Posted on 03/20/2009 8:33:20 PM PDT by Steelfish
Mrs. Obama Speaks Out About Her Household
By MARIAN BURROS
Published: March 20, 2009
WASHINGTON — Reporters are not the only ones with a particularly keen interest in what Michelle Obama wears. Her husband, Mrs. Obama says, notices everything. In fact, she has learned not to wear a certain gray metallic belt when the president is around.
“Barack calls it my ‘Star Trek’ belt,” the first lady said in an interview this week. “He doesn’t understand fashion.”
The interview, which started out on the subject of the new White House vegetable garden, ended up ranging over a variety of household topics, which Mrs. Obama addressed with substantial fun-poking at her husband, her mother and herself.
On the president and her wardrobe:
“He’s always asking: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet.”
She teasingly imitated him: “You didn’t need any more shoes. The shoes you had on yesterday were fine. Why can’t you just wear that for the rest of the presidency?”
The first lady said she was not naturally thin and, like most other people, had to exercise and watch what she eats.
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If what she's been wearing to various public events is any indication, neither does SHE!
Is that supposed to be Michelle and their daughter removing the sod in order to plant a garden? She’s obviously never wielded a garden tool before, or she’d be wearing gloves. About 10 minutes of that, and she’ll have nice juicy blisters on both palms.
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