And amongst several other thoughtful and much-appreciated gifts, my wonderful mother had included a fifty dollar gift card to Petsmart for The Scruffbucket.
What can be purchased for fifty dollars at Petsmart? Why, I'm glad you asked! As it turns out, fifty dollars at Petsmart will procure you a great many exciting squeaky things!
More specifically, that's 1) a pink stuffed bone with fuzzy edging that crinkles when you chew on it, 2) a plush dog toy in the shape of french fries, 3) a pink octopus with long tentacles, which cost $14 but I couldn't resist it and I think Lola will really enjoy it, 4) a pink poo-bag dispenser which I will use to store treats, 5) a bag of the treats I know Lola likes because one day when I was at work she jumped up on the desk (which I thought she couldn't do) and chewed the bag open and ate the whole thing, 6) a few cheap rawhide bones filled with cheap flavoring, which were on sale, and look revolting, but she devoured the one I gave her, 7) a pink bunny rabbit that has a rattle in its head and a square flat body with four knots tied in the corners for arms and legs, which is the toy she got today and she loves it, 8) a stuffed turtle made of environmentally-friendly organic materials, and 9) a Democrats 2008 t-shirt, because we only have a few weeks left, people, and every little bit of advertising counts!!!
Happy Birthday to me! And to Lola!
The other awesome thing (that has to do with the damn dog, that is, after all it is MY birthday and not hers) is the gift for Lola that my mom included in the package. Lord knows you'd never know it from reading this blog, but I'm really not a soppy or sentimental person. It's just that, with having a small dog, ALL the soppy and sentimental urges I could possibly ever have come charging to the front, and I shamelessly indulge them. Case in point is that I really want Lola to have cute little clothes. Yes, I know. Dressing up a small dog is the height of absurdity. And yet somehow I just cannot bring myself to care. My mother, knowing this secret and shameful desire, included a princess outfit.
It was really, really hard to get a decent photo of Lola in her princess outfit, because I was practically squealing with excitement, and Lola, picking up on my energy, was running around all manic too. I couldn't get her to sit still for the life of me. But I do think that this final shot is funny enough to be The Best Picture Of The Day.
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