"Ooo! Anonymous book gifts! How DEVIOUS!"

Guess where I'm working? Again?

The same daycare I used to work at. Yeah, I decided to pick up some hours there, part-time. I needed a second job to get my mom to stop complaining. Well, and to make some money. Plus this job has the advantage of never requiring me to work nights or weekends, because it's not open then.

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So remember when I was talking about buying a pair of red boots? Well, I found a pair on ebay that was only $20, so I went ahead and bought them. They're a little beat up so I'm gonna buy one of those vinyl repair kits and fix them up. There's nothing to be done about the lack of zipper, though. They take like ten minutes to get on. Each.

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Today I died a little inside because some dude collecting for DARE (the government-endorsed recruiter for teen drug users!) asked me, presumably to launch a pitch about saving them through the power of telling them all the street names and positive effects of taking illegal drugs, if I had any kids.

If. I. Had. Kids.

OH MY GOD I CAN'T LOOK OLD ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE ASSUME I'M A MOM! IT'S NOT FAIR!

I'm nineteen! Nineteen year olds don't usually have kids! Especially not kids old enough that they're worried about them getting involved in drug trafficking!

This makes all those times I've been called "ma'am" pale in comparison...

I would make a rockin' Scarlet Witch.

Could I justify buying myself $40 thigh-or-knee-high red heeled boots?

Because they would be awesome, and I could have the most incredible Halloween costume next year if I wanted to go as any of a large number of superheroes, including, by not limited to, Wonder Woman, the Scarlet Witch, and Supergirl. They would also work with a devil costume. However... I'm sort of lacking of ideas in the non-Halloween-department where tall red heeled boots are a feasible costume choice.

I could go to comics conventions.

...As the Scarlet Witch? I may not be Heidi Klum but I think wandering around geek heaven in a Scarlet Witch costume might be mildy problematic. For my dignity.

I could just get a miniskirt. Except that would also harm my dignity.

But... but... so cool!