deja vu
As I stood there, in awe, before the towering shelf of seasonally scented lotions and body washes, my eyes fell upon the perfect flavor. Eggnog. Not two weeks before had we had the discussion about the greatness off nog. I believe the phrase, "I like my eggnog like I like my men... thick and rich." was uttered. So I take a whiff of the tester and decide - YES, eggnog smellin' lotion will be the perfect gift. She loves lotion, after all.
So I grab a big bottle, purchase it and go on my way.
fast forward to later that night.
We had gone to grab dinner and she was taking me back to my car. I couldn't wait to give it to her. I retrieved it from the passenger seat, where it laid nestled among the other purchases of the day.
She was so excited, "I LOOOOve lotion! yay. Oh this smells soooo good!"
She administers a small amount in the palms of both our hands...
"It looks really shiny"
"yeah, it's sort of sticky"
"Oh my gosh, I hope this is lotion and not shampoo!"
She reads the bottle.
"It IS shampoo!"
queue histerical laughter and screaming and tears and trying to scrape shampoo off our hand into the bottle and the laugh where no noise comes out and stomping and more laughing.................
Oh my.
imagine if you will harp music and a thought bubble with blurry edges - you know all the indications of a flashback...
Mom, my two sister and I had driven over to Lubbock for the day. We were at the checkout line in Target (this was about 12 years ago.FYI). I talk my mom into getting me some chapstick that had breathspray that came with it, both a mouthwatering vanilla flavor...
We all get in the car. I want to try out the vanilla breath spray, so I bust it out of the package and begin giving doses around the car. I spray it into my mom's mouth. My sister's mouth. My other sister's mouth. As I go to spray it in my own I notice that they are all making terrible faces and smacking their mouths.
"This doesn't taste good at all.."
I read the label.
Sure enough it's not breath spray at all, but perfume, rather.
I had just sprayed vanilla perfume into my familys' mouths.
So we hauled to sonic to get drinks to try and rid their buds of the wretched taste.
Three lessons learned that day:
1. putting others before yourself is a great idea
2. read the label before you put stuff in your mouth***
3. spray perfume in someone's mouth and they'll treat you to sonic.
*** except for I obviously didn't learn the label reading one too well. I realized this as I was wiping the shampoo residue from my hand to my jeans.
But it sure did smell good.
So there you go, I bought you shampoo because I know you love lotion so much.
Merry Christmas.
So I grab a big bottle, purchase it and go on my way.
fast forward to later that night.
We had gone to grab dinner and she was taking me back to my car. I couldn't wait to give it to her. I retrieved it from the passenger seat, where it laid nestled among the other purchases of the day.
She was so excited, "I LOOOOve lotion! yay. Oh this smells soooo good!"
She administers a small amount in the palms of both our hands...
"It looks really shiny"
"yeah, it's sort of sticky"
"Oh my gosh, I hope this is lotion and not shampoo!"
She reads the bottle.
"It IS shampoo!"
queue histerical laughter and screaming and tears and trying to scrape shampoo off our hand into the bottle and the laugh where no noise comes out and stomping and more laughing.................
Oh my.
imagine if you will harp music and a thought bubble with blurry edges - you know all the indications of a flashback...
Mom, my two sister and I had driven over to Lubbock for the day. We were at the checkout line in Target (this was about 12 years ago.FYI). I talk my mom into getting me some chapstick that had breathspray that came with it, both a mouthwatering vanilla flavor...
We all get in the car. I want to try out the vanilla breath spray, so I bust it out of the package and begin giving doses around the car. I spray it into my mom's mouth. My sister's mouth. My other sister's mouth. As I go to spray it in my own I notice that they are all making terrible faces and smacking their mouths.
"This doesn't taste good at all.."
I read the label.
Sure enough it's not breath spray at all, but perfume, rather.
I had just sprayed vanilla perfume into my familys' mouths.
So we hauled to sonic to get drinks to try and rid their buds of the wretched taste.
Three lessons learned that day:
1. putting others before yourself is a great idea
2. read the label before you put stuff in your mouth***
3. spray perfume in someone's mouth and they'll treat you to sonic.
*** except for I obviously didn't learn the label reading one too well. I realized this as I was wiping the shampoo residue from my hand to my jeans.
But it sure did smell good.
So there you go, I bought you shampoo because I know you love lotion so much.
Merry Christmas.
posted by emily harrison at 7:09 AM
2 Comments:
now that's funny.
I can still taste that perfume.
That's probably why I am hooked on sonic.
HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! It was all I could do to muffle the uncontrollable laugh attack I just had. That's correct: laugh-attack. I had to explain to a coworker what I was laughing about, I don't think she appreciated the story, but I was chuckling quite a bit.
-Courtney
p.s. It's true. Thick and rich. Just like I like my Ovaltine; thick and rich.
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