It Iced... in SC?

Just found out the my first public speaking class AND my doctor's appointment are canceled due to the weather.  Which wouldn't be so bad, but I got hardly any sleep wearing my new big rollers last night so that I'd have pretty hair for today.  Which I do, but now I have no one to show it to.  No, I'll show it to you!  Here's a picture...

Not the best picture, I know.  But I'm not the most photogenic gal in the world.

So as for the weather, you probably guessed that it's icy outside.  Which it is.  But it's not REALLY icy, it's just dripping off of things.  My mom went out earlier and she said that there wasn't any ice on the roads.  Which is why it really irks me that we don't have class today.  Yes, I did just say it irks me.  I'm irked.  But let me tell ya, it has been cold down here.  Like, in the 30's.  Cold.  This morning weather.com said, "Temperature: 30 Feels Like: 20."  {Brrrr...}  As my dear friend Jenna would say, "Global warming in action!"  I agree.  {Brrr!!}  It rained a lot last night, which is why there's a bunch of ice.  Well actually, it kinda... er... ice-rained?  Don't get me wrong, I'm an Iowan at heart... but I don't know that... terminology?  {I'll go with that!}  Haha!  You Northeners with four feet of snow are probably rolling your eyes at me right now.  Well don't.  This isn't a laughing matter, it's cold!  It shouldn't get below 50 degrees in South Carolina.  Ever.  But I did make sure to get plenty of pictures of the icicles.  

 I thought that the ice in all of the wholes was pretty.  :]]

 It is quite a rare sight to see icicles in South Carolina!  Actually, no.  That's a lie.  If you get up to Columbia and Greenville then it snows and ices, but not around Charleston {and under}.  Hehe, the pampas grass in the background looks pretty sad, doesn't it?  

These Past Days

I know, I know.  It's been 3 days since I posted.  I've been slack, but I have good reason.  More or less.

But I have been busy, really!  It's not my fault that I lead such an interesting life that I can't take 20 minutes out of my totally packed schedule to write a blog post.  I just haven't got the time.  It's snowing in South Carolina!  (awkward change of subject)  Yes, it's true!  For the second time this year (remember back in February?)!  This is an amazing weather phenomenon!  What's supposed to happen once every ten years has now occurred TWICE in this marvelous year, 2010.  I think we should have a party.  Anyone interested?

 Some light flurries.  :]]

 A little recap of what's been going on these past days I've been offline:

December 24th-- After I slept with my curls, my hair looked even more amazing than it had the previous day.  I got some sunglasses and shoes from Cato and a cute new pink sweater from Walmart. 

My new sunglasses-- I truly love them! 

My pur-dy curly/wavy hair.  Perfect for hitting the town!

On Christmas Eve we also got a new kitty named Fritzy.  Well, that's his nickname.  His full name, you may ask?  Bailey's Ragdolls Lord Fritzgerald.  Yes, a truly remarkable name for a truly remarkable cat.   (Barnie's full name?  Clarkston Rag's Sir Barnabas)  Though Fritzy is a very timid, shy kitty.  He's spent his days hiding under my parents bed (we're keeping him in their bedroom the first week or so).  He's very sweet and very soft, but he's also very shy.  He probably didn't like the fact that the first day we had to comb out his matts and wash his tail.  The breeder didn't keep up on grooming him-- he was dirty.  :[[

Here's a not-very-good picture of him before he darted under the bed.  He's going to be a lot darker than that.  Barnie is a blue bicolor, meaning that his fur will be a dark-ish gray in certain places.  Fritzy is a seal bicolor, meaning that he will turn dark brown in places.

December 25th-- Nothing.  We basically just sat around the house.  We didn't do gifts or anything for Christmas, just watched TV.  Fritzy was our present!  :]

Decmber 26th (today)-- Went over to hang out with Grandma Barb while she was staying at her friend, Laurie's who is out of town visiting her daughter.  We baked ginger snap cookies (not hard, very soft!  really delicious!) and pumpkin bread pudding, which was also good.  I ate so much dessert today though that ever since 3:00 I've felt like I was going to throw up.  No lie.  But we did go to Goodwill today.  That was when it started snowing!  I didn't get anything, but Grandma got a few books for my cousin, Xander.  

Am I not adorable?

~Alyssa