The Lists that Govern my Life

I think it was 2007. I was running Christmas errands with my mom and was still under the impression that I could sew. We had stopped at Johann’s and Christmas fabric was on sale. I asked my mom how easy it would be to make a Christmas skirt. She said "pretty easy." I bought some black fabric with red and green candy canes and went home to sew my first skirt (she was right—pillowcases and skirts are probably the easiest things to sew and thus the only things I can make). I wore it once a week throughout December and decided this was a good thing. The next year I went back to Johann’s and bought enough fabric to make four more skirts to sport throughout the month. Or maybe it was 2009. I invited a friend to go “Christmasing” with me. Which basically meant we drove to Target and spent hours ooh-ing and ah-ing at, trying on, and buying apparel, which we then put up all over my bedroom as well as screaming giddily at all of the Christmas lights we passed