This is a silly story, but it makes me laugh enough to share it on here so I don't forget it.
Last Wednesday was just a series of unfortunate events for me. The bf had jury duty, and I was going to give him a ride. To start his day off right, I made some coffee. Well... I was a little too impatient with the French Press and the coffee erupted, making a nice hot (literally) mess all over the counter. After I dropped him off, I decided that a change of scenery would be nice, so I went to Balboa Park to wait for the traffic to die down.
I took a nice stroll around, people watched and drank some of the coffee that I put in my to go mug. After I got back to my car, I saw a ticket on the windshield. Now... did I read the sign that said "No parking on Wednesdays until after 10am"? Yes... did I comprehend that it was a Wednesday and that I shouldn't park there... apparently not, because I had a fat ticket on my windshield. What an expensive trip to the park! And I didn't even get to ride a ride or get any ice cream! Sigh...
When I got home, still frustrated, I made lunch, and if you haven't already seen the pattern... I ended up dropping part of it too. It seems like the kitchen was begging for a cleaning that day!
Since the bf was already downtown, he tasked me with finding a place for happy hour since he'd already be downtown. I picked King and Queen Cantina which was pretty close for him. My luck generally got a little better, as I found a parking spot within 2 blocks of the restaurant. I get there and it's a cute open place on the corner. That's all fine and dandy, but it was a FRIGID evening! With the wind, it was easily in the high 40s and 50s. And come on now... I'm a SoCal girl. That is COLD for me! It was more of an "unhappy hour" to me as we were trying to warm up.
We thought about taking a walk after dinner since we were already down there, but after a few minutes, we said SCREW THIS! and headed home.
Ok, so... I know... so far this post has no silver lining. It's coming, I promise! I digress!
So, I didn't pay the ticket right away. After a few days, I looked up the url and saw that they were going to charge a $4 "convenience fee" if I paid via credit card. Come on son! If I paid with a check (remember those things? where you write out how much you want to pay someone in actual words as well as numbers and sign your name?!), it would only cost me a check and postage, so I took that option since I was already basically throwing money down the toilet and didn't want to add a few more $ to it.
The post office near me is close to a somewhat fancy supermarket that gives weekly coupons to get you in the store. This week's coupon was a free tuna handroll. I figured that I could drop it off and get a snack since I was out anyway.
[As a side note, I like to walk as often as I can and during my walks I like to listen to podcasts. My friend told me about The Read and I decided to take it for a spin during this trip. It can be somewhat offensive but it is HYSTERICAL (to me anyway).]
After the drop off, I proceed to the market, listening to the podcast, laughing most of the way. I was listening to a really old episode and they were talking about Scandal and some other random things. I get to the sushi counter and see that they had sample sushi, so naturally, I took a piece, regretting I didn't take one more. haha
I looked at the selection and decided to just get 2 tuna handrolls, not only for cost effectiveness but also because the quantity would be just right.
I take my purchases to the front where there is no line at the registers. I stop the podcast, put my items on the belt and handed her the coupon. She took the coupon, scanned something else that still gave me the discount, and offered me a free piece of chocolate. Feeling generous, she slapped down another so that each of my handrolls had a piece on top. We had some fun banter and then she pointed to where the condiments were. I thanked her and told her to have a wonderful day.
I decided to eat there. My walk home was only 10 min, but why bother when there were inviting empty tables right there?
I got my stuff, resumed the podcast and ate my tuna handrolls. The podcast was cracking me up and at times I was choking in between bites, so I had to be careful! As I was sitting there, chewing on my food and shaking from laughter, I decided to take a look at the receipt. I couldn't believe what I saw! She gave me an extra SENIOR discount of 10%! HAHAHAHA
I didn't take a picture of how I was looking at that moment, but this photo will sum it up.
I had to laugh, because shoot, 10% discount on top of a BOGO sushi deal on top of FREE chocolate! What a great day! Now how's THAT for a silver lining?!
Last Wednesday was just a series of unfortunate events for me. The bf had jury duty, and I was going to give him a ride. To start his day off right, I made some coffee. Well... I was a little too impatient with the French Press and the coffee erupted, making a nice hot (literally) mess all over the counter. After I dropped him off, I decided that a change of scenery would be nice, so I went to Balboa Park to wait for the traffic to die down.
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| Balboa Park |
When I got home, still frustrated, I made lunch, and if you haven't already seen the pattern... I ended up dropping part of it too. It seems like the kitchen was begging for a cleaning that day!
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| only shot I got before heading home |
We thought about taking a walk after dinner since we were already down there, but after a few minutes, we said SCREW THIS! and headed home.
Ok, so... I know... so far this post has no silver lining. It's coming, I promise! I digress!
So, I didn't pay the ticket right away. After a few days, I looked up the url and saw that they were going to charge a $4 "convenience fee" if I paid via credit card. Come on son! If I paid with a check (remember those things? where you write out how much you want to pay someone in actual words as well as numbers and sign your name?!), it would only cost me a check and postage, so I took that option since I was already basically throwing money down the toilet and didn't want to add a few more $ to it.
The post office near me is close to a somewhat fancy supermarket that gives weekly coupons to get you in the store. This week's coupon was a free tuna handroll. I figured that I could drop it off and get a snack since I was out anyway.
[As a side note, I like to walk as often as I can and during my walks I like to listen to podcasts. My friend told me about The Read and I decided to take it for a spin during this trip. It can be somewhat offensive but it is HYSTERICAL (to me anyway).]
After the drop off, I proceed to the market, listening to the podcast, laughing most of the way. I was listening to a really old episode and they were talking about Scandal and some other random things. I get to the sushi counter and see that they had sample sushi, so naturally, I took a piece, regretting I didn't take one more. haha
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| My "senior discount" look |
I take my purchases to the front where there is no line at the registers. I stop the podcast, put my items on the belt and handed her the coupon. She took the coupon, scanned something else that still gave me the discount, and offered me a free piece of chocolate. Feeling generous, she slapped down another so that each of my handrolls had a piece on top. We had some fun banter and then she pointed to where the condiments were. I thanked her and told her to have a wonderful day.
I decided to eat there. My walk home was only 10 min, but why bother when there were inviting empty tables right there?
I got my stuff, resumed the podcast and ate my tuna handrolls. The podcast was cracking me up and at times I was choking in between bites, so I had to be careful! As I was sitting there, chewing on my food and shaking from laughter, I decided to take a look at the receipt. I couldn't believe what I saw! She gave me an extra SENIOR discount of 10%! HAHAHAