Sales...."Where am I"....and Plates
I have cable TV in my computer room....*smiles*!!
Thursday hubby and I went to an estate sale. It was in a not very good neighborhood and the guy running the sale had our son work security there at the door and generally keep an eye on things. We got lost trying to find the place and ended up in downtown Detroit before we finally got on the right expressway and eventually found our way to Highland Park where the sale was at. This house was jammed from floor to ceiling....4 floors of stuff....the lady that lived there was a real hoarder. Bless her soul....she's dead now, and her grandson is selling all the stuff. You could barely get through the house. I did pick up some antiquey things to resell.
Today I drove back to the sale since it's the last day and basically giving the stuff away. And of course I got lost trying to find the place again. I think I ended up in Hamtramck before I turned around and found my way back to the sale.
Anyway, I got a few more deals. Of course, I always buy crap I don't need and now I'll have to try and resell it or whatever. For instance, there was this beautiful dress that I liked...but it was a size 16....I wear a size 10....but I bought it anyway. Why did I buy it?? I guess I could have it altered to fit if they can alter it that much....or I could eat alot of burgers, fries and pizza until it fits....
And I bought this statue of something that I'm not sure what it is. It's either a cat, a dog or maybe a pig but I'm not sure....but I bought it anyway.
I bought a few other animal figurines cause they kept talking to me saying..."please please buy me or they'll throw me in the dumpster...". I bought a cat, a dog, a snowman, a lion. Like I really need them cluttering up my house. But they're happy. They have a new home.
Then I got lost trying to find my way home. Thursday Hubby was with me and he gave me directions...although his directions when we were driving THERE wasn't so good...but today I was by myself. I ended up near Northland which is a dilapidated mall in a not so very good neighborhood, but at least it was something I recognized so I got off the damn expressway and finally figured out my way home. I really need to get me one of those GPS, or GSP's or whatever they're called...those little things that actually talk to you and tell you how to get places so directional illiterates like myself don't get lost!
Tonight Hubby and went out to eat at the same restaurant that we went to for his birthday with our son. The one where we had that waitress that screwed up our bill. I told hubby that I hope we don't get her again....and of course there she was!...our waitress for the evening. I think she has a speech impediment and I couldn't understand a word she said. We went there for the ribs, so we decided to order a 2 lb rib dinner and split it instead of ordering two 1 lb dinners. I told her that we would be splitting it so we would need an extra plate. There is a different server who brings the food to the table, so this server brings our food and the ribs are on this big platter, the size of a turkey platter, and gives my husband a plate. So where was MY plate?? Apparently, I was suppose to eat off this huge platter! There were two of those small 6" plates that they give you with the rolls so I just used one of those. So I've got this tiny 6" plate in front of me with only a couple of ribs on it cause that's all that would fit....and hubby shared his veggies with me and I gave him 1/2 my sweet potato (which luckily was served on it's own dish cause I had no room for it on my tiny plate). So I've got a couple of ribs and some veggies on this little tiny childlike 6" plate....and that half-wit waitress came by a couple times asking if everything was okay, and I just smiled and said "Yep" and she never even offered to bring me an adult size plate!
Hubby said I should have simply asked her for another plate. But why should I?? I mean, if you go to a restaurant and order a meal, shouldn't bringing you a plate to put it on be part of their job??? Besides, I don't like to make trouble...I don't like to complain....I can make do with whatever I got....like that 6" plate. It served me well...
Thursday hubby and I went to an estate sale. It was in a not very good neighborhood and the guy running the sale had our son work security there at the door and generally keep an eye on things. We got lost trying to find the place and ended up in downtown Detroit before we finally got on the right expressway and eventually found our way to Highland Park where the sale was at. This house was jammed from floor to ceiling....4 floors of stuff....the lady that lived there was a real hoarder. Bless her soul....she's dead now, and her grandson is selling all the stuff. You could barely get through the house. I did pick up some antiquey things to resell.
Today I drove back to the sale since it's the last day and basically giving the stuff away. And of course I got lost trying to find the place again. I think I ended up in Hamtramck before I turned around and found my way back to the sale.
Anyway, I got a few more deals. Of course, I always buy crap I don't need and now I'll have to try and resell it or whatever. For instance, there was this beautiful dress that I liked...but it was a size 16....I wear a size 10....but I bought it anyway. Why did I buy it?? I guess I could have it altered to fit if they can alter it that much....or I could eat alot of burgers, fries and pizza until it fits....
And I bought this statue of something that I'm not sure what it is. It's either a cat, a dog or maybe a pig but I'm not sure....but I bought it anyway.
I bought a few other animal figurines cause they kept talking to me saying..."please please buy me or they'll throw me in the dumpster...". I bought a cat, a dog, a snowman, a lion. Like I really need them cluttering up my house. But they're happy. They have a new home.
Then I got lost trying to find my way home. Thursday Hubby was with me and he gave me directions...although his directions when we were driving THERE wasn't so good...but today I was by myself. I ended up near Northland which is a dilapidated mall in a not so very good neighborhood, but at least it was something I recognized so I got off the damn expressway and finally figured out my way home. I really need to get me one of those GPS, or GSP's or whatever they're called...those little things that actually talk to you and tell you how to get places so directional illiterates like myself don't get lost!
Tonight Hubby and went out to eat at the same restaurant that we went to for his birthday with our son. The one where we had that waitress that screwed up our bill. I told hubby that I hope we don't get her again....and of course there she was!...our waitress for the evening. I think she has a speech impediment and I couldn't understand a word she said. We went there for the ribs, so we decided to order a 2 lb rib dinner and split it instead of ordering two 1 lb dinners. I told her that we would be splitting it so we would need an extra plate. There is a different server who brings the food to the table, so this server brings our food and the ribs are on this big platter, the size of a turkey platter, and gives my husband a plate. So where was MY plate?? Apparently, I was suppose to eat off this huge platter! There were two of those small 6" plates that they give you with the rolls so I just used one of those. So I've got this tiny 6" plate in front of me with only a couple of ribs on it cause that's all that would fit....and hubby shared his veggies with me and I gave him 1/2 my sweet potato (which luckily was served on it's own dish cause I had no room for it on my tiny plate). So I've got a couple of ribs and some veggies on this little tiny childlike 6" plate....and that half-wit waitress came by a couple times asking if everything was okay, and I just smiled and said "Yep" and she never even offered to bring me an adult size plate!
Hubby said I should have simply asked her for another plate. But why should I?? I mean, if you go to a restaurant and order a meal, shouldn't bringing you a plate to put it on be part of their job??? Besides, I don't like to make trouble...I don't like to complain....I can make do with whatever I got....like that 6" plate. It served me well...
posted by Diane @ 12:07 AM
1 Comments:
At 9:01 PM,
JUST A MOM said…
did you stop and get some GOOD FOOD IN HAM TOWN????? I use to LOVE that place! Hope it gets warm there soon for ya...
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