Things My Mother Taught Me

It's Mother's Day, so in honor of my mom, who is awesome, I'm going to list a few things that my mom has taught me that make me significantly cooler than a lot of people.

1. Straighten your skirt when you sit down.  I'm baffled at the number of adult women who apparently never learned this rule and then end up sitting on their underwear and have wrinkled skirts for the rest of the day.
2. If you want something done right, do it yourself.  This is probably why I hate group projects:  I'm very possessive of my work.  I guess this is both a blessing and a curse in some respects.
3. Sometimes a woman just has to have a new dress.  Every time I am on the fence about buying something pretty, I call my mom, because I know she will talk me into it.  I try to be the sensible one, however, so I will usually walk away more often than she would.

This photo was about six years and countless hairstyles ago.

But my mom is cool.  Even though she doesn't know how to use computers or voicemail.