Change of plans and change of clothes

The plan had been to meet up with my Sister Friend Linda today for a coffee date.  However, this time of year being what it IS in the Pacific Northwest, she's not feeling well today.  Which means I have no other alternative than to CLEAN THE HOUSE!!!

Trying to look as pretty as possible

I try to keep a clean house, but sometimes that simply means making sure I have fresh panties in the drawer and there's nothing crunchy on the kitchen floor.  Today I took the change of plan news as a much needed opportunity.  You know what they say -- "When Life hands you lemons --- RUN, because Life doesn't have hands!!!"

 Scrubbing the bathroom floor has been on the "I've go to get to that soon" list for far too long, so that was priority number 1 --- after I got the bedsheets into the wash and loaded and started the dishwasher.  And fed the goldfish. And let the cat out.  Let's face it -- NO ONE likes to clean the loo!  I try to make it interesting by maintaining a sense of class through it all - I find that a fresh coat of Revlon Really Red helps.  Greatly!

Looks like I shoulda added some mascara, too
Time for a coffee break yet?

So - as I read about other sisters in P-Town today at Fantasia Fair, I give it my best Cinderella attitude and scrub the floor.  I have given up on the birds and mice coming in to help out so I --- wait!  Just spotted a mouse. Eeeeek - gotta run!

 Stay safe and pretty, Sweeties.

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