About a month ago, Meecie and I attended our first Red Hat Society function ... dinner at a local restaurant.  I enjoyed it even though my evening was cut short because I was plagued with neuropathic pain.  I look forward to our next gathering.  I even had a new sassy red hat ...

The headband is actually a scarf that can be tied dozens of ways and the bow is actually a clip that I can clip on the hat or just clip it on a ponytail or on another hat.  I can tell I'm going to be such a hat whore.

The reason I'm bringing this all up now is that over the weekend, I received an email telling me that a group picture from that evening was in the Valentine's Day issue of The TImes-Picayune!  The picture is pretty grainy and distorted everyone's features a little (my sister says my nose looks huge in the picture -- thanks, sis) but here it is anyway ...

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That's Meecie (Honeybee) on the far left and then me.  Now y'all are getting your first look at the Dynamic Duo that is Meecie and Friday.  =^)  Take a good look because this is the last picture that will be taken of Meecie at that weight.  Meecie's gastric bypass is scheduled for March 11th.  YAY, Meecie!  The five year fight is over and a whole new life begins, girlfriend!  You go, girl!

So, kinda fun but I was feeling like crap that day so didn't take too many pains to look my best.  I guess I should always operate on the, "Always wear clean panties in case you get in an accident" philosophy.  Not that I wasn't wearing clean panties, I definitely was ... red ones.  What I mean is, I should have taken the time to wear make-up or wear the jeans that fit me better or do something with my hair other than braid it or ... well, you get the point.  Then again, how was I supposed to know they post the group picture in the newpaper every month?