I totally had this on repeat in the car this morning. Don't judge. Wait til the 4:50 mark and get the giggles instead.

Okay, today's reading comes with instructions.

1: Listen to the ABBA song.
2: (All the way to the end).
3: Come back and read the rest of this.

I'll wait.

See, you can enjoy some dorky pictures of the lovely Agnetha Faltskog while you listen.

So. Are you in a good mood yet? Because Mr Wonderful and I had a conversation this weekend while fixing dinner that went something like this:

"It's impossible to listen to ABBA and not be in a good mood."

"Yeah, if you listen to an ABBA album and aren't in a good mood afterward, you should probably just commit suicide -- "

"-- And you're actually probably a sociopath."

Which, I think, is completely true.

Also true: In my nearly dozen years of commutes to work, I've never ended up in a fit of hysterical giggles until this morning, when I put "Chiquitita" on repeat during my drive. Not Waterloo, not SOS, not Mamma Mia. None of those make me giggle as much as the very precise pronunciation of "Chi-qui-tee-taaaah" over and over again.

I'm sorry, you make it to the end, to the 4:50 mark when the song gets so damn JUBILANT and it's impossible not to enjoy Monday morning. It's shrill, corny, unadulterated FUN. Just when you think the song is done, that hokey piano comes back with this carnival ride-esque vigor that just had me in stitches.  Like, eight times in a row. I couldn't stop myself.

Anyway.

Here: just to give you a little relief from the fact that I gushed about ABBA for a page, let's do a little "Duchess of Issa" (look it up) outfit assessment.

I'll admit: I adore this girl's style. She's gorgeous. She's got amazing legs. She's a bit thin these days (envy, envy), which she wears well, but it makes clothes fit a little less....delicately. This gig here: needs a belt. The boxy jacket with the swooshy skirt has me confused, but the least she could do was add a belt to break up all of the white. And maybe a brightly colored clutch.

There, we'll go out on that note.