana said something that reminded her of an episode of Friends she'd just watched (she knows EVERY episode). This was highly amusing.
This is a shot of the clock when we finally stood up to leave, wow that's a lot of talking.
Here is our self-portrait (this is a new thing we'll be doing each time we get together) courtesy of Jenn's long, monkey arms. I love it! (L to R: Jana, Collette, Jenn and Amy, back: Me and Michelle)
After book club, I went to the grocery store at midnight to get some fun food items for Landon's birthday (birthday post to come later) breakfast and totally forgot that I was wearing this seriously stained shirt! Aye Carumba! You see, while taking my very last bite of fabulous fruit salad the blackberry I was going for went rogue on me and landed on my shirt. Horrified and annoyed I carefully went to retrieve it when it decided to roll down the rest of my shirt!! Good grief. Jana was in the middle of telling us a serious story so all I could do was eat that pesky blackberry and then put a napkin over my shirt to hide it. I found this stain highly distracting and somewhat comical because it looks like a stain from a laundry detergent commercial.
Anyway, I took this self-portrait at the grocery store to document my humiliation. Fortunately I was the only costumer in there, and most of the employees were stocking shelves, but I still had to face the cashier. I told her what happened but I could still see amusement and judgment in her eyes. I had to resist retelling my story when the bagger came and started bagging up my groceries. I felt like a freak.
**Have you ever gone out in a public
place with a heinous stain?
Do you have a hard time talking
when you get the giggles?**
place with a heinous stain?
Do you have a hard time talking
when you get the giggles?**
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Almost every day! Stella is a spitter so I have gone out only to find that there was a ribbon of spit up all down my back...
I love those kind oflaughing fits!
Oh I need a night like that. 4 hours of talk, some good food and laughing fits. Sounds every bit of perfect for me.
And I always manage to spill on my shirt when I'm already out, it's a curse. Love the grocery store self portrait! And the group shot too. Fun.
I get stuff on my shirt everyday- and I don't have a spit up baby- I just lack eating skills. That is quite the stain though- I am sure the cashier liked hearing about it to mix up her night.
Glad your night was all in good company :)
Oh, and why doesn't Jenn's head look all big like mine did when I held the camera? Are her arms longer than mine? I need lessons...:)
We had girls' night last night too - I forgot my camera. We call those laughing fits "having a moment" or we might say "it's a Jill moment" as we all wait to hear what it was that sent us off the deep end.
Doug was just informing me that I had on a stained white shirt. I shook my head. I figured oh well it's just my "under shade shirt" anyways.
Love that self portrait. Lelly has really started something fun. I am in desperate need of a fun girls night out!
I too ramble on and on when embarrassed because I feel the need to explain myself. I want to shout "I'm not normally like this!!" What does that really say about me? ... And I liked Sarah's Quilt, but not nearly as well as These is My Words. Seriously, what sequel could top that jewel of fiction?
I love an evening out with the girls. I always leave happy and ready to jump back into mommy mode.
You think a little berry stain is embarassing? You must lead a very put together life.
All the time! I even went with it on inside out and backwards.
Great self portrait.
With four littles I am rarely clean. Because who needs a napkin when you can use Mom's shirt?
My sisters and I always seem to get a fit of giggles at highly inappropriate places like the temple.
I'm a bit like Lindsay - everything gets wiped across my jeans!
Your plate is outrageous! The time on that clock is outrageous! Good on you!
I think I walk out of the house every day with glup on me somewhere. There are a couple of times I've answered the door to people with a plastic tiara on my head that I've forgotten I had on.
Hope Landon's birthday breakfast is a good one!
Oh, I meant to add - if you ever say to my old friend, Maria: 'Eateth and drinketh on the Sabbath?!' she will wet herself laughing - and it all happened *cough cough* years ago at school when we were watching a video of a Biblical story and the actor in it was being ridiculously OTT and making it very Shakespearian. When he spluttered the phrase 'Eateth and drinketh on the Sabbath?!' we all went blue trying to keep our giggles in. And Maria copped it from the teacher and was sent out of the room. Hahaha!
We had our book group last night too. I love it and refer to it as group therapy. We also were unable to discuss the book (Harry Potter 7) since not everybody had read it and we didn't want to spoil the ending. I was so disappointed because I was excited to discuss.
