Christmas Post #4

Last night Pam and I went to a Christmas Party, cowboy style. For my friends outside Oklahoma, "Cowboy" is not normal for much of Tulsa. Several years ago friend Chris Lagerlof (a native Californian)said that as he watched Joe Dirt, he thought of me and everyone in Oklahoma. uh huh. Believe it or not, I saw way more mullets in Michigan than I see down here in Tulsa, but then Michigan has Canada to the north, and nothing says mullet like hockey. :-)

Anyway, last night was the theme was a "Cowboy Christmas". Which for myself and my wife and our most of our friends means, it's basically a costume party. I don't own a Cowboy hat, or cowboy boots. I own one black shirt which has white thread holding it together which could be considered either, 05 hipster or 50's western singer. My wife is originally from Texas, which is something we don't bring up during football season in the house, but means that her parent's are essentially a pipeline for cowboy and western wear. She got a belt buckle and some other outfits to pick from. Though they only let her borrow one of their less refined cowboy hats, and then only after strict instructions on how to hold the hat and it's proper care.

I on the other hand abandoned the idea of going as one of the Brokeback Mountain cowboys with one of my best friends late in the game and decided to make a custom cowboy hat made from Christmas wrapping paper and a nativity scene gift bag for the top. It was nice. Me, Pam and the little baby Jesus went to the party together. I "won" worst outfit... even after I told them all that "you can't vote against the little baby Jesus on Christmas". They did anyway. It was a fun party. Maybe I'll see if I can find a pic to show.