"It's Friday night, and I feel all right..."

Dinner was not a disaster. It almost was. I burned the vegetables a little bit; I browned the garlic for the alfredo sauce; and I realized I'd picked up Kroger's "Italian mix" cheese, rather than the nearly-identical-looking mozzarella, by mistake, but not until I threw a handful into my sauce and it instantly assumed the consistency of, say, taffy. But everything actually worked out fine and was delicious, which figures, since I was the only one eating.

What was a bit of a disaster was my little craft project. My friend Carolyn is throwing a big Halloween party at her house next weekend, costumes required. I was completely uninspired about the whole thing (kegs and Jell-O shots never having been my scene) until I realized that I could wear my sparkly silver dress, attach wings, and be a fairy. I haven't dressed up for Halloween in approximately forever, so it seemed like fun. Naturally, I would make my own wings--and naturally, there are instructions on the internet.

So I bought my 16 gauge silver wire, 3X pantyhose, glitter and glue, and got to work, starting by forming a wire armature. Unfortunately, that's as far as I got. When I pulled the leg of hose over the first wing, my carefully crafted armature immediately assumed the shape of, logically, a leg. It refused, despite all my bending, twisting, and maneuvering, to resume wing shape, so I had to abandon the project temporarily. Heavier gauge wire should solve the problem--but not tonight.