I do wish my neck were longer

So last Friday, Audrey and I spent the day shopping. She still hasn't found her furniture.

But we're getting very close. I will keep you updated.

We were at World Market just having a ball touching everything and test-driving various chairs and in general whooping it up retail style.

Toward the end of our visit to WM we ended up over in the dishes where we commenced oohing and aahing over this item and that.

I love coffee mugs so I was checking those out when I just started cracking up because of these children's surprise mugs that came in zebra and giraffe.

Because I don't know if you realize this but when you look down in the bottom of the mug, there's a tiny ceramic zebra or giraffe gazing up at you.

Depending on which species of mug you happen to be drinking from.

(I don't know why they specify these to be entertainment for children because I get a big charge out of this type thing.)

Sort of reminds me of my new Krispy Kreme mug with the tiny donut in the bottom.

Except the donut has no face.

We laughed so hard at those mugs but the only one I bought was the one with a picture of Albert Einstein drinking a cup of coffee.

I got it as a just-because gift for Audrey, who says it's going to be her new coffee mug for her desk at work.

At any rate having made that selection we moved toward the cash registers.

We were nearly there when I sensed someone whooshing up behind me and before I knew it that someone spoke to me.

Turned out she was a World Market employee by the name of Becki, a most charming individual.

And not only because of what she said to me.

To wit: I just have to tell you, wearing that hat you look exactly like a Hallmark card. Just SO cute!!!

Now in all honesty I have been told before that I am cute (among other things and not all of them so complimentary), but this is the first time I've been compared to a Hallmark card.

I choose to assume she meant I came across as picturesque with an unmistakable aura of je ne sais quoi. If I'm wrong, don't correct me and meanwhile I'll thank you not to snicker.

Oh, I bet you want to know about my hat. It's one of my top three favorite lids: my HBY Miami Toyo braid with a five-inch brim and black chiffon scarf.

I bought it in an absolutely-could-not-resist moment that occurred two years ago at Mad Hatter on the riverfront in Savannah.

The reason I wore it on Friday was that it was going to be approximately ninety-nine million degrees outside and I didn't feel like having hair resting on my neck, plus which we were going swimming as soon as we got home.

So I mashed all my hair up under the hat and put on big sunglasses and did my best to work it, girl.

Even though I have always wished I had a longer, more graceful neck.

Apparently the overall effect was at least marginally interesting because not only was I favorably compared to a Hallmark greeting but I made a kind new friend in Becki, who asked for my business card and has promised to email me.

To wrap it all up, tonight on Pinterest I saw a picture of a baby giraffe so adorable I got all verklempt.

Hallmark should hope to have a card that cute.

So I wanted to show you a real ickle dickle 'raffey-roo.

Happy Sunday and Happy Labor Day!

Comments

[Mari]

I can almost imagine the fun you and Audrey had together! I think you need to share a picture of you in the hat. I'm sure you are cute!!!
I love the giraffe and I'm happy to have found you on pinterest.

[Latane]

I love the hat.... it's such a southern thing, girl.

[Donna (Texas)]

Loving the Hat Girlie!! Women Should wear them more often! I think it's such a feminine thing to do....but you do Not want to see me in a hat...Hahaaaaa
Love the mug but I like Einstein Anyway....cool cup!
And the Baby is so cute! Those tuffs of hair around his horns is just adorable!
Happy day to you!
hughugs

[Donna M.]

I bet you were styling with that gorgeous hat! You can certainly pull off the hat look very well. Me? I look like a kid playing dress up. So hats are just relegated to duty when we are on vacations and I'll never be seen by anybody again, LOL. I'm off to watch the giraffe movie now!

P.S. And I adore Albert!

[Donna M.]

Aaaaaawwww!!!!! How cute! Funny how its ears were a'twitching back and forth!

[Aunt Amelia]

Oh I think that was lovely of Becki, to make sure she approached you and told you how cute she thought you looked.

And betcha' this Becki is a youngin', hu?

Which makes it all the more lovely.

Why?

Because it took me, till I was olden, to do the same thing. Meaning, when I see someone who looks nice, or cute, or this or that positive aspect, I tell 'em! And they always SMILE. Why not? Don't we all love a sincere compliment, especially when it is totally a surprise? Of course we do.

So.. I ask... Why not say these nice things, which we think????

And this goes for mommies who have bothered to put a bow in their little girl's hair too. :-) I like to tell them, that I just love bows in little girl's hair. :-)

Yeah, I suppose the child compliments are only allowed by an olden lady who is obviously a grandmother too. Or they might sound "stalker-ish." -sigh- But I'm careful to not, not, not approach the child. Just tell the mommy how cute the kid looks.

-sigh- Isn't it sad? What the state of our world has come to? That a Grandmother has to be careful to not look "stalker-ish," when speaking of a child??? -sigh- What have we come to??????? But moaning about it, doesn't make it go away. That's Life Now. And we have to protect ourselves, too. -sigh-

Yikes! Look at the rant you instigated, in me? -giggles-

Anyway, keep rocking that *hat and shades* look, Hon! If you can, then do! :-)

[Debbie]

What a great hat. I too love hats, I see them, I buy them, but then I don't really end up wearing them very often. I suppose it is because there are not many who do wear them any more, and anyone who does really sticks out of a crowd. I have no problem with the neck, I have a long neck (too long I think) and with my hair up it looks like a giraffe neck, but not nearly as cute at this one.

(on another note, I updated the NYT link so you can read it all without logging in. I should have noticed that when I posted)

[Sue the Hobbit]

Dang, I've always wanted a longer neck too.
Hey, I remember hearing about Whipsnade Zoo when I was a girl. I just looked it up on a map and it's right on our route from Birmingham back to London. Hmmm, plotting, plotting.....

[Angel]

I'll take the hat hun!..woooooo! Back from vacay and website all fixed!..xxooo

[irene]

Love your hat, don't know about looking like a card, but you could certainly write them. Hallmark kind that is. and see I told you a pet giraffe would be fun.