Happy Fat Tuesday!

I know it is almost over but I have been saying Happy Fat Tuesday all day long and I have gotten some crazy stares here in Richardson, TX.  But you know what, I do not care!  I think it should be a Happy Fat Tuesday!  Even if you do not partake in the festivities where you are, you can go somewhere and toast with a bowl of gumbo, a shrimp po boy, a big ole creamy praline, or a hot cup of chicory coffee.  Man, I am making myself very hungry!  

As a child I remember going to Mardi Gras often.  I remember the parades and the beads.  That was the thing, getting the mother load.  I still have a box of beads in one of my closets that seems to multiply every time I rediscover it.  My mom who was born and raised in New Orleans, use to go to Mardi Gras every year and would bring back beads to the granddaughters so year after year of  beads add up.  When I worked in corporate america, I would bring beads from that same box to the office and throw them on desks.  For my daughter's 16th birthday, she wanted a Mardi Gras theme so again, I took beads from the box and used them as decorations and party favors (she is now 23!) So I think they multiply in the dark, hey I'm just saying....Mardi Gras is magical!  Maybe next year we all can go and support New Orleans and attend the parades and ask them to throw you some beads but I may actually bring some and throw them back. :-)