7. I find creepy shit like this throughout the house.

6. My grocery bill is tripled due to the fact that grocery shopping is done at the corner store in an attempt to avoid the 20 minute barricade delay to get to ''insert corporate grocery food chain store here''.

5. Every obnoxious and inappropriate behavior (like knocking over a 5 year old) is excused given the impending 6 weeks of penance and self-denial wherein we stuff ourselves with a plethora of delectable seafoods.

4. Hearing La Danse du Mardi Gras over and over and over and over somehow does NOT make me want to punch someone in the face.

3. Did I mention all the King cake?

2. All the days of the week feel like a Friday and/or Sunday morning.

1. Parading around in medieval looking costumes, knocking on stranger's doors begging for food, chasing innocent chickens around and balancing on horses is just all in a day's work.

Please, feel free to add on!

NicoChic has been nominated for Circle of Mom's Top 25 Fashion & Beauty Moms. If you wish to vote, click HERE and click on the thumbs up. Yes that's right....fashionable...beautiful...sure beats my children's description of me....that lady who spazzes when we jump on her bed and break it. Oh and that picture where I look like an actual girl was taken by the talented Gwen Aucoin! Hair and make-up was done by the fabulous Virginia Fusilier! Aren't they good?