Along with moving into our neighbourhood, my friend C. has also decided to get a dog. And she went out and found one and put a deposit on it. She’s getting a girl, because all her kids are boys and she feels the need for more estrogen in the house. And she has decided to name her Sookie. Sookie is the same breed of dogs as Sprocket and Doozer.

C. is very excited about this dog. Like, VERY excited. The dog is three weeks old, won’t be coming home with her until the end of August, and she’s already gone out and bought every possible accessory for her – crate, collar, blanket, dog bowls… everything.

I thought I would get her a little welcome gift so when we were grocery shopping today I popped out and went to the department store. Where I saw the best thing ever: Snoop Dogg has dog toys. Well, Dogg Toys. There are headphones, microphones, boom boxes… pretty much everything except for little plush Dutch Master cigars (those ARE cigars that Snoop Dogg smokes, yes?). Anyway, I thought that was cool. I ended up buying her a little outfit because C. is all “I never had a little girl to dress up so I am putting this dog in pink princess outfits at every opportunity”.

We’ll see how that works out for her.