phinnia | today's adventures in marketing

Seen today:

two guys in full cowboy attire, including boots and hats
a girl in a really awesome purple pimp hat (you know the ones with the big feathers, the straw ones? I always think of them as pimp hats.)
HP sauce! I love that stuff. Purchased two bottles, one regular and one Mild Indian Curry.
A 25-year old fratboy hopped up on some kind of artificial happy pill or another that decided I needed parenting advice (swear to god.)
a fire hydrant draped with flowers (I was so MAD that I didn't bring my camera for that one. :-D I didn't even have my phone. The one time I go out without it ... argh!)
Martinelli's sparkling apple juice in single serving glass bottles (the child attempted to drink out of it. being not used to fizzy drinks, he wasn't sure what to make of it, and kept sticking his tongue in the bottle, which amused me.)
A job posting at my favorite tea and crumpet shop for a crumpet baker (if it weren't at 5:30 AM I'd totally be there, dude.)
The lady who runs the tea and crumpet shop, who is an awesome old lady in her sixties with pink-streaked hair. She remembered us and even remembered Seaners likes soup even though we were only there for a drink and to buy crumpets to take home. You can't get service like that in a big-box store.
My favorite fruit and vegetable vendor, who is filled with information and doesn't mind doing all the running around the stall for me.
mayonnaise buns (are those good? they sound frightening.)
A guy playing a really nice recorder
champagne MANGOES. *dies happy and sticky mango related death*
place that makes fresh peroshkies (I've probably butchered that spelling.) Didn't get any, but will probably return to do so.
A dumb stupid dickhead in an SUV that decided to pass about SIX INCHES behind me while I was crossing the street, because god forbid people in huge cars the size of a small asteroid actually be polite to pedestrians
the fact that my son is apparently developing Guy Tendencies, because he thinks the sound of an engine starting up is neat. He's still a big Madonna fan though. Work that one out if you feel like it.
A wine tasting. (Did not go in. It was hot and I was dehydrated and I had the boy and I do not hold my drink well. I'm a very cheap date.)
An email upon returning home saying they're putting Seaners in the morning preschool class
Much Nutella. Anyone actually like that stuff? If you do and can't get it where you are, I can hook you up. Not my thing, but some people are into it.

Not seen today: my phone. It's lost, and I think it might have a dead battery. Whoops ...

How was your day?

As far as the guy tendencies are concerned, my first boyfriend (about whom I rarely talk because he died a few months before hs graduation in a car accident on the way to school) was seriously into Madonna. And he was by far the coolest guy I've ever loved or dated. And he was definitely a man. :)

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