That Girl

Guess what I found this weekend on TV Land..... a "That Girl" marathon. I was in heaven. Before Mary Richards, there was Ann Marie.

Darned if she isn't just the cutest thing. I LOVED this show when I was a kid. I SOOOO wanted to be able to wear my hair in a flip. And those eyelashes! I wanted to be That Girl.

For some reason, no one else in the family wanted to join me in my That-Girl-A-Thon, and every time I left the room the channel would mysteriously be changed.... but every chance I got, I plopped down on the couch with my knitting and watched That Girl.

That Girl could pull off a hat. In super cute, massive eyelashes, squeaky voice, "ohhh Donald" style.

Me.... not so much with the hat. And this hair is NEVER gonna do a flip.

Really - doesn't this look like one of those surveillance photos when someone robs a bank? You do not want to run across this woman in a dark alley, do ya?

So.... the only place you'll run across This Girl is if you're out walking early in the morning and see her with her walking buddy (who, wouldn't you know it, could seriously pull off a good Ann Marie imitation - down to the black hair and bubbly personality.... AND she looks good in a hat. If I was her, I would TOTALLY be Ann Marie next Halloween. I'm mentioning that to her tomorrow. Wait - another reality check here.... she's a bit, ok, quite a bit, younger than me and I'll bet ya dollars for donuts she doesn't even know who That Girl is. Now - that's just sad. Not only that she doesn't know who That Girl is, but that I still look like a thug in a hat AND I'm old.)

Ok - sorry, back to the hat bit. It's cold walking in the morning and I need a hat. Or one of these - like that's gonna look any better on me, but hey, I'm on a mission here - to find a hat that not only doesn't make me look like a dork or, worse yet, a thug.... and maybe even makes me look cute. Ok... we'll just start with one that doesn't make people laugh at me.

The Fake Fair Isle hat up top there is for Lilly's boyfriend for Christmas. Tomorrow, in the beginning of my search for a decent hat, I'm gonna buy me some totally girly-cute Noro and make me one. If that doesn't work, I'm trying the Knitty ear-warmer thingy.

The search for the acceptable, dare I hope even "perfect," hat. Stop laughing - it could happen. And, lucky you... you get to watch the process.

Oh.... I will be That Girl.