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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Saturday! I had a CPR recertification class yesterday ayem at the office retired from. There have been some interesting changes there, and it sounds like the new Director and the Clinical Manager I used to work with aren't getting along all that well. The Clinical Manager made a few comments about the Director not letting her do things the way the Clinical Manager wants to, which I secretly enjoyed hearing. I also got to catch up with a couple of friends that are still working there, one if which is counting down to retirement. It was snowing and blowing , very March coming in like a lion yesterday, which was disappointing after the nice warm days we had just before.
Carole--March weather in Maine is notoriously insane. Cars need to be stocked with shovels, tire chains, heavy coats, blankets, boots, sunblock, t-shirts, and extra water and it can all get used in the same day. Very crazy. Fortunately, what snow comes down generally doesn't hang out very long, although yesterday's snow isn't melting off today like I'd like to see. Running out of hot chocolate mix is not a good thing!
Hi, mOmmy! Glad to see you! Gald life is keeping you busy.
Chi--wow, you really have been kept busy by life! Your upcoming gigs sound like fun. I hope you can find the instruments you need for them. The check mixups seem like a real hassle.
Miriandra--I am proud to hear you say your website pics are body honest! We need so much more of that in our current society. Too much damage been/being done by showing unobtainable physical attributes and normal body shapes being labelled negatively.
Lion's Tail Cocktail
Ingredients
• Bourbon: 2 oz(60ml)
• Allspice dram: 0.5 oz(15ml)
• Lime juice: 0.5 oz(15ml)
• Simple syrup: 0.5 oz(15ml)
• Angostura bitters: 2 dashesHow to make
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Add all the ingredients to the shaker.
- Shake well until the outside of the shaker becomes frosty.
- Strain the cocktail into a chilled coupe glass.
- Garnish with a lime wheel.
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Happy Birthday to me! Might as well celebrate since the birthdays keep coming. Hope everyone has a good day on my birthday!
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Happy Birthday Carole! Hope your special day is a blast!
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Carole - I plan to celebrate and raise a glass , not sure which mocktail I’ll choose yet :) hope you have a lots of joy and laughter today.
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Carole - I celebrated your B-day with TWO gin & tonics.
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Happy birthday, Carole! No drinks for me today: I have an unexpected houseguest. My singing partner came down from Madison to see a concert by a mutual friend (which was tonight's WFMT "Folkstage" program). His wife had a GI illness, likely yet another food intolerance, and couldn't make it down. He'd have had to drive up to Madison afterwards to feed his cats, but then drive down to Itasca to meet with said mutual friend for brunch. So he gave me his wife's concert ticket. We hung out afterwards with yet another couple who used to live in Madison but now live on the border of Skokie & Evanston ("Skevanston" is the actual neighborhood name). Got back here so late neither of us wanted any alcohol (and Bob already had his cider). I threw together some antipasto, sliced up some sourdough, and will call it a night.
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Sunday Funday! I am currently having another bout of travel drama. I went to pick up my new passport off the counter where I keep it to finish doing some checking in for the cruise and flight and it wasn't there! I did a quick search of the general area but haven't found it yet. So today's major project is a thorough search of the area and the few other places I keep important documents, and pray that I find it. If not, tomorrow I will need to go to the Post Office and report it lost and apply for a replacement and pay for expedited processing to make sure I get it in time to travel April 27th. Why do I do these things to myself????
Carole--HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Good Morning, mOmmy!
Hello, rischaller!
Good to see you, Minus!
Chi--sounds like you had a nice evening out with friends!
Birthday Cake Cocktail
Ingredients
• 1 ounce SMIRNOFF® Iced Cake Vodka
• 1 ounce SMIRNOFF® Whipped Cream or Vanilla
• 1 ½ ounce Half & Half
• ½ teaspoon Vanilla Frosting
• SprinklesInstructions
• Dip martini glass in vanilla frosting and rim with fun and festive sprinkles.
• In an ice filled shaker, combine iced cake vodka, whipped cream vodka and half and half.
• Shake Well.
• Strain into prepared martini class.From
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Passport found, right where I thought I put it, but facing down instead of up so I didn't recognize it. Duh.
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If it is red, I've been drinking it. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much drama here (neighbors, DH's illness/issues). The national news/antics are also weighing heavily on me.
I'm trying to work on getting my Polish Passport…so much red tape.
Happy Birthday, Carole. May your days be filled with laughter and joy.
