Bakers Square Happenings

My wife and I went out to lunch today at the local Bakers Square.  We're both pretty big fans of the place, and not just because of the pie.

Ok, the pie is a major selling point, but seriously it's not JUST because of the pie.

The food is pretty solid too.

Anyway.

While sitting in our booth, we were witnesses to a woman in her (guessing here) 50's who was out to lunch with her (assuming) husband.

No issue there, they weren't creating a scene or being rude to their waiter or anything like that.

The issue was the woman's pants.

I'm not opposed to people wearing what they want to wear, or choosing to wear strange colors etc. etc.

But seriously, someone needed to tell this woman that the pants she was wearing were in no way, shape or form acceptable for A) her age or B) her body.

These pants were literally PAINTED on to her legs in a mustard yellow color.

PAINTED on.

Now;

I'm no fashion expert and I certainly don't wear the trendiest clothes.  I wear jeans and t-shirts, sports jerseys and sweatpants, things like that.  That's what I like to wear, so that's what I do.

What I do know, is that there are certain things people of certain ages should NOT be wearing.  Painted on pants or jeans at an advanced age shouldn't even be in your closet, and if they are you need to turn the lights on in your bedroom when you're getting dressed.  Maybe even invest in a mirror or two.

The funny part to me was when they got up to leave, they walked near our table to leave and the husband was in pretty much full sweatsuit gear with a flannel jacket on.  Now he knows his place.  I respect that.

What else.....

We saw a woman leaving the restaurant who was in the area of 60 years old with long hair down to her ass.

Ok, that's not that bad.

Oh wait, her hair was purple.

Yeah, PURPLE.

My wife read something somewhere that said that the reason older women do that is because they figure that since people will know they're dying their hair anyway, why not go all out with not normal colors.

Really?

If you're at the age where it's time to start dying your hair because you want to avoid the gray/white color that comes with your advanced years that's ok.  There are plenty of normal colors out there to choose from.

PLENTY.

Purple is not one of them, and if you think people will make fun of you or talk behind your back about how you dye your hair, imagine what they'll say if you dye your hair purple.  I would think there'd be more laughter.  Just sayin.

One more....

A family sat down at a table near us.  It was a father, his (assuming) daughter and his (assuming) mother, who looked quite old and frail.

The father then proceeded to read a large portion of the menu to his mother, explaining the various choices and options for lunch.

The old woman had glasses on.

Maybe they were just a fashion accessory, I don't know.

I told my wife if I ever get too old to be able to read a medium sized print menu at a restaurant, I'll probably just stop going to restaurants.

Seriously.

Hello Stranger

Hi there.

I know I know.  I haven't written in......yikes, over a year?

Really?


Really.


I forgot how much I enjoyed writing this blog of nothing (I love Seinfeld) and I've decided to come back to it.   I don't know how often I'll be writing, or what I'll be writing about, but I'm pretty sure I won't be taking a year off in between posts anymore.

That being said, here are some random thoughts.....

-Anytime the Shamrock Shake is back I'm in a better mood.  Fact.

-I recently purchased the greatest appliance ever:  http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nostalgia-Electrics-Retro-Series-Pop-Up-Hot-Dog-Toaster/17242561?findingMethod=rr

-My Syracuse Orange have really pissed me off this year, especially with the 11am (CT) starts....although they've really sucked in those games overall so really I shouldn't be all that mad.  Very apprehensive about their chances this year.

-Speaking of being apprehensive about a team's chances; ladies and gentlemen your 2013 New York Yankees!

-I miss you Derrick Rose.  But not enough for you to come back too early.  Pretty sure the (SOB) Heat have it in the bag this year.

-I forgot how funny Curb Your Enthusiasm is.  The wife and I recently got back into watching it, currently on season 4 and loving it again.

-Also, during my blogger hiatus we started watching Homeland and Dexter.  Homeland is great and it's upsetting we have to still wait awhile for season 2 on DVD and as far as Dexter goes, we bought season 1 and quickly thereafter ended up buying through season 6.  Highly addictive.

-Taylor Swift needs to go away.

-MLB The Show 13 is out.  If you're a baseball fan or a video game fan or both you need it in your life.

-http://www.coffeewiz.com/  You're welcome coffee lovers.

-I LOVE Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' album The Heist. Can't stop listening to it.

-Angry Birds Star Wars?  It's ok

A new Dunkin Donuts recently opened right down the street from us.  Do I need to tell you how happy this makes me or is it safe for me to assume that you know already?

-The new SimCity game is not without its issues (we've had some data deleted due to server problems) but it's still a hell of a lot of fun to play.

-The fact that the price of soda has gone up so much is upsetting.  I know I know, I shouldn't be drinking it anyway and in truth I've cut back quite a bit but $7-$8 a case is a joke.

-I'm already ready for football season to be back #Bears

And today will be better than yesterday.