rabid kids & new clothes

did some shopping with my sister last night for the big event tomorrow. have i mentioned that i love having her in town? new shoes, a shirt, some pants, a belt and a tie. i'm good to go. oh yeah, and at the last minute i remembered this wedding wasn't all about how i looked, so i picked up a gift as well.

me: what about this? (picking out a pink tie to go with my blue shirt)
sis: yeah. that'd be great.
me: cool.
sis: if you want to look like an easter egg.
me: d'oh!

so we ran upstairs to look for something for our mom and this creepy little kid came up to us. i dodged him as he walked directly towards my sister, arms stretched out. without saying a word he hugged her. grabbed her arm as she attempted to walk off. sucked on her arm. then smacked her on her butt. the look of pure horror on her face as i turned around was priceless.

sis: what the hell was that?
me: maybe he's their greeter?
sis: i think he was going to bite me.
me: i think you need a tetanus shot now.
sis: if i pass out and begin to foam at the mouth please explain why.
me: that was messed up.
sis: i wasn't sure what to do.
me: i would have swatted him on his nose, like a puppy, and said NO.
sis: right.
me: NO.

we quickly ran from every other kid that came across our path for the rest of the night fearing that the children in our town had turned. it was like a buffy episode or children of the corn or something. then we did some birthday shopping for her boyfriend.

me: what about this?
sis: that's too vintage looking.
me: that makes no sense.
sis: basically if it's in style that's all the incentive he needs to stay away from it.
me: what? he's a mess.
sis: hey. i'm working on him.

so we drove to one more place in search of a better pair of pants than the ones i just purchased.

me: ok. so we're going there to see if they have the pants that they didn't have at the other place. and i'm turning here.
sis: um?
me: sometimes i need to remind myself of what i'm doing.
sis: oh, 'cause i was like i'm good. i know what we're doing.
me: yeah.

after that we made a quick ice cream stop. headed home. watched some will & grace, and scrubs. not to mention my best friend's wedding. the wee ones are on their way over, well three of the five anyway. and i'm very very happy that the weekend is finally here. i can't wait to see everyone tomorrow. me, mindo, mel, paulie, B, ms. k and jules all dressed up and drunk in one room. sounds like trouble to me.