the princesses undefeated!!

The tale of the tiara continues -- this time with (!!) a sash.  You might think you can't get any better than a tiara on a desk buddy, but a sash on a princess works even more wonders.  Have you ever heard of two princesses winning two games of 500 in five (5!) hands?!  I didn't think so.

And yet they did!  And not only that -- I still haven't told you about the third game!  The third game was, from a purely spectating standpoint, by far the most adrenaline-pumping, edge-of-your-seat, down-to-the-wire sort of a match.  The Princesses battled The Others fiercely and The Others put up a very strong fight, particularly once they got their post-smoke break groove on.  The played a dashing misere, tricking Princess Kimmy into giving up the spade-defeating five of spades and landing themselves on 490.  Things were looking grim for the Princesses, who were by now wearing both the Tiara of Terror and the Sparkling Sash.

"Don't worry, Princess Matty!" Princess Kim cried after a particularly devastating eight spades call gone astray.  "We haven't lost; we've only gone backwards!"

"You're not just a glass half full sort!" exclaimed an Other.  "You're a glass all the way full sort!"

But the Princesses fought valiantly time and time and time again and suddenly!  Before anyone knew what was happening, they had gone over 500 in a death-defying eight spades call gone feverishly right.  Much celebration ensued, and (an excited, bouncing-off-the-walls sort of) peace reigned over all the lands.  The Others betook themselves away with more graciousness than could really have been expected considering the exuberant exultations they had been heretofore subject to throughout the afternoon, and left the Princess to bask in their immense glory.