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It’s been awhile but I’ve come to the lounge to wish Carole a very Happy Virthday. Cheers to you, Carole.
NM, glad you located your passport. Whew!
Hope y’all are staying hydrated and drunk as well.
Peace girls. Cheers and lotsa love from sunny South Carolina!
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Hi ladies- happy Daylight Savings time. We will all be tired this week, right? I made it to yoga this morning despite dragging my butt but know keeping with routines will help me to adjust better. Next up will be St Patty's day next Tuesday then on to the official start of spring.
I love hearing about all the travel everyone is doing. I get the Viking River Cruise catalog every once and awhile in the mail and the cruises look amazing. I have one friend who did something in Germany awhile back as part of trip to that country and loved it. Spring is a great time to travel, and I have a trip coming up too….
My 65th birthday is in a couple weeks and since I missed my planned trip for 60 in 2020 due to the pandemic (everything shut down about 12 days before), I was determined to do something for this next milestone. I am meeting my sister in New Orleans for a six-day birthday trip meet up. We have reservations for a few fun things including a food tour, paddleboat jazz cruise, cemetery tour and an early visit to Preservation Hall for a jazz performance. Lots of other free time to visit the french quarter, enjoy the culture, and food. My sister doesn't drink but I do so I plan to enjoy the fun cocktails. We are there for four full days and looking forward to it (also to get away from the job for a week too, lol). I have only been there once before and a very long time ago (40 years!) for a conference with a bunch of fellow grad students over one spring break. I remember get hurricanes from a stand in the French quarter and walking up and down the street with open drinks and thought that was such a hoot!
NM- I held my breath when I heard you couldn't find your passport for your trip in April, but whew, glad you found it. Glad you have a fun trip coming up with your cousin and hope mom had a good birthday.
Trying to get some work done on my taxes the next few weekends so those are done before I go. Everyone have a good week!
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Jazzy - I was in New Orleans in 1977 and visited the King Tut exhibit. Good memories even though I was with my ex-DH who doesn't like music or dance or cocktails. Hope you have a wonderful time. And happy 65th.
NM - I too am SOOOO glad you found your passport. I had a discussion just today with a friend about forgetting or loosing things. She's worried about Altzheimers. She did admit she dropped her keys in a different place every time she came in her door. I countered that she just needed to become more OCD and develop some patterns. OK, ok - I know - but it works for me.
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my son in law was scheduled to fly the next morning and couldn’t find his passport. Ticket was bought and nonrefundable. That night he dreamed about making a copy. Sure enough it was in the copier. Talk about relief!
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Welcome back, Dorothy, if only for a stopover!
Jazzy, you'll find NOLA has changed quite a bit—not necessariy bad, but just different from '77. (Especially since Katrina—tourism has ramped up with a vengeance). If you thought walking around the Quarter with hurricanes in to-go cups was a hoot, I'd advise you to pick a hotel at least a couple of blocks from Bourbon Street if you value your sleep. It is Drunken Tourist Central, with a soundtrack of mostly bad cover bands. The Pat O'Brien's hurricanes are sedate compared to the neon green "hand grenades" and "yard-of-booze" containers in seemingly every other hand, especially at night. Preservation Hall is a very short show—15-20-minute set, tops, before you're hustled out for the next audience. They're still virtuosos, though. Frenchmen Street (beyond the Quarter) is the place to go for great jazz, with the best-known clubs being Snug Harbor & the Spotted Cat. And the buskers are wonderful! The most serious (even conservatory-trained) ones tend to be along Royal St. (by the galleries & antique shops) and along the west side of Jackson Square. There are often high school jazz ensembles playing outside Cafe du Monde—and with the quality of music education in that city you'll find them more talented than college-level jazz bands anywhere else.
My favorite walk is along Esplanade by the French Market, and then east to Canal. Too bad you'll be a week late for St. Patrick's Day, which NOLA does like nowhere else. There are parades in the Quarter, but the best one is in the Garden District. It's like a family-friendly Mardi Gras parade, but besides the usual throws they hand out little cabbages and bags of baby carrots! Besides the cemetery tours and the streetcar ride out to Carrolton & back, I'd advise taking a class at the New Orleans School of Cooking. The instructors are tremendously entertaining (and you get to eat each course they demo).
DsOTD were a Vermentino with lunch at Francesca's, and an Albariño with tonight's paella.
