Mermaids LOVE Pink Light Bulbs
Side note: you know how in old movies when things get romantic, the light gets all soft and fuzzy? There should be a way for that to happen in real life too; it would be so helpful! I'd know exactly what was on his mind and I could gear up for it. (I hate surprises. Also, I am a dork and usually thinking about, oh, light bulbs and stuff. I miss the cues sometimes.)
Target in San Antonio carried pink bulbs and it was never a big deal to buy them, but they're non-existent everywhere I've checked here. Where did all the pink bulbs go? I found them online-- $60 for 12, plus shipping. Um, maybe not! I kept checking and did find a cheaper price, phew! So, I have to have pink bulbs shipped in? Really, light bulbs? I have four on hand I packed away before I went to China. At the time, I thought I might be crazy for packing light bulbs into storage, but it turns out I was just prescient! If you can find pink bulbs, you might like them. I recommend giving them a spin.
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Last night when I went to Home Depot, I was wandering about looking for huge bags of salt and a very nice guy who works there asked me if I needed help. Are Home Depot employees the most helpful employees ever, or do I just look totally incompetent in a Home Depot? Because I never fail to get offered help about 5 times when I'm in there. One time, a guy spent five minutes explaining to me how to install my new deadbolt lock, and it wasn't until I left I realized he didn't have an apron on, he was just some cute dude helping girls out*. Drat! Once again, I was about 10 minutes behind. But I digress...
This young guy last night offered to help me and when I said I needed a bag of magnesium chloride, he said, "You need what?" Then he got on the walkie talkie to a guy in another department. "She needs what?" Evidently they don't carry it. He asked me how much salt I needed and I was tempted to tell a lie and say I needed it just for water softener, but I truly did need a huge bag, so I admitted I wanted it for bathing. He barely reacted to this, but as we were walking he did say, "A bath huh? And it takes that much salt?" I said, "Well, it needs to be the same salinity as sea water..." and here I am feeling really foolish, because who does this? I'm pretty sure at this point he thought I was a crazy girl who thought she was Daryl Hannah in Splash, so I admitted it was a treatment for eczema. I feel so stigmatized by eczema, it was almost better to let him think I thought I was a mermaid! Anyway, he got me the salt I needed and didn't laugh in my face or cringe, so it all turned out okay.
How many times in your life do you think people believe you think you're a mermaid? I hope it's just once.
*As he was talking, I just kept saying, "uh huh, uh huh, uh huh" and nodding, but really I had no idea what he was talking about. My landlord installed it for me.
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Pink bulbs in my bachelor pad? Hmm...may send out the wrong signal.
Pink bulbs sound fun. I'll have to see if our Target carries them.
I think homedepot employees are always the best. I thought perhaps I was the only one who was asked 5 times if I needed help. Recently I had a guy stop and ask me if I needed help finding something...and after I told him no, I realized he did not work there. He was much younger than I, so perhaps he was a very very nice boyscout?
I hope the salt helps...those bags are huge and aren't the salt pellets big too? (we use them in our softener) I am wondering how the salt breaks down in the bath water for you...
I've never seen pink lightbulbs, but I will be on the lookout for them now!
It looks like I'll have to hoard pink bulbs-- good to know! thanks!
I found the staff in Home Depot friendly but sexist. I wrote a whole blog post about this once and how my 16 year old daughter had the last word with a patronising member of staff there.
If I ever see pink lightbulbs I am definitely giving them a try. At my age any device to help hide the wrinkles is a bonus, lol!
I hear you about HD. I tell you what, if I were single and looking, that is where I'd be "trollin"... just saying... :)