shag, baby yeah....

I don't know what possessed me last week.

I was at tar-jhay last week doing some pokey shopping. not really looking for anything in particular. Thought I'd pick me up some armor all or suitable equivilent. then I saw....

Hello Kitty seat covers! wowee. now, I'm not much into iconography. I'm not a freakish collector of any copyrighted ink and paint idols, nor do I enjoy being a walking billboard for any over priced mass produced sweatshop paraphanlia. But, admit it. Hello Kitty is cute. Gosh darn cute. And she's re-spawned along w/ her fellow Sanrio characters. Champions for a new generation of tortured children - shelved alongside spike collars and psuedo "goth" regalia at Hot Topic. I remember the Kitty's first incarnation circa 1983: The era of fruit scented plastic ponies, before the Care Bears morphed into candy ravers. Now Strawberry Shortcake is a has-been crackwhore milf desperate to get into Spongebob's square pants.

but anyways, Hello Kitty is still cute. and underneath my icy cloak of indifference I'm still a girly girl. And the PT Cruiser is a girly car, so.....

I couldn't resist.

Royal blue velour driver and passenger seat covers w/ subtle hot pink, lilac and silver accents, and the unmistakable winking kitty head. They serve a purpose. The eco-centric politically correct designers of the PT Cruiser built the dang thing w/out an ash tray. Or a ciggy lighter for that matter. So the front seats are populated w/ several hardly noticible yet unsightly ciggarrette burns. The unfortunate smoker has no choice but to ash out the window. And the 75 mph airflow delights in slapping the cinders right back at ya.

After the seat covers jumped into my trolley, I had to pick up some coordinating items. I spend lots of time sleeping in my car or other random places. So I need to tote around a pillow and blanket. Although my red plaid blanky is soft and comfy, it would clash w/ the kitty seats like 2 marching band cymbals. A few aisles down I found a perfectly yummy reversible pink and lilac fleece blanket, and a pair of purple chenille throw pillows. Then I passed the bath aisle and I saw:

Hot pink shag bath mats!! Holy crap. I need to effin cover my cruiser in hot pink shag. How disgusting would that be?! It took a bit of planning to figure out what would be the easiest and most effective way to re-upholster my car in bath mats. I'll spare you the gorey details. Basically, I measured them out, cut them up and sewed in elastic so they slip over my existing car mats.

The end result is a car that Barbie would be damn jealous of. And I topped it off by dangling from the rear view mirror an air freshner in the shape of a small blue hummingbird. (as if there weren't enough sexual over/undertones in my car already)

I love it! warm and comfy. a shocking jolt of colour to wake me up every morning. and my new bath/car mats are machine washable! the only down side - - - - - they're not flame resistant. As in - they're flammable. So, no smoking in my car while lying on the floor. And hopefully no accidents will produce a spark strong enough to ignite the rubber backing. Sound like too big of a risk? well shit, people entertained for decades in their parlours, smoking like chimneys around fiberglass curtains, w/ beehives lacquered in Aquanet and 20 electrical cords mercilessly plugged into one wall outlet.

the call of the shag is too great.

I'll try to post some pics soon.