I am notorious for missing special events such as birthdays, valentine’s day, you name it. So, I was especially proud of myself that I actually got my butt in gear and not only bought my mother a card but bought her a present and got it shipped early enought that she got it BEFORE Mother’s Day. I thought about getting her a gift card to Belks but I wanted to actually buy her a gift. I’d looked over the whole section when I saw a blue-haired lady checking out Cappagallo capris and matching tops in a blue and white seersucker material. Perfect. It looked just like something Mama would wear. I bought her the top but I wasn’t sure on the capris so I bought two sizes and just included the receipt so she could take the other pair back and get something else.
The package arrived last Friday and she was elated. She loved it! Loved the color and loved the material.
I called her early Sunday morning to wish her a happy mother’s day.
Mama: Let me tell you what I did. Buck (my stepfather) says I shouldn’t have but I did it anyway.
Me: Okay…
Mama: Well, I just wasn’t sure if a woman my age should wear those capris and it was worrying me. I was laying awake in bed on Saturday worrying about it and then it occurred to me what I could do. I cut the bottoms off one pair of those pants and hemmed it on the bottom of the other to make it full-length pants.
:doh:
Dead silence because I am absolutely rendered speechless. Honestly, I couldn’t say anything….and that doesn’t happen often.
Mama: Well, are you there?
Me: Uh, yeah. I just don’t really know what to say.
Mama: You’re mad aren’t you?
Me: I’m not mad (pissed was more like it
). But did you see how much I paid for that? Why didn’t you just take it back?:wallbash:
Mama: I didn’t want to take it back because I liked it. So, I fixed it. It’s got a double bottom and it looks fine.
Me: How does it not look weird?
Mama: Wait until you see it. It looks good.
Me: I’ll have to see it cause, quite frankly, I can’t imagine it.
At this point all I can do is laugh. We’re talking cuffed seersucker here, people. Mama’s definitely marching to her own drum on this one. I told Girl and she just grinned and said, “Grandma’s out there.”
Uh-huh.
Monday afternoon she tells me she wore her new outfit to the eye doctor and it looked good.
Mom: He stroked my arm the whole time he was talking to me.
Me: It’s probably that double-bottom fashion statement you were making — he couldn’t help himself.
Mom: I didn’t raise you to be a smart-ass.
:devil:
Who knows, Mama may be starting a whole new fashion trend among the south Georgia blue-haired set…or not.:mrgreen:
:happy2: When I stop laughing I’ll comment.
Please don’t let me become one of those blue-haired grandmas.
Comment by Marilyn — May 17, 2007 @ 8:00 am
Sounds like something my grandmother would do. I could spend $500 on a beautiful oak bookcase and within a month, she will have painted it and put a goofy stencil on it, drilled holes in the back, and piled it haphazardly with Star Trek books. That, of course, is if she didn’t decide to saw it in half and make two bookshelves to flank the tv cabinet she made by taking the doors off of a waterbed headboard. Or if she left it alone, she’d end up giving it away. Suffice to say, I only buy her furniture at the thrift store.
Comment by Andrea — May 17, 2007 @ 8:06 am
:happy2: Thanks for the laugh this morning!
Kira
Comment by Kira — May 17, 2007 @ 8:19 am
Marilyn, it’ll never happen. You are one chic grandma. :thumbsup:
LOL, Andrea. Your grandmother sounds like my step-father. He has to “customize” everything.
Comment by Jennifer — May 17, 2007 @ 8:25 am
Sure thing, Kira. Mom wouldn’t be happy to know she’s hit the blogosphere but it was too good to keep to myself. :twisted:
Comment by Jennifer — May 17, 2007 @ 8:26 am
Oh, my. :happy2:
Comment by Kimberly — May 17, 2007 @ 10:55 am
:happy2: Too funny, I want to be like her. Wait, I am. No shame here, it keeps things interesting to say the least. And my co workers never know what to expect either.
Comment by Ginger — May 17, 2007 @ 12:18 pm
Kimberly, I’ve met your mother. You have no worries.
LOL, Ginger. There’s something to be said for unpredictability. :mrgreen:
Comment by Jennifer — May 17, 2007 @ 2:22 pm