T'was the Night Before . . . December 1st??

Senioritis: 1, Lisa: 0. After scrambling to finish something for class tonight, I'm ready to start spreading holiday cheer across the city (D.C., and later Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor). I practiced making a fool of myself this weekend in an extremely unsuccessful attempt to play Rock Band. I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgivings and ate to your heart's content. I learned a valuable lesson this Thanksgiving -- 11 people + 22lb turkey = DO NOT THINK YOU NEED TO MAKE A 10lb HAM.

You know you've got great family and friends when you send out a request for Holiday apparel to wear and get:

-- 4 holiday turtlenecks
-- 1 long-sleeved holiday shirt
-- 14 holiday sweaters (yes, that says FOURTEEN)
-- 2 holiday sweatshirts
-- 2 holiday vests
-- 2 pairs of holiday socks
-- 4 pairs of reindeer antlers
-- 1 Santa Hat
-- 1 combination Santa hat/Reindeer hat

Santa's elves have told me that packages are on the way from Missouri, New York and Colorado, I'm going to end up with quite the outfit collection:)

Tomorrow Sweaterland goes into full effect and I'll be updating with pictures and (hopefully hysterical) stories as often as possible. Consistent with the electronics, death! theme of the current semester, my camera isn't exactly working properly but I'm working on a solution.

MANY THANKS to those who have donated thus far:

Mike & Kathy Kohl (yes, they were obliged)
Lyndsay Gorton
Liz Han
Sara Steele
Jesse Levine
Brian Klesh
Grandma & Grandpa Kohl
Karen Williams
Katie Reeves
Erin Korreck & MelBel

THANKS ALSO to those who have provided me with all this wonderful apparel:

Moms
Nana & Bumpa
Grandma & Grandpa
Aunt Tracey
Jess & Tom Ferri
Lynn & Lyndsay Gorton

Poet Laureates & Apparel Updates

Party People:

I sent out the first email re: this blog and holiday sweaters yesterday evening in what was probably the lamest and most boringly informative email ever. In passing along information about Sweaterland 2009, DC's poet laureate Kristen Riccard spread the information as only she can -- through verse:

Nothing Provides a Better Reason,

To get into the Mood of the Holiday Season...

Than Spotting a person in a Preposterous, Three-Demensional Christmas Sweater!!

Now, What Could Be Better??

You know the Type...

Several Santas and many a dangling Frosty Pipe..

Some lit up Rudolf Noses sticking out..

And the ever important jingling bells scattered about.

Throw on some oversized Snowman Earrings and a cotton Turtle Neck

And there wont be any Hall that Person Won't Deck!

Fully manifest with Poinsetta Iron Patches..

And Colorful Puffy Paint that Matches!

Well, This YEAR there Is Something Better:

25 DAYS of Lisa Kohl, in a CRAZY CHRISTMAS SWEATER!!

As a Great CHARITY PLOT

AND ALL IN BENEFIT OF "TOYS FOR TOTS!!!"

Yeah, what she said . . .

Calling all Sweaters!!

Hello, Hello!!

Welcome to my introductory blog post and the land of holiday sweaters (kind of like Candyland, Sweaterland!!). In short, I've decided to wear a holiday sweater every day from December 1st through Christmas day and collect donations on this blog which recognize the ridiculousness of wearing a holiday sweater for 25 consecutive days. In turn, all donations collected will be used to purchase toys to donate to the Toys for Tots Campaign (TFT Campaign). Word on the street is that charitable donations will be down again this year due to continuing economic woes (see other people seeking toys) and it is my hope that this silly little sweater campaign will be fun and motivate people to make small (or LARGE if you want!!) donations on this site and then I can buy lots of toys for lots of kids!! I have discussed this with the TFT folks and they are aware of what I am doing.

I'll try to make this fun and interactive and plan on taking pictures of me in a holiday sweater doing a number of fun things around DC. Just think: sweaters with monuments, sweaters at the Kennedy Center, sweaters at football games, sweaters running the turkey trot, etc. I've got a great photographer (shoutout: Dean Han) and I imagine I can convince some friends to engage in some of this silliness with me. Depending on how this all goes I may put a poll on the site and take suggestions/dares of things to do in the sweaters. I'll try my best to be funny and entertaining but in the interest of full disclosure, I do have some finals to take during this time and will probably make lame attempts to joke about corporate finance or evidence -- the jokes will probably not be funny-- at all.

All that out of the way -- now I need to collect sweaters to wear so that I'm not wearing the SAME holiday sweater for 31 consecutive days. If you're in DC and have access to any holiday sweaters (also accepting: holiday turtlenecks, holiday vests, necklaces that look like Christmas lights, holiday pants?? Do holiday pants exist??) or in Michigan and can pass the sweaters/holiday paraphernalia along to my parents I'd really appreciate it. I'll label everything and get it back to you in tip top shape, promise.

Any questions: please email me (lmkohl@gmail.com)

Also: Please note that the donation button is up and running. Feel free to throw your credit card information into paypal at any time!! If you're around DC and would prefer to give me cash or a check, please do so. I'll be keeping track of everything on the blog!