Thursday, December 15, 2005
so, i saw some polk-a-dots on loo's myspace . . .
and i got to thinking about this time when . . .
it was the bridal shower that my bridesmaids had thrown for me almost two years ago . . . they had chosen an 80's prom theme for the party and we were all dressed in hideous dresses. sitting around the room were mostly my friends from college along with a few older women including my mother.
as i am opening presents and i pick up this bag. it is yellow with different colored polk-a-dots all over it.
my mother, always the prim and proper one, says (in front of EVERYONE), "you know, it used to be a sin to wear polk-a-dots."
everyone stops and looks at her.
"really?" i am incredulous (is that the proper use and spelling of that word?), "why is that, mom?"
"because they reminded men of nipples."
"oh."
with everyone's undivided attention . . . how do you segue out of that one??
my bridemaids and i decided that it would be a funny joke for them to all wear polk-a-dots in my wedding or at least to the rehersal and rehersal dinner . . . heh. now everytime i see polk-a-dots, i think of my mother.
and nipples.
(i never thought of those things before my mom said that, but now i do.)
on a sort of related note, this is my beautiful mother-in-law, my husband and i at my cousin-in-law's wedding:
say it don't spray it 3:07 PM
8 i heard that
