You get what you pay for!
I've always heard that saying and usually just ignored it cause this girl loves a bargain. Well I finally get it, I really do. Last night was my youngest son's last flag football game of the season. It was rainy and cold all day, but they still decided to play and not call the game. We drive the 35 minutes to the game to find it is going to be 20 minutes late cause the previous game went over do to play calls and not starting on time. By this time I'm a little upset thinking of the homework Jake has, and the late dinner which will probably be fast food again (so sick of fast food), and the fact it is rainy, cold and a little windy. I grab my little black umbrella which I purchased a while ago at the Dollar Tree (were everything is a $1.00) and start to watch the game. I nod and smile to all the other parents with their big umbrella's triple the size of mine (like beach umbrellas), open my little one while thinking to myself ~I bit you guys paid triple as much too ha! ha! I no sooner get this thought out of my head when a small gust of wind comes along and flips my little umbrella inside out so it looks like I'm holding a canvas bowl or a satellite dish above my head. I try to fix it without drawing to much attention to myself, but I can't and I notice a few people see it and snicker at me. So with my little bit of pride left I leave it the way it is and use it anyway cause a broken umbrella is better than no umbrella, right. I braved it out for at least 10 minutes but I was getting wet anyway and sick of having to tip it to empty the water that was filling up in it so I went back to my vehicle to watch the game from there. Warm, dry and able to sing along with the radio but feeling like a stupid ass. I must have really looked ridiculous, more so than I usually do around these people. My poor son had to live with the knowledge of not only losing the game but the fact his mom's an idiot. I find myself learning two things from this experience:
1. never buy a umbrella for a $1.00.
2. never think to myself about other people or their stuff again.
1. never buy a umbrella for a $1.00.
2. never think to myself about other people or their stuff again.
posted by Anna at 8:00 AM
6 Comments:
that was a good game though jake only lost by one touchdown and i do agree with the idiot part. lol just kiddin love ya ma
Hold up here. Let me get this straight. You could watch the game from the comfort and warmth of your car and you think you were the dumb one? (lol) I'll take the car any day of the week.
As for the snickers, I'll bet those people were thinking "Thank God that's not us cause that would suck." and you gotta laugh at moments like that cause it beats crying about it.
i agree with ya kat but the funny thing is that if itd gonna happen itll happen to her thats wat makes it funny and that these people are loaded they got enough money to buy a gold umbrella if they want in fact i thought i saw one. I was wearing my thug apparel so they stayed away from me and i knew this so i gave them the look like hey nice umbrella watch out i might take it
t dogg
funny kid why is it I always get that look, and the shakin of the head and the "if its going to happen to anyone it will happen to her" bit from you and your brother. Sorry mom's sooooo embarassing how can ya even stand it....Good thing I didn't post about the hole I feel in, the stubbed toe, or the burn.....
Kathy
When I thought about it later on I realized I was the smart one, but felt stupid at the time. Good thing I have a good since of humor, cause I usually end up having to laugh at myself pretty much every day, I end up being other peoples entertainment but thats okay.....
say T Dogg dont dis your mom.she is a cool girl.she puts up with your Dad and you two teens that makes her a "saint" right there.
Anna just remember what it says in the bible."pride goes before a fall."
its a blessing to be able to get a bargain.but its not nice to be a bargain beget.hee hee.I have that problem to.I love me a good bargain.
now I said all that to say this LOL.you crack me up.yes you were the smart one.that is where I would have been "in the van."my momma didnt raise any dumb kids.well wait a minute she did have Jack!!!
Don't feel all alone, I had the same thing happen to me. Except I bought my umbrella at CVS and paid 3 dollars! :)
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