RTT: Thong Panties, Liquor Coupons and Hallelujah

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So remember how just yesterday, I was bragging about how very, very clean and orderly I had left Aunt Grace's apartment when I'd stayed there this summer while I attended Blogher? How she had praised me as an exemplary and near-perfect niece-in-law by saying that she "couldn't even tell I'd been there"? Well today, she shyly came up to me, clutching a small Ziploc bag in her hands. "Gretchen, I think you may have been missing these..." She then pulled out a pair of thong panties. MY thong panties. Which I apparently left in her apartment this summer. She had found them under her bed, stuck far back under the headboard. How they got there, I haven't a clue. While I do remember imbibing quite a few of those Blogatinis, or whatever they were calling them, I'm pretty sure that I never did any drunken panty flinging while I was in Aunt Grace's apartment. Pretty sure. "Golly" I said earnestly "I certainly have been missing those." Because I figured that there was absolutely no reason to even attempt to regain my dignity.

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Sign #48 that Gretchen is  becoming an old woman -

People Magazine announced their Sexiest Man Alive 2010 is Ryan Reynolds...

 

...and I have absolutely no idea who the hell he is.

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Jude has invented a new curse word, which I'm afraid I have picked up -

lumpy [luhm-pee] adjective - 1. stupid, lacking quickness and keenness of mind: Sometimes George is so lumpy. 2. characterized by or proceeding from mental dullness; foolish; senseless: That was a lumpy question! 3. boring, inane, pointless: Jackson got candy, but all I got was this lumpy pencil.

I think it's an excellent word, and I'm trying to work it in as often as possible.

Now back to my lumpy random thoughts...

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For the past week, my left eye has been twitching. After consulting that font of all accurate medical knowledge, the internet, I have found a list of 12 top reasons for such a thing.  While I have ruled out Benzodiazepine withdrawal, and hopefully, a neurological disorder, 7 of these reasons fit me - lack of sleep, stress, fatigue, overuse of computer screens, eye strain, allergies and excessive caffeine. So basically, it's something of a miracle that my eye only started twitching this week, and I will most likely be suffering from it for the rest of my natural existence.

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Throughout my life, I have had an on again/off again relationships with coupon clipping. I'll become extremely enthusiastic for a while, then become bored or overwhelmed by the amount of work it involves, and stop. Then after a while I'll start it up again. I haven't coupon clipped for about a year, but on Sunday, I opened the paper and that little pile of brightly colored pages seemed to call to me, so I grabbed my scissors and got to clipping. And I made an amazing discovery.  There, amongst the coupons for Old El Paso taco shells and Swanson broth, I found...liquor coupons! And I mean real liquor. Like vodka and tequila. $5 off when you purchase two bottles of Jose Cuervo, Smirnoff, Tanqueray or Johnnie Walker Red Label! $5 off when you purchase two bottles of Bacardi! I swear that this is new, that they never had these before.  Surely, I would have remembered and taken advantage of this! Am I crazy? Is this new?

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This is one of the best things I've seen in a very long time. I desperately wish I could have been part of it!

 

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Comments

[VandyJ]

That video was pretty awesome!
I get random eye twitches, they always go away, eventually.
Don't feel alone, I have no idea who Ryan Reynolds is either.

[Michele Renee]

Loved your post! Ryan Reynolds doesn't do a whole lot for me--he was the guy in The Proposal with Sandra Bulloch. I like guys with more lines on their face or at least their forehead by his age of 34. He is filming The Green Lantern. Was engaged to fellow Canadian Alanis Morisstete for years but then married Scarlett Johansson.
I cannot believe those undies traveled on the plane all the way back to you. you'd better wear them on Thanksgiving.

[Nicole (Ninja Mom)]

Excellent! I'm either in mid hormone swing or that was one of the coolest and most moving acts of bursting into song I've ever seen. Thanks for posting that! And happy RTT.

[Elle]

So nice of her to bring them back to you. At least she didn't hand them back to you over the table at Thanksgiving.

I have a vague idea who Ryan Reynolds is, but he does nothing for me..at all.

Happy RTT!

[Claire]

My dad is a mad coupon clipper and when they come to visit, they give me a big stack. I feel bad when I don't use them but I also feel like I'm holding up the line when I do. It's a strange dichotomy.

[Erica@Pines Lake Redhead]

I'm curious, did Aunt Grace launder your thong?

I've no clue who Ryan Reynolds is either.

[Christina @RantRaveRoll]

I wish I could do the whole cut your grocery bill in half with coupons magic trick, but I never stick to it long enough. I don't seem to have the time either.

[Jenni]

I couldn't even get past the thong. So funny! You poor thing.

[Aimee @ In THIS Life]

I haven't seen him in much, but I like Ryan Reynolds. He's a cutie.

[Michele]

I bet she washed the before bringing them with her. Too funny.

I feel so lumpy. I don't know who Ryan Reynolds is either. Not that he isn't a lovely piece of eye candy.

[Kendra]

I love Ryan Reynolds! He is in good movies and he is super hot! You should see the newest X-Men he's in it!

[Captain Dumbass]

That video was great. I had the eye twitches when I finished training for my new job. Eye strain, stress, over tired. It went away eventually.

[Yankee]

I don't know who Reynolds is either. Maybe they just made him up since so many of us obviously super smart folks don't know him.
I also get random eye twitches. They usually go away. Usually. Just don't mind my twitches right now.... And I love the word lumpy. I am so going to start using it too. I also have a love/hate relationship with coupons. I so didn't know they had alcohol ones now. Guess it's time to start clipping again. Happy RTT>

[only a movie]

Never saw that guy before either. More evidence of my middle age. Ack.

Just today I watched a different mob Hallelujah chorus filmed at another mall setting. And I wished I were there... Still know my part, 30 years later...

Have a lovely holiday.