Thing One and I went to see a movie today. We saw The Corpse Bride. I really liked it. When I saw the previews, I thought it would be much like Nightmare Before Christmas, because the animation looked so similar, and in the preview, there were places where there seemed to be similar characters (i.e., the brother and sister skeletons in CB seemed like the trick-or-treaters in NMBC).

I was very pleasantly surprised. The movie was very well done, very different from NMBC, and in general, a delightful experience.

Then we went shopping. I didn't buy much ... we got some pens in an art store - her for drawing, me for note-taking. I bought a wrap to go with my dress for the wedding (but when I got home I saw it does not match at all, but it's still very pretty, so I'll keep it), and she bought a book with her birthday money.

We had a nice time together. The movie let out about 10 minutes after the Red Sox game ended, which is all of 5 blocks from the theater we went to, so we were afraid we'd be packed onto a train like a couple of sardines (and then I get nervous -- in a ninny-sort-of-way -- that we'll get separated, and I'll never find my darling daughter again), but surprisingly, the MBTA had actually thought about and planned for increased traffic, and trains were lined up in a row waiting to come into this station (which is THE Red Sox station ... the Fenway Station!!), and while we did not get a seat, we were far from jam-packed.

Tomorrow I have some planned time with Thing Two and her best-best-best friend in the whole wide world. We are going to the Mall (which I/we NEVER do!) to get her ears pierced. I have reserved a zipcar so that I can venture into suburbia with all the fixins, and I have made an appointment, and we will go and adorn my child with her first foray into piercing.

I offered Thing Two to get her tongue or eyebrow pierced, so she could join in the piercing fun. I believe she walked away from that conversation quite sure that her mother is insane.

She may be right.

posted by Zuska @ 11:21 PM

1 Comments:

At Tuesday, October 11, 2005 10:49:00 PM, The Marpepps! said…

I walked right by Fenway this weekend. It was sad because there were no more games to be played.

I also walked by Northeastern. It looked like a good place.

Shame about Thing Two, she'd look quite fetching with an eyebrow ring. Or maybe one of those Marilyn Monroes I keep seeing...