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Monday Monkey Day! Monday is usually grocery shopping day for Mom, but it's snowing so we're going to wait until tomorrow when the roads aren't dangerous. FWIW, the roads aren't dangerous, there is a barely visible coating of snow on them, no schools have been canceled or delayed. But there is more than 1 snowflake in site, therefore it's a blizzard in Mom's mind. Gotta love the Mamma!
Wally--I can't imagine what it's like to get a passport from another country, the process here in the US is crazy enough!
Dara--Good to see you!! The passport was never really lost, I was just looking with the wrong eyes.
Jazzy--I've only been to New Orleans once, for a long weekend, and loved it. I remember on one of the carriage rides we stopped outside a bar and they brought out Hurricanes for us to buy, and they were so very good! I hope you get to the Café Dumond. I went there every day just for the beignets and coffee and listen to the street performers. Your birthday trip sounds like it's going to be a blast! I can't wait to hear about it. Happy Birthday in advance.
Minus--I hear you about the patterns. I was forever hunting for my car keys when I first moved into my house, until I put hook up next to the door and made myself put the key on the hook as soon as I came through the door every time. That made a huge difference for me. Once I got the habit set I've rarely had to hunt for my keys.
Wren--talk about your son in law's subconsciousness helping him out! I bet that was one very deeply felt sense of relief!
Chi--it sounds like you have spent a lot of time in New Orleans!
The Original Hurricane Recipe
Ingredients
• 4 oz rum (usually aged rum or equal parts aged and white)
• 2 oz passion fruit syrup or fassionola syrup
• 2 oz lemon juiceInstructions
• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with a couple small pieces of ice.
• Shake until the ice has dissolved, then open pour the cocktail into a hurricane glass filled with crushed ice.
• Stir, top with more crushed ice, and garnish with an orange slice and a cocktail cherry.From
Modern Hurricane Recipe
Ingredients:
• 2 oz aged rum
• 2 oz white rum
• 2 oz passion fruit juice
• 1 oz orange juice
• ½ oz lime juice
• 1 tablespoon simple syrup
• 1 tablespoon grenadineInstructions:
1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and add a couple of small pieces of ice. Shake until the ice dissolves.
2. Open pour the cocktail into a hurricane glass filled with crushed ice.
3. Stir, top with more crushed ice, and garnish with an orange slice and a cocktail cherry.From
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Temps are near 60 here today.
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May sunshine99 rest in peace.
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Twofer Tuesday!
So sorry to hear about Sunshine99.
Sweet Fallen Angel
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 bunch fresh mint
1/2 cup dry gin
2 teaspoons grenadine
4 cups club soda
Mint leaves
Mint wedgesDirections
- For the mint lime simple syrup: Place a small saucepot over medium heat. Pour in the sugar, lime juice and 1/2 cup water. Add the mint and simmer until the sugar is dissolved, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and cool completely, then remove and discard the mint. This can be stored in airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
- For the cocktail: Fill 4 Collins glasses with ice to chill.
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, then add the gin, lime juice and 1/4 cup mint lime simple syrup. Shake vigorously and strain over the ice in the chilled Collins glasses. Slowly pour 1/2 teaspoon grenadine on top of each cocktail, then divide the club soda on top of each. Garnish with fresh mint leaves and lime wedges. Serve immediately.
From https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/trisha-yearwood/sweet-fallen-angel-cocktail-5507889
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Hump Day! I just got a message from Mom's landlord, the generator is being installed today and the power will be off for a few hours, so I've been trying to get her on the phone to give her a heads up. Of course, she isn't answering. Her phone is probably on the stand next to her recliner, and she is probably in the kitchen fixing breakfast or in the bedroom getting dressed, or in the craft room organizing and doesn't hear it. She swears she keeps her phone will her all the time, but obviously she doesn't. I just hope I can get through to her before the power goes off so she doesn't end up calling me in a panic because the power goes out! Why the landlord can't just knock on the door, or have one of the installers knock on the door and let her know baffles me. I live too far away to be able to drive in and tell her in person before the power goes out. I imagine Mom is pretty tired today, she spent 2 and a half hours in the Dollar Store and another 2 hours in Walmart shopping yesterday. I'm thinking about setting her up for an automatic weekly delivery of a few key items so I know she always has them on hand. I will be setting that up for the 3 weeks I'm on vacation coming up. Gotta love the Mamma!