Love the story about your stain and that you took a picture of it. This morning I stopped at a fruit stand and bought some blueberries. One fell on my leg and I have a nice purple spot on my pants.
This sounds like it was so much fun!! I have to admit that I have done this many times, without knowing or realizing that I had some sort of nasty something on my shirt. Embarrassing, yes!
The food looks yummy!
I love gigglers! We went out to dinner on Tuesday for a friend's birthday, and when it got late she got super giggly. I loved it. It made all of us sit around and laugh, over nothing!
I had my own kind of girls night out last night - just one other girl (Kelly A.) at chili's with dessert AND chips and salsa. There is really something about being with a girlfriend, having some fun food and no censoring. We had several giggling fits (actually, the were more like full on cackles).
I think it's in my genetics to spill on my shirt. My mom does it, all of my sisters do it. Add my kids using me as a napkin and tissue and I just about always look that good.
Ha! I feel like I go out into public everyday with something spilled on my shirt! I haven't decided if it is the way I am scarfing my food down lately or if it is the huge growth of my chest and belly, but SEVERAL times a day I seem to spill!
Grocery shopping at midnight? I would have been a walking zombie...I wish I had the ability to stay up late, oh to think of what I could accomplish!
I love good nights of talking with girlfriends they are very needed. I get the giggles kind of a lot especially when I'm on bendadryl, I'll laugh for 5 minutes straight by the time I tell my friends what I'm laughing about it doesn't sound so funny anymore.
Love the stain and I love that documented it!
I promise you, just about every time I go out to eat, I spill more down my front than anyone I know. It is incredibly embarassing. In fact, twice I have stained my shirt so bad while at lunch during the work week that I had to go buy a new shirt to put on. I feel your pain, but it does make me giggle a little knowing that I'm not the only one.
**Have you ever gone out in a public
place with a heinous stain? yes..usually i just think WHATEVER! im a dork! lets move on! haha
Do you have a hard time talking
when you get the giggles?** yes..only when i get the giggles..the flood gates open WIDE up! and im talking about needing depends flood gates!!
its not real cute when your 32!!
Oh, I so needed last night. On the one hand, I hate when I get that out of controllably giggly, but on the other hand, it is such a release. I enjoyed being with my peeps. Can't wait until next time!
Ha, the question for me should be...do you ever go out without a stain on you? And I love those giggling fits....wish I had them more often. Don't you just feel so good after you have had them..such a stress reliever.
I'm glad you documented your stain embarrassment. That photo shows that your arms are much longer than mine -- I can never take a self-portrait that shows that much scenery (always just my big head).
I love Collette's giggling fits, and I love that she still looks adorable, even when she's doubled up in laughter. Apparently it's impossible to get a bad photo of her!
I spilled d. coke on a clean white shirt right before going to Disneyland, I ran into targe to get the Tide spot cleaner, and rinsed the stain with it and water in the bathroom. About two hours later, I happened to notice that people were staring at my chest! I looked down and the entire front of the shirt had been stained by the Tide cleaner. Anyway, I've been there, cute story!
i love that you took a photo of you at the store, that is so funny.
on the plane ride home SJ had smashed some cheese in my pants and when we were standing in customs line for half an hour i looked down and my pants were covered with kuck. i was too tired to care but any other day i would have freaked out.
When my sister and I get together one of us usually ends up laughing to the point of crying, what fun.
My habit of rolling out of bed, hair in a pony (picture medusa), no make-up (not so pretty), some sort of clothes and flip flops and maybe a bra on, to go to the store and beat the crowds, I for sure am a looker! I love the self portrait and your expression is priceless
I spent yesterday out with a heinous stain. I was even too embarrassed to document with a picture. I had to keep going because I am running out of time and had things to do. I felt so dumb! I have no idea what it was though.
I am a little jealous of your 4 hours of talk with great friends. It sounds so fun and so my thing. Glad you had a great night!!!
Your expression in the stain photo is killing me! So funny. I am always dropping things on myself. The other day I had to change shirts 3 times. What is up with that?
I love having a girls night, and getting the giggles is one of my favorite things. Sounds perfect, even without the book!
hey...i stayed up late waiting for you, but had to lay down and goo to sleep...sorry we left soo early and did not really get to say goodbye
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