Week 48

  Annabelle leaned her heavy body up against me as we both fought for the same window seat. Finally, we reached a compromise where she sat on my lap, squashing me as she pushed her side into my chest. Like-minded creatures we stuck our heads out of the car and closed our eyes, sniffing all the new scents in the misty cool air as we were being zipped along the curves.
   Annabelle is Javier's pit-bull, but she looks more like a chocolate lab to me. And Javier is one of three new friends that I recently made. I met Javier and Trevor at a pub quiz last Monday night. Well, this last Sunday they invited me along with their friend, Liz, up to the top of Haleakala to catch the sunset. Haleakala is Maui's highest point, the world's largest dormant volcano and it's a good drive from where I live. It's so true how that saying goes: it's the journey, not the destination. So much of the fun for me was just snuggling up with Annabelle during the drive up and down; we instantly bonded. If we weren't halfway out the window at the same time, then she was laying her head on my lap as I stroked her velvety fur behind her ears.
   I would love to supply a photo of me wearing one of my elegant gowns atop the volcano at sunset, but it would be a photo-shopped fake. I don't even know how to use Photoshop; I keep telling myself that I need to learn one of these days. A dress would have been a really bad idea any-who. I wore leggings with two pairs of layered jeans, a wool base layer, a technical fleece and my Rev-cloud synthetic jacket, all while I was tucked under a comforter cover perched in a lawn chair...and I was still shivering. Those who complain that they would miss seasons living on a Maui, just drive upcountry. However, man oh man, the view was so worth a few shivers! I wonder if any of the stores here sell parkas and ski gloves for my next trip up?

  Back to the subject on Photoshop, I really do need to learn! No, no, that would be cheating to superimpose dresses in my pictures. Although, it would help my current situation. I've got a bit of a hiccup in the dress-mission department and I need major help. I blame my procrastination tendencies. I was living in the Bay Area up until mid October, but I failed to wear my fanciest of dresses out to posh restaurants or swanky clubs. I went to clubs and restaurants. but I wore my kinda fancy dresses there, not my super fancy dresses! Nope, instead, I saved practically ALL of my gingerbread gowns for a laid back, casual tropical island. What was I thinking and what am I going to do? Should I pick pineapples in my Bebe shear midriff revealing gown? Or must I romp around the sugar cane fields in my BCBG mini dress? I already learned my lesson about avoiding sugar cane fields and muddy dirt roads.  I counted all the dresses I have left to wear. I don't have a final tally on all that I own (but it's definitely more than 59 given a few purchases).  I do know I have 3 unworn dresses here, and another 6 flying in a flat rate box over the Pacific Ocean as we speak.  So I have to wear 9 dresses before Jan 1st to complete my blog mission. Oh dear. I do need help. I need ideas! Where on earth on Maui can I wear this kind of swag? I thought about going to the Grand Wailea alone in a tight, black dress but then started to fantasize that a security guard would think that I was an escort on the prowl and then escort me outta there. I'm realizing it takes a lot of guts to wear these sorts of dresses, that's why I procrastinated for so long. It may take some mojo to wear these outfits, but it takes even bigger kahunas to do it ALONE. Well, I am in Hawaii, so I reckon if I was going to find kahunas anywhere, they would be here. My newly-made friends may think I'm crazy when I explain this dilemma, but hopefully I can get some company for at least a few of these missions. Again, any suggestions???

Here are some back-up dress pictures. Let me explain.. at one point I was ahead on my dress count so I didn't include a few of the dresses I wore out earlier in the year.. in case I had a predicament such as this. So here are a few more dresses I did wear, although it was not this week, it was more like back in February. Here they are, my cards are all out on the table and I still have 9 more dresses left. 

At my friend Lindsey's deck party

And munching on some midnight pizza after a night of dancing in the city with my friend Gabs. Shoot! I should of worn my Bebe dress that night!