I felt like a fairy god-mother today—everywhere I went I
left a trail of glitter and tinsel…
It was Ugly Christmas Sweater Day on my Ward today. I have one Christmas Sweater. It’s much too
hot to wear it, and quite frankly, I have no clue where it might be. It’s
actually a two piece, sweater and pants set. Besides, it's much too cute to be an ugly
sweater anyway.
WalMart had all of two Christmas sweaters for sale. And a couple of meds t-shirts with a
Christmas theme—none of which I liked. So
what’s a girl to do?
This girl gets crafty.
I decided I could wear my Dancing Christmas Tree hat and
wrap a t-shirt in tinsel or ribbon shaped
to resemble the bottom of a Christmas tree. And I could add battery operated lights
and ornaments. Hey—I’m an “Over the Top
Girl” so why not take Tacky Christmas Sweater to new heights?! All I had to do was find the Dancing Christmas Tree hat.
I have plenty of Christmas Hats to choose from—somewhere—since
I buy new Christmas hats every year. [Note to Self: This years New Year Resolution could be: Get
Organized! My 2-fold goal could be: 1) toss, sell, or gift a bag of “stuff” each week,
and 2) label storage boxes with contents of the stuff I keep].
It was getting late and I
still hadn’t found the Dancing Christmas Tree, so it was time for Plan B.
I would develop a UCS based on what I could find in the next
five minutes.
I came up with four choices:
the deep purple zebra print stocking cap I wore to the Spadettes Christmas party the night before, the
lilac stocking cap w/white battery operated lights, the red “I’ve been good”
stocking cap w/battery operated colored
lights, and the Dallas Cowboys flap-cap.
In writing this post I wanted the correct term for the flap-hat, so I
googled it. Flap-cap, ear-flap hat, snow (or ski) beanies with ear-flaps,
Ushanka (Russian Trooper hats), and Chullo (Peruvian or Andean hats) all have
ear-flaps. With the colors of my four
easily obtainable hats in mind, I went to WalMart at 10pm in search of
ideas. Surely, I could come up with
something tacky from WalMart.
By the time I went to bed at 2am, my SUV was packed with
goodies for our brunch and all the supplies I would need to quickly assemble
the shirt after I attended my daily Bed Huddle meeting.
Pre-made stuff and safety pins are a costumers best friend. I
have even more stuff I could have pinned on—I just ran out of break-time. Gotta love
my co-worker who thought I needed even more bling and gave me a strand of
tinsel with snowflakes intertwined—it became my boa and finished off the outfit.
BTW, while glitter and tinsel provides a nice blingy effect, it also leaves a
trail that a blind man could follow.
Make sure you don’t do anything illegal when you wear it… 
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