Comments on: The times they are a changing http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/02/the-times-they-are-a-changing-2/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Mon, 21 May 2012 13:27:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/02/the-times-they-are-a-changing-2/#comment-18656 Grannymar Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:01:48 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1747#comment-18656 Hi Stephanie Having a camera in your pocket is great fun... if the batteries work. Mine died while I was out just now. It was cold and frosty. Enjoy Elly's visit, she is winging her way as I type. I spoke to her in the airport this am (our time) before she boarded her flight. Hi Stephanie

Having a camera in your pocket is great fun… if the batteries work. Mine died while I was out just now. It was cold and frosty.

Enjoy Elly’s visit, she is winging her way as I type. I spoke to her in the airport this am (our time) before she boarded her flight.

]]> By: stephanie http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/02/the-times-they-are-a-changing-2/#comment-18655 stephanie Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:35:42 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1747#comment-18655 You remind me I should purchase a small camara to go in my bag at all times. Not that I will snap shots of ladies in red, but because there are more times then not I realize too late a Kodac moment slipping by. As for shopping, I have 3 friends in rotation to go with me at all times. Alas, I am often the woman you described, willing a garment to appear in the mirror as it does in my head. Thank goodness for my designated truth tellers who are good enough friends to tell me when it's just not happening, no matter how much it pains me. I hope you found your comfy slippers. I firmly believe they are in the top ten category of necessities. You remind me I should purchase a small camara to go in my bag at all times. Not that I will snap shots of ladies in red, but because there are more times then not I realize too late a Kodac moment slipping by.
As for shopping, I have 3 friends in rotation to go with me at all times. Alas, I am often the woman you described, willing a garment to appear in the mirror as it does in my head. Thank goodness for my designated truth tellers who are good enough friends to tell me when it’s just not happening, no matter how much it pains me.

I hope you found your comfy slippers. I firmly believe they are in the top ten category of necessities.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/02/the-times-they-are-a-changing-2/#comment-18647 Grannymar Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:29:28 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1747#comment-18647 @Darlene - Clothes to the neck sound better in a food store! @Magpie - Don't start me on hats. My mother was in millinery, as I believe was my mother-in-law! Jack and I had similar memories of shopping for hats! @Darlene - Clothes to the neck sound better in a food store!

@Magpie - Don’t start me on hats. My mother was in millinery, as I believe was my mother-in-law! Jack and I had similar memories of shopping for hats!

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/02/the-times-they-are-a-changing-2/#comment-18646 Magpie11 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:23:46 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1747#comment-18646 Shudder! Shopping with my mother! Always trying on hats Cured her though..aged 14 and being dragged around yet again i beat her to the hats...picked up the most outrageous one with a HUGE brim and bright red...slapped it on my head a declaimed at the top of my not inconsiderable voice...."Will this one do?" embarrassed mother never forced her son to go shopping again... mind you...I enjoy shopping for myself and any one else as long as I've got control of the dosh! Shudder! Shopping with my mother! Always trying on hats

Cured her though..aged 14 and being dragged around yet again i beat her to the hats…picked up the most outrageous one with a HUGE brim and bright red…slapped it on my head a declaimed at the top of my not inconsiderable voice….”Will this one do?” embarrassed mother never forced her son to go shopping again…

mind you…I enjoy shopping for myself and any one else as long as I’ve got control of the dosh!

]]> By: Darlene http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/02/the-times-they-are-a-changing-2/#comment-18645 Darlene Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:06:55 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1747#comment-18645 The checkers in my grocery store were all dressed in costume for Halloween. My girl was Snow White and she didn't look too happy having that high collar around her neck. The checkers in my grocery store were all dressed in costume for Halloween. My girl was Snow White and she didn’t look too happy having that high collar around her neck.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/02/the-times-they-are-a-changing-2/#comment-18642 Grannymar Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:22:35 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1747#comment-18642 @Steph - Everything seems to have a theme nowadays. I suppose it had something to do with the lead into Hallowe'en. I know at Christmas time in the past few years the staff in various department stores wore Santa hats. @Judy - Having hovered and listened I knew that my intrusion would not be welcome! I have in the past spoken up and it was appreciated. @ChrisD - People have to eat, so food will be the last thing to be reduced. The big reductions are on things we can actually live without! @Steph - Everything seems to have a theme nowadays. I suppose it had something to do with the lead into Hallowe’en. I know at Christmas time in the past few years the staff in various department stores wore Santa hats.

@Judy - Having hovered and listened I knew that my intrusion would not be welcome! I have in the past spoken up and it was appreciated.

@ChrisD - People have to eat, so food will be the last thing to be reduced. The big reductions are on things we can actually live without!

]]> By: TheChrisD http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/02/the-times-they-are-a-changing-2/#comment-18641 TheChrisD Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:08:18 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1747#comment-18641 Awww, all those bargains yesterday... And yet I didn't find my Sweet Chilli Royale marked down, but rather marked up, because it was in a bread bun rather than a baguette! Awww, all those bargains yesterday… And yet I didn’t find my Sweet Chilli Royale marked down, but rather marked up, because it was in a bread bun rather than a baguette!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/02/the-times-they-are-a-changing-2/#comment-18640 Grannymar Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:50:44 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1747#comment-18640 Baino Nowadays I talk to everyone and if I want a photo I just ask. Never been refused yet! Baino

Nowadays I talk to everyone and if I want a photo I just ask. Never been refused yet!

]]> By: kenju http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/02/the-times-they-are-a-changing-2/#comment-18639 kenju Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:50:40 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1747#comment-18639 My daughter and I were shopping once, when she was about 14, and she was hell-bent to have a sweater she was trying on. I didn't like the color of it (tannish gold), but I had not said so yet. A woman in the store approached our area, and I recognized her as one of our local radio personalities. She was very tall, as are we. She overheard our conversation about the sweater - I was trying to get my daughter to look around for something else and she was adamant about that sweater. The radio woman asked if she could interrupt and we said certainly. She told me daughter that the sweater's color did absolutely nothing for her; that the color washed her face out, it was not long enough and she'd do well to look for something brighter. My daughter backed down about it and I could have kissed that woman!! Maybe you should have said something. LOL My daughter and I were shopping once, when she was about 14, and she was hell-bent to have a sweater she was trying on. I didn’t like the color of it (tannish gold), but I had not said so yet.

A woman in the store approached our area, and I recognized her as one of our local radio personalities. She was very tall, as are we. She overheard our conversation about the sweater - I was trying to get my daughter to look around for something else and she was adamant about that sweater. The radio woman asked if she could interrupt and we said certainly. She told me daughter that the sweater’s color did absolutely nothing for her; that the color washed her face out, it was not long enough and she’d do well to look for something brighter. My daughter backed down about it and I could have kissed that woman!! Maybe you should have said something. LOL

]]> By: steph http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/02/the-times-they-are-a-changing-2/#comment-18638 steph Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:48:36 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1747#comment-18638 Grannymar What's happening to this world of ours? Why do shopping centres think that we need to be entertained with sales assistants in fancy dress? Stop the world, I want to get off! *stomps off in a grump* Grannymar

What’s happening to this world of ours?

Why do shopping centres think that we need to be entertained with sales assistants in fancy dress?

Stop the world, I want to get off!

*stomps off in a grump*

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