Saturday evening at the grocery store: The young woman in front of me in line in wearing a cute black dress, a deep pink headband, leopard-print flats, and mid-60s style eyeliner. Her purse matches her headband. She is purchasing a bottle of Barq's root beer and a bag of Fritos. Of course I immediately assume she's going to a party.
I, on the other hand, have a totally boring selection of stuff in my cart:
six cans of chickpeas
two turkey Polska Kielbasas
two red peppers and two green peppers
a bag of carrots
a head of celery
a bag of cherry tomatoes
a box of raisin bran
a box of shredded wheat
I think it was the low-fat kielbasa and the raisin bran that made me feel like a totally boring adult, even though everything else on the list was for a party. I wanted to go with her, wherever she was going.
About Me
- Samatakah
- A close friend of mine and her old friends call themselves the YaYas, after the book “Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood.” I'm a relative newcomer to this crowd, as I met Princess Words of Thunder in 1996, but some years ago she demanded that I adopt a YaYa name. I chose Princess Always Learning, because I always, always am. I resolved that I would write every day in 2007. UPDATE for 2008: I will write three times a week. I'm storing it all here.
1 comment:
I love your shopping basket. Mine is usually filled with yogurt, bananas, soba (called ramen in the states), boxed (uht) milk, cereal and maybe some onions, chicken, turkey bacon.
And a little black dress is completely out of order for me, but a party would be nice!
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