Black Cat

Yesterday was Sam’s day off from school, so she and I went to the mall with Carrie. Sam likes to get new clothes, but she is not a fan of shopping for them. I promised her the Halloween costume of her choice if she would happily go along. She decided she would like the be a black cat because, she informed me, “All Halloween cats are black.” We searched Gymboree, The Disney Store, The Children’s Place, Dillard’s, and Old Navy, none of which had the desired perfect black cat costume (their’s were all “too weird”). We finally ended up at Target where they had a really cute cat costume…but then she saw the princess costumes and changed her mind. She finally settled on the “Barbie Starring in the 12 Dancing Princesses” costume, BLECK! We got the whole shebang, the dress, the ballet slippers, the tiara and the long curly blonde wig. We got home and tried it on and she loved it all, except for the wig. She came out of bathroom with that wig on and said, “I think we better return this, it’s too weird.”

Helmut is still working in London. He seems a little lonely, but making the best of it. On Thursday night he finally had the energy to go out to dinner instead of ordering room service. He went to a restaurant by his hotel that is known for their Celebrity Chef. He said the food was really good and tasty. The next day I was checking the bank account and I noticed his dinner had been good and tasty to the tune of around US$90.00! Good thing the company is paying. Today he rode the subway down to the VA museum (which stands for the Victoria and Albert Museum not Veterans Association) to see a Leonardo DiVinci exhibit. I am glad he is finding things to stay busy, but jealous at the same time.