It is time to say Farewell for now.....

Well, it is the 20th & as sad as I am to see these Pants leave the East Coast, I am excited to pass the torch along to Liz. I can honestly say that thes Pants have been so fun to have over the past month. I felt giddy everytime I wore them and actually had lots of life perspectives this month because of our little adventure. So I will share the fun that I had tonight with the Pants. I went to an auction at my cousin's son's elementary school. It is an annual thing that I go to with my cousin, my aunt & my grandmom. It is just a fun way to help raise money for the kiddies. Some of the gift items are fun to try to win & of course just the thought of your number getting called is fun in itself. It is one of those auctions in which you put tickets in to "bid" on the items that you want. Really there is no bidding involved...put you ticket in the bucket & it if it called, you win-pretty simple stuff here. So I wore the Pants to see if they could bring me some luck in winning that new set of Tupperware that I have always wanted (hee hee). No luck was coming our way & I leaned over to my cousin & told her to rub the Pants. She did so & I KID YOU NOT, she won the next prize. We were cracking up & she yelled "I touched the Lucky pants". So her friend sitting near us said she wanted to touch the Pants & voila, she won the next prize. The girl sitting next to her ( a complete stranger to me by the way) said she wanted in on the Luck-she too touched the pants & won her prize. Now we were roaring with laughter I could hardly control myself. So.....the big finale comes up & my aunt gives a little pat on the Pants & what do you know? she wins the Grand Prize-a flat screen TV, a Nintendo Wii system, a gift card and a few other random things (the prize was worth over $600 in case you care). We screamed so loud & were jumping up & down in this elementary school auditorium, you would have thought we just won a 300 million lottery. Needless to say, the laughter and bonding that took place tonight with a bit of guidance from these Pants was priceless (OK now I sound like a MasterCard commercial-please forgive that blunder). I called all 3 of the other holders of the Pants to share my tale & Shelby said something that has really stuck with me. I was talking about how tonight was not about me winning anything at all, it was about learning about bonding with those that are important to us, sharing fun times with others and keeping it all in perspective. I went into this month with the goal of selling the house -which it didn't, but is coming along we hope. However, Shelby's statement was that the Pants teach you something that you really need to know, not what you think you need to know (or think you need to do). That pretty much sums it up for me. What an inspiring month I have had. I only hope that Liz & Court have the same thought provoking and fun times that Shelby and I have had while in possession of these fabulous Pants. Long Live those Lucky's!

By the way, I finished the 4th book in the Pants series & it was most incredible. I felt it only fitting to finish reading about the girls adventures before I had to pass along the pants. Read those books STAT if you haven't already-
Where have all of you gals gone? I am hoping I am not just writing to myself here-