Bahama MamaIngredients
- 1 cup crushed ice
- 1 fluid ounce orange juice
- 1 fluid ounce pineapple juice
- ½ fluid ounce rum
- ½ fluid ounce coconut-flavored rum
- ½ fluid ounce grenadine syrup
Directions
- Combine crushed ice, orange juice, pineapple juice, regular rum, coconut-flavored rum, and grenadine in a blender. Blend until the drink's consistency is slushy.
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Hi ladies- quick message as the work week is winding down. Only seven more workdays until I get my week break, whoo hoo!
ChiSandy- thanks for your insights on NOLA, we are staying at the Hilton on St Charles Street which is a few blocks away from the French Quarter and for all the reasons you say. I am never disappointed at Hilton hotels and their restaurant there looks really good too (The Luke). My sister is already excited they have a raw bar, which is a thing she loves. We are eating at the hotel our first night as we both arrive late afternoon and will just want to get settled in. Oh, and I was there last in the mid 1980s myself and know it will be very different but have been wanting to get back for a while now.
Teka- that is very sad news about Sunshine99. Thank you for letting us know and sending sympathy thoughts up to her family and friends today.
NM- do you think your mom enjoys going shopping and spending time browsing? I know it's a thing for some people, like an outing. But some regular groceries delivered seems like a good idea too. I hope the power issue doesn't create too much of an issue for your mom.
We have another storm coming in (and it appears more snow now coming as we head into spring than anything this winter) but so it goes. Just happy to see some moisture.
Have a good day all!
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Been horrified about a news story that came out of the town I used live in when I lived in Connecticut about a guy whose stepmother kept him locked up in a room for two decades. Shocked it made the national news. I feel for the victim, want the book thrown at the stepmom.
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy TGIF day! I drove Mom shopping for pants yesterday, and it was quite an adventure at times. It was hard to find exactly what she wanted (not jeans, blue, black, and gray pants, no baggy bottoms, doesn't need hemming, with pockets, cost less than $10). She didn't like that the store didn't have grocery carts (there wasn't enough room between some of the displays for us to get through, let alone a cart). It was pretty funny, though, when she was done trying them on and I handed her the jeans she was wearing originally, and she was asking what size they were, and why was she trying on jeans when she was shopping to get pants that weren't jeans, decided they were too big (one of the reasons for pants shopping to begin with), then started taking them off and was going to go out to the register in her underwear and stocking feet! Anyway, we did find 2 pair of pants she liked well enough to buy even though they cost more than $10 apiece (they were $11.99). What was hard was watching her struggle to take pants on and put them on, and realize how quickly she gets tired when out and about now.
Jazzy--Hooray for a work break coming up! Yes, mom does like to get out and do her own shopping, more so now that she isn't driving, which she misses greatly. And I don't mind taking her shopping, or waiting as long as she wants to browse and such. What is starting to bother me is her spending all that time shopping, with a list, and coming out with less than half the things on her list and a lot of things not on the list, and needed to go shopping again the next day because she forgot something she really needs. It had gotten to the point where I was taking her shopping 3 or 4 days a week, often 3 or 4 days in a row. Which would be ok, but that doesn't leave much time for visiting family and friends, shopping for other things (like clothes). And I've come to realize that it's a memory and processing issue. For instance, after the day after shopping trip earlier this week Mom was out of cream cheese and almost out of rice cakes which I knew she had bought and brought home. I found the cream cheese in the closet she uses as a pantry, along with 4 sleeves of rice cakes, another 2 sleeves of rice cakes still in the bag on the counter, 4 sleeves in the cupboard, and 2 open sleeves on the other counter. And my goodness, the power thing. She finally called me the afternoon the generator was installed and told me she heard the phone ringing but didn't answer it because the phone (cell phone that was ringing) wouldn't work because the power was off! Now the genny is installed and will automatically kick in if the power goes out so Mom will not be without heat or AC, so one potential problem taken off the plate. I hear you about the more snow this spring than all winter, same phenomenon here, too.
Mommy--I saw that story about the man locked up for so long! I cannot imagine how he survived something like that. The stepmother must be seriously mentally ill.
Hot Pants Margarita
1.5 oz Pantalones Organic Blanco Tequila,
0.5 oz Lime Juice,
2 oz Pineapple Juice,
2 Fresh Jalapeno Slices,
0.25 oz Agave Nectar,
Pineapple Wedge & Sea Salt (Garnish)Instructions
Combine Pantalones Tequila, lime juice, pineapple juice, and 1-2 jalapeno slices into your shaker. Shake vigorously (like there are ants in your pants, as Pantalones puts it). Once you've shaken it really well, pour the contents into your salt-rimmed glass full of ice. Don't forget your jalapenos and a pineapple garnish if you're feeling fancy.From
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My mom called me about that story and she was furious about what happened to that poor guy. Now the news coming out of that is that the child protective services or DCF as its called in Connecticut has no records of any complaints against the family. If i read the response from that agency is "if there is no findings of anything wrong by those being investigated", the records are purged after 5 years! There had been several complaints made over the years and the family lied to people about that poor guy being educated in a town not far away or being homeschooled!
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Saturday! The puppers and I got a good chunk of backed up laundry done yesterday, and already have a good start going today. Seems like we're on a laundry roll! As I'm putting laundry away I'm putting the items I want to go on vacation with aside so they will stay clean and findable. Things are getting better in the findable department now that the piles are diminishing!
MOmmy—it seems like there is a horror story coming out of child protective/dept of human services every week. Purging records after 5 years seems really questionable to me. Out of curiosity I looked up what Maine does, and here, too, unsubstantiated reports are expunged after 5 years. What worries me is that several complaints can be made, and the fact that multiple complaints are being made doesn't seem to factor into the investigation. I know that people making false reports to retaliate against something a person did is a problem, but there must be some way to prevent totally missing situations like what happened to that poor man.
Sherlock Holmes' Chilled Black Tea Toddy
Instructions
• 1 1/2 oz single-malt Scotch
• 2 oz chilled brewed Lapsang souchong tea
• 1 oz honey syrup
• 3/4 oz fresh lemon juicePour ingredients into a mixing glass. Stir well and strain into an ice-filled glass.
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NM, you have inspired me to do some laundry today!
Happy Saturday. Possibly a stormy Saturday here. Hoping the worst storms miss us since they could spawn tornadoes.
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nm, I totally agree!
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Sunday Funday! Temps in the 50s already, there is hope for spring and turning off the heat someday soon!
Carole—I hope the storm is sparing you the worst of it. Some of what I've seen reported is pretty scary.
MOmmy—:)
Tornado Cocktail To craft this exquisite cocktail, begin by gently stirring the following ingredients: 1 oz Whiskey, 1 oz Rum, 1 oz Tequila, 1 oz Vodka, 2 oz Coca-Cola, 1/2 tblsp Sugar, 3 Ice cubes. Once blended to perfection, pour into the cocktail glass and enjoy. The process is as enjoyable as savoring the drink itself.
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Inspired by my shopping trip with Mom earlier this week:
The Great Pants Expedition
It was a sunny Thursday morning when Daughter, 66, and her 89-year-old Mother set out on a much-needed shopping trip. The mission: find Mother three pairs of pants. The requirements? Oh, nothing too specific: a pair in black, one in blue, and one in grey, all of which must not be too baggy or too tight, not too long and not needing hemming, cost no more than $10, and—of course—have pockets. The pants must not be jeans. A piece of cake, right?
Walking into the store, Mother was instantly disoriented by the changes made in the decade since she last shopped there. The aisles were tight and crammed with racks, and what had once been the familiar sight of carts lined up near the entrance was now a barren stretch of floor. Mother wandered up and down the front of the store like a confused penguin looking for its colony, muttering, "Where are the shopping carts? They were always right here before."
Daughter, with a patient sigh, tried to explain. "They don’t use carts anymore, Mom. The aisles are too narrow."
Mother squinted at her daughter. "Narrow aisles? This store is practically a maze now! Where is the Women’s Section? It used to be right here in the middle. It’s probably hiding in the back somewhere.”
After weaving their way through the narrow spaces between the clothing displays as if hacking a way through a tropical jungle, they found the women’s pants section. As Mother began sifting through the racks, her eyes lit up at a price tag that read $12.99. "Too much! Absolutely not!" She grabbed another pair: $13.99. "Out of the question!"
Daughter picks out a couple of pair that are of an approximate size to fit Mother despite being priced at $11.99, and distracts Mother by saying, "Why don’t you try them on? See if they fit first."
Reluctantly, Mother agreed. "Alright, but these better not be too tight!"
Navigating through the narrow aisles, they reached the dressing room. The first pair of pants, a pull-on style, went on easily—well, partway. Mother struggled, trying to yank the pants up over her hips. “Nope! These won’t budge!”
The second pair had a zipper, which seemed more promising. Mother managed to get them over her hips with no issue but was stymied by the zipper. She pulled and tugged, but the pants remained stubbornly unzipped.
While putting her jeans back on, Mother asks what size they are, when daughter checks and tells her the size Mother immediately takes them off because the size is too big.
Mother immediately pulled them off and tossed them aside. "14? Way too big!" she declared.
Daughter, trying not to laugh, pointed at the jeans she had worn to the store. "Mom, those are your pants. The ones you're wearing are too big for you, which is why we’re shopping!"
Mother paused. Then, as the realization hit, she let out a hearty laugh. "Well, I suppose that makes sense!" She then put the jeans back on. "Alright, let’s go find some pants that fit!"
They left the dressing room, and Mother, in her quest for pants, headed straight toward the children’s section.
Daughter groaned. "Mom, no! The women’s section is the other way!"
Mother waved her hand dismissively. "I know where I’m going. "I know where I’m going. I shopped here for years!"
Daughter, with a resigned sigh, began picking out pants in the women’s section—black pants in the next size up, a pair of grey pants, but no blue ones in the right size. She hurried to catch up with Mother, who was, of course, still scouring the children’s department.
"There’s nothing here in my size," Mother grumbled, eyes darting around. "These are tiny pants!"
Daughter pointed to the women’s section. "I found the pants over there."
Mother blinked. "Where? I looked everywhere! How did you find them?"
"In the women’s section. "You were in the children’s section, Mom." Daughter replied, trying to keep her voice calm.
Mother's eyebrows furrowed. "Well, why didn’t you tell me I was looking in the wrong place?"
"Mom, I did," Daughter replied, trying not to laugh.
Once back in the dressing room, Mother made her next attempt. She grabbed the black pants and tried to put her right leg into the left pant leg. "What on earth?" she muttered, flailing about. "This isn’t right!" Daughter gently pried the pants off her mother. "You’ve got the pant leg on backwards." Daughter rearranged the pants and handed them back. "Try again, Mom."
Mother then crosses her legs and puts the right leg in the left pant leg again. Daughter rinses and repeats her prior actions, and watches as Mother turns the pants around backwards and starts to put them on. Daughter tries not to laugh out loud, turns the pants back around, and helps Mother get the corresponding Mother leg and pant leg lined up. The black pants in the next size up are keepers. "Alright, these work. Thank goodness." Mother declares.
Mother reaches for the larger black pants while Daughter explains that pair is the same as the pair she just tried on, only one size larger. Since the pair she just tried on fit, there is no need to try on the larger pair. Mother agrees that she doesn’t need any more pants that are too big.
Next up, the grey pants. Mother, however, became tangled in her own shirt as she tried to pull the pants up. Daughter, struggling to keep her composure, tried to help.
The two women went back and forth, each getting increasingly frustrated as Mother untucked the shirt and pulled down the pants on one side while Daughter tucked in the shirt and pulled up the pants on the other side.
After three full circles around the dressing room, Daughter told Mother “Hold your shirt up with both hands, please!” and finally managed to get the shirt tucked in and the grey pants pulled up. "There! See? It fits!"
Mother paused, tugging at the waistband. "Well, that was a hassle. But I suppose these work, too."
Finally, Mother eyed the larger size black pants. "I need to try these on.”
Daughter sighed, explaining once more that they were the same style, just one size up, and there was no reason to try them on. Mother reluctantly agreed.
Daughter hands Mother her jeans to put on, Mother refuses to put them on. "I'm not buying jeans. I don't want jeans." Mother says as she heads out the Dressing Room door in her underwear. Daughter is quick enough to stop mother before the Dressing Room door is fully opened. "Mother, the jeans are already yours. You wore the jeans to go pants shopping because they are the best fitting pair of pants you currently have. Do you really want to go out into the store in your underwear?"
Mother thought for a moment, then conceded. "Fine. I’ll put the jeans on, but only because you’re making me!"
As they left the store, Mother looked at Daughter and sighed. "I really don’t like shopping for clothes. I hope I never have to do this again."
Daughter chuckled. "Mom, I think we both feel the same way."
The pair of them, exhausted but successful, made their way out of the store, with one final thought lingering in the air: shopping trips may not get easier with age, but at least they provide enough material for a lifetime of stories.
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NM - love your Mom Shopping story. And my goodness, that drink of the day looks like a killer. As many different alcohols as a Long Island Iced Tea. (vodka, rum, gin, tequila, triple sec)
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A little St. Parick's Day humor
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