It Ain't Gonna Be Pretty!

Well, in only 9 more days, we'll be hopping on an airplane headed for Vail, Colorado to spend four days freezing our buns off! What in the world were we thinking? Spring has FINALLY arrived here after a very long winter. The trees are budding out, flowers are blooming everywhere, and the temps have been getting increasingly warmer. Why, oh, why, did we choose to leave all of that behind for SNOW? As my dad used to say, we must be "crazy as a bessie bug", whatever in the world THAT is!

Being that we're spending four days skiing, we've had to go out and purchase all of the ski gear one needs for such a trip. That includes goggles, ski jackets, long socks, ski caps, and, of course, thermal underwear...I CANNOT survive without those! We have gotten these items over the past few months, a little at a time. A couple of weekends ago, the only thing we hadn't purchased yet were ski pants, so off we went to the local ski shop...yes, they do have those in Atlanta, believe it or not!

The girls and I looked at the ski pants, but they were all so long and we're SHORT! Abby didn't have any luck with them, at all, but Brittany still insisted on trying on a pair. No luck for her, either, so we decided to try and find a pair of ski bibs for each of us. We looked for some for Abby first and BINGO...she found a pair! She tried them on and they fit like a glove and looked so cute on her! So, Brittany and I looked around for some for us. To our dismay, the only ones they had for women were A) Too big or B) Too expensive...I'm talking upwards of $100! No way was I going to pay that kind of money for something I might only do once in my entire life! Brittany insisted on trying on a pair of the cheaper ones, but they were way too long. So, we kept hoping to find something that would work. We found a markdown rack that had ski bibs hanging on it...in boys' sizes! Yep, you got it...we talked ourselves into trying them on.

Brittany went first and tried on a boy's size 14. Oh, you should have heard the moaning and groaning coming from the fitting room! She, finally, walked out and said, "Mom, these are SO ugly...they make my butt look horrible!" I said, "Oh, hon, no they don't"...then, she turned around and I burst into laughter! There was no shape to her bottom, whatsoever! GONE...HIS-TO-RY! I laughed till I had tears rolling down my cheeks! Then, it was my turn to try on a pair in the same size...she made me walk out and model them! I REALLY didn't want to do that! Brittany and Abby took one look at me and my "poofy" gluteus maximus and started laughing uncontrollably! OK, it was pretty funny, I must admit! I think Brittany and I both had visions of looking like those little snow bunnies you always see on TV with those cute ski outfits. Well, let me just say that we're both going to look like Oompa Loompas from Willly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! I guess the good thing about it is WHEN, not IF we fall, we'll have plenty of padding to cushion the blow!

See...I want to look just like her! lol!

"There are really only three things to learn in skiing: how to put on your skis, how to slide downhill, and how to walk along the hospital corridor."~Lord Mancroft, A Chinaman in the Bath, 1974

P.S. My sweet friend, Amy, is having a fun giveaway...check it out!