Fancy Nancy

It all started with Lora you know. Lora is the connoisseur (that's a fancy word for expert) of all written words. If Lora says it's a good book, chances are it will knock your socks off. So, while we were in Walmart we took a turn through the book section. (If you go to Walmart with Lora, there's no way you'll leave without going through the book section.) We wandered by the romantic novels and turned over all the ones we deemed as inappropriate for any eyes to behold (which we did often), and made our way over to where all the appropriate books were stashed. Lora gasped and snagged a misplaced book from the bottom shelf. "Kelly, you have to read this!" she exclaimed. So I did. And I loved it. Just like I always do if Lora tells me so.

Fancy Nancy

I loved the title and I instantly loved the little red-headed girl covered from head to toe in glitter and frills. I laughed out loud when Nancy taught her family the difference between plain and fancy. Yellow is plain. Gold is fancy. I wanted a doll named Lucinia Marabelle Chandelier just like Nancy's. I couldn't help but love Nancy. Lora and I giggled the whole way through the book. Nancy is tres chic (that's French for very fancy).

I remember being a lot like Nancy when I was little. I loved fixing things up and dressing up. Anything that had to do with being fancy. I wanted things to be perfect and as nice as possible. In fact I'm still that way. You probably can't tell from my t-shirt and jean clad exterior, but I love being fancy. I don't even think my roommates know that I'm fancy underneath. So maybe I need to bring back my own Fancy Nancy because I love being that person. It makes me happy, just like reading Fancy Nancy does. I'm not talking about trying to be perfect all the time or being worldly and obsessed with clothes and jewelry. No, no no, that's not what I mean. Fancy Nancy makes plain things beautiful and she makes life beautiful because of how she perceives it. Sure she throws on a few extra bows, but that's what makes being a girl special. There's always something to add and some way to make life brighter and more beautiful.

So, just like Nancy, I'm a tres, tres fancy girl.