the wonder of branching out in my destination spots.

well not really a destination but i mean hitting a different walmart than my usual one.

come on! you KNOW you go to the same one over and over, and you probably refer to it as "my walmart/our walmart" i have one.

tonight i branched out. and the wonder will never cease!

first, the new exciting further away, i almost never hit this walmart was STOCKED with load of Halloween wonder, my walmart has been out of for some time now.

2nd. while i was chatting on the phone and shopping with this friend i spotted AN EX BOYFRIEND!

yes i have a few of those from my super deep dark past lives. not really it was a boy that i was nice to and he eventually took it as i LURVED HIM, and i was just being me, and he was pathetic,and shy and nerdy, but since i was nice that meant i Lurved him in nerd.

and well tonight, as i was walking down the main aisle past the electronics department , almost to shoes, i spotted him walking directly towards me. and instantly at the last possible second , he turned and went on the opposite side of the TV display in the middle of the Aisle. passing silently by while i had mild hysterics and whispered into the phone to my friend.

and of course with my super fabulous luck it was after 10 pm on a Monday, and i looked like Arse. and by arse i mean not hot! and tired, and no makeup on, and slightly smashed flattop-ish hair from my afternoon nap. and UGH! i was ex boyfriend spotted . darn it.

and of course this guy would choose to avoid talking to me. since i was kind of a Bi-otch back in the day, when i dumped him. approximately a week after he graduated from High school, after he took me to his senior prom, after he took me to his grad night party. yeah. i dumped him. he knew it was coming. but he took it pretty hard. and has pretty avoided me since. his brother talked to me still, his best friends still talked to me. his sister thought i was fabulous. but in the end he avoids me. seriously that was like 15 years ago. GET OVER IT!

or maybe he just didn't recognize me.

it's possible.

anyway i was still reeling from the sighting, when i went to the check out. and low and behold , my all time FAVE walmart Cashier Melissa was working tonight. at a far away walmart than the one i knew her at! WHOOHOO!

i am friends with the late night walmart people. apparently i am memorable to them anyway.

ex-boyfriends, not so much, cashiers that i see a couple times a week late at night, we are on a first name basis, even after a YEAR.
or TWO. and she asked about the baby who i was prego with when we became walmart friends, and now Pierce is TWO. she even remembered the part that we were going to name him XVIII. that's 18 in roman numerals. it's funnier if you know my last name.

so anyway. eventful night at Walmart.

and i am all ready now for Halloween, i bought and sorted my Halloween candy. i totally sort it into candy i like and want to keep or hand out last. and candy i hate and will hand out first.

what kind of candy do you hand out?

first to giveaway? NERDS. i hate them. they taste nasty, they make a mess when they get spilled and they hurt to step on. next out the door? Gum, and then raisinets, and goobers.

what are we hoarding? jolly ranchers(the big ones) Swedish fish , and sour patch kids for Lance.

and for me?snack size Reese's peanut butter cups. milky way, 100 grands.

and for my purse as bribery, smarties, sweet tarts, suckers, and airheads.

speaking of things that hurt to step on. VAMPIRE TEETH! ouch!

i learned that the hard way today. thank you very much.

QUESTIONS?

SO what kind of candy are you giving out?

do you sort your candy in first to go? last to go? i'll call it "candy planning".

if you see an ex boyfriend/girlfriend do you avoid them? or stop and say hi?

are you friends with your walmart cashier?

do you shop at a specific walmart every time? and do you call it "your walmart"?

wanna see a picture of the EX-boyfriend in question? i could totally bust out a picture,BUT i would be embarrassed because he has old friends that i KNOW read my blog. yes. we are still friends. that would just make me a huger dork, right? maybe a comparison of me then and me now. how about that? you can vote if i look the same or different. unrecognizable? what do ya think? could be FUN!

so what do you think? same? different?

unrecognizable as the same person?

and yeah i have short hair now, and weigh a ton more than i did back in the day.

Oh and yeah I've had six kids, so my skinny pre kid body is gone for good.

but hey i recognized him, even if he had gained some after marriage weight,

with his definitely less full head of hair.

play along. it's fun. but only if you can be nice. i don't need anyone telling me i look like HELL. even if i do. my kids like to tell me i'm not cute like i was before kids. i blame it all on them.