On your mark, get set, GO!!!!!!!.........

I was witness to a crazy sale yesterday! Huge line ups. There was a line at the door waiting for this store to open up at 8am. We were there just in time! You could feel the tension and anticipation as the doors were being opened. Was this the opening of a brand new designer purse store? Perhaps my fav, Fluevog shoes were opening up a new store..no, we were at a hardware store that was closing! Yes, the tension and giddiness was from all the men that were there. When the doors opened, I was instructed to head off to the right to look for the deck railings we had come for. "Mad dash" wouldn't even come close to describing it. Men and their wives/partners  were running all over the place. I have to admit, I did briefly stop to look at patio furniture. BUT, I soon refocused to the task on hand. Bingo! Found the railings!  Now, where was my husband? As I scaned through the railings I noticed they aren't in the colour we wanted. We wanted white. These were beige. Hmmmm. Oops excuse me, Taupe! Finally, my husband made it and saw the colour as well. We stood for a second and decided since they were 50% off, we were going to love the Taupe.  "You stay here and I will go grab a cart." I stood there and realized I was being circled by other men thinking maybe Taupe will be the colour choice. Now, do I throw myself on top of all these railings and do-dads that go with it? What is normal when men go to a sale? One man actually had his hands on one of the railings. Awkkk. How long does it take to get a cart? I see him and he is with a cart, but has taken a turn down another aisle to look at screws. I eyeballed him and said, with my eyes, get over here, we have competition for these railings. Hey, it worked! He came over and the two men started to casually grab things before the other one. The other man was asking my husband questions about what he might need. He came with a list, my husband came with a list. He was supposed to get white, but changed to Taupe, same with us! I thought this was going very well, until the man went to put his goodies in a pile nearby. My husband leaned over and said "I wish that man would just F*@# off". Oh, this is turning nasty! The other man returned with his list to grab more things. They were both looking for some attachment. They couldn't find it at all. We stood there looking for it and the man took his stuff away. I picked up something from the shelf and my husband grabbed it and said "Yes, Yes, this is what we are looking for. Quick, hide it on our cart so he won't see it." Then he made some sort of evil laugh noise. Good god! We got our things and went to stand in line..and stand in line...and stand in line. 1 hour and 1/2 later  we left the store. We piled all our railings and he went to get the truck to load it. While standing there guarding the pile, a women looked it over and said "oh new curtains for the house?" "No, railings for a new deck." Then she said "Nothing for you?". I told her "this is for everyone in the family".  Along came our truck. I noticed he was kind of blocking someone from getting out. I informed him of this and he said "I don't care, he can get out." Man this sale brings out the animal in men. Of course, I am sure I wouldn't be any better should I be at a shoe sale or purse sale. Mind you, I would have left the husband at home.  Anyway, we brought our goodies home, proud knowing we saved 50%! We unpacked the truck. Looked at all we had and made a list of the things we still had to get. Since this was a store closing, they didn't have everything. List was made. The next words out of his mouth, stunned me! "Let's go back to see if we missed getting anything." Seriously? Waited for the "ha ha I'm kidding" to come out..nope. We got back into the truck and went back to that sale. Thankfully, it was only a 25 minute drive there. We actually did find more things and the line up wasn't so big. Then we went to another hardware store to buy screws and order the remaining parts that are missing. In 2 weeks we should have all the railings up. We are putting off ordering the glass for now. Have to let our credit card calm down a bit!

What?!

Went to get my nails done today. It was a great day of spending it with my daughter. She is off to University at the end of the month..sniff sniff, and we decided to spend the day just the two of us. She is very much a tomboy and wasn't having any of that nail stuff. But, she was happy to sit beside me while I got mine done. We were standing at the counter to ask about getting them done,  when I noticed a lady seated, getting her nails done. She stared at me like she knew me from somewhere. I had never seen her before. We were told to come back in 45 minutes. So, we went shopping. Upon our return, the lady continued to stare at me. My inside voice was saying "what are you staring at?". Being the lady that I am...I hear that snicker from those that know me...I didn't say anything. I was getting my nails done and chatting when I asked my daughter if she noticed this women staring at me. It wasn't a hard core stare, just a glance from time to time. In order to glance at me, she had to swing her body around to do so. Strange. After mentioning it, my daughter did notice it. She leaned over and said "maybe she is jealous of your nails!". Hmm that's not it. She is getting the same thing done. (Here would be a good place to mention I get the ole fake nails put on)  " I know, she is admiring your shirt and is probably wondering where you got it?"  I pondered that thought, then came up with another one. "Oh god, I bet she donated this top to the second hand store that I got it from and keeps thinking it looks familiar!" THAT, my friends, would probably be the reason I was being stared at!! Wouldn't that be funny?  I never did find out, but that lady's staring soon got replaced with 3 workers standing around my little table talking with the women that was doing my nails. They were not speaking English and I got a bit paranoid that this was her first time doing it. In the end, it all turned out lovely. I now have nice "natural" looking nails.