Suzanne and I recently attended a fundraising auction for Davis District public schools. The theme for the evening was Shoot for the Moon, so I made sure I was slightly theme-y by wearing my space/cosmos Shirt o’ the Evening.
This outing was a first for my goldfish-in-a-baggie earrings. But for me my fave part of any attire I don is the neckwear, of course. I am so proud of this Bow Tie o’ the Day, which was created in Greece with an old bicycle tire inner tube. Excellent details: the bike patch and the tire valve. Some bow ties come close to perfect in terms of creativity, cleverness, materials, and appearance. This one is so close to flawless, but it does have a drawback: It weighs as much as the proverbial albatross around the neck. I can only wear it for short blocks of time. Wearing it for an entire evening was stretching it. People enjoyed it though, and that makes the humpback I got from wearing the heavy masterpiece well worth it.
Anyhoo… We bid on a few items at the auction. I was into the silent auction, which was happening all evening online for the small items. I was able to bid online with my phone. I spent too much money, but I came away the winner of basically six good dates to experience. I scored tickets/gift cards to Tracy Aviary, Clark Planetarium, Ballet West, Sundance Resort Summer Theatre, The Cheesecake Factory, and for a couple of infrared massages. When I say I spent too much money, I’m not really griping about the actual amount of money I spent. I’m griping about the fact that public schools have to go to great lengths to do fundraisers, in order to survive in the first place. That ain’t right.
In one of these photos I’m looking over my shoulder, incredulous at Suzanne, whose hand was almost constantly jumping up into the air to bid on some of the bigly items at the live auction. Somehow Suzanne’s bigly bids got us 2 round-trip airplane tickets to anywhere in the US we want to go, and a new car for a year. Since this is an annual fundraising auction we attend, I plan to duct tape Suzanne’s hands to her chair next year.
BTW I feel kinda bad about not doing a HAIRS THURSDAY post yesterday, but I didn’t have time. I have what I’m sure you’ll agree was a terrific excuse: I got to spend my time visiting with and holding a four-day-old baby girl. You know darn well that was a superior choice to staying home for the purpose of creating a bad hairdo to post. Crazy hair v. four-day-old baby? Spending time with babies always trumps any other choice. You will get details about my new infant friend in a future post.