Originally posted September 6, 2006
You should never leave your house looking like a skank queen.
So, Saturday morning I couldn't sleep and decided to get up and go clean out my car. Let's face it, when you are embarrassed for your son to ride in it, it needs to be cleaned out. Anyways, I digress...I got up at 6:45 Saturday morning and had a bright idea to just go clean out the car. Well, I figured that most "normal" people aren't at the car wash by 7a.m., so what can it hurt if I just throw on some clothes and run out the door. Let me give you a picture:
Black Yoga pants from Old Navy (with no pockets, which would come into play later)
Bright Blue slip on Keds flip flops (very cute, but not with Yoga pants)
Baby Blue work out tank top (yes, I broke my "no tank top in public, except on the 4th of July" rule) Grant it , I work out in that tank top, but if you are laughing at me running at 5:30 in the morning, you need some special help.....I just don't wear tank tops to like WalMart or church or the mall.....
Hair, sloppily pulled back in a pony tail and absolutely NO make up, except for what I wore the night before. Disgusting, I know. Please don't tell me about washing my face, I already know I need to do that before bed.
Well, my plan was working out great!!! I cleaned out the front of the car and moved to the trunk. Now, I cleaned out all the trash in the trunk and decided to put all the stuff that needed to be "saved" back in there. I have 2 camping chairs back there, you never know when you might spontaneously need a camping chair.=) So, y'all are getting the point....I have a bunch of junk in my trunk. No excessive laughing at that last part, please. It's not that funny. Well, I was just about to vacuum, when much to my surprise, I couldn't find my cell phone. I NEVER misplace my cell phone. It is almost permantly attached to my hand, so how could I misplace it? I am also, by nature, fairly cheap. I am not going to purchase a new cell phone because I accidently threw the old one in the trash. So, like any well born lady would do, I started to dig through the trash.
I should stop here and say that by this time a rather nice looking, young guy had pulled up next to me and was cleaning out his truck.
Needless to say, I could not find my cell phone in the trash. After about 15 minutes of frantic searching I just broke down and did it. That's right....I walked right up to the poor, unsuspecting, man next to me and asked if he could call my cell phone so I could see if I threw it away. After he gave me a look like I had just escaped from our local mental facility, he ever so nicely, agreed. Much to my surprise, I had not thrown it in the trash, but I may as well have...It was lost in the trunk!!! After 4 times of calling my phone, finally I found it - under a 2x4 (hey, if you have a flat tire, you need something to block the back tires)!!! I just laughed and mentioned that I may need to clean out my trunk. Not surprisingly, he agreed.
So, the moral of this story is....don't leave the house looking like a skank queen. Atleast, if you do, wear pants that have pockets so you can hold on to your cell phone. =)
And for all of you about to comment me and tell me I am a dork. Don't worry, I am completely comfortable with that. You are too, you just haven't realized it yet!!! =) Atleast I'm honest with myself!! ;)
