she’s gone country, look at them boots

I wrote this three months ago…..and then promptly forgot about it. My love for my boots, however, has not dwindled in the slightest. Haha. Dwindled.

8/5/09: Ten years ago, if you had asked me to put on a pair of cowboy boots, I would have laughed at you. I am SO not from Texas.

Well. Funny how things change.

Last week, in San Antonio for Tim’s graduation from basic training, we found ourselves in Cavender’s looking at all kinds of cowboy get-up.

Who knew there were so many boot colors?

And….we actually each bought a pair of amazingly sleek (brown) cowboy boots. I love them. Love love love. We also bought cowboy hats (everybody needs a cowboy hat, right?)…and a certain someone also bought jeans and a huge belt buckle (with the image of a steer, no less) and shirt with pearl snaps. Not gonna name any names. But let’s just say I had a pretty hot date to the barbecue that night.

I have to say that one of the best moments of the weekend came one night when, a cab driver took a gander at the name on my credit card and mused “Erin Leigh — my, that’s a pretty name! Sounds like a country singer.”

My giggle of glee was almost drowned out by Tim’s groan. “Arrgh don’t tell her that!” he cried. (Let it be noted that Tim is from New Jersey. We’ll leave it at that.)

Muwaha. I’ve got the boots. I’ve got the hat. I’ve got the guitar. Now I’ve just got to dye my hair blonde and start posting videos of myself on youtube.

even if i don't look like a country singer....tim certainly does

 

 

back from hiatus

okay, okay. it’s been a while. i am going to venture a guess that there are about two people on the planet who have missed my updates (hi mom. hi kelly).

for the rest of you who may happen to stumble back upon this hodgepodge of words and photos and silliness, thanks for reading. maybe not for caring, because i’m not going to be that presumptuous. but, in the case that you do care, thanks for that as well.

my hiatus stemmed from a couple of realizations:

1) this blog is a bit schizo.

2) i had no way to post photos when my computer broke down (sad face).

3) in the blush of twitterpation all i wanted to do was write about a certain somebody (hi tim) and i didn’t want to subject you (or him) to that. ahem. 

4) being a self-bore is pretty terrible when you are trying to entertain others.

so i took a break. but….i do have quite a few stories to tell. so, i’ve decided to come back.

happy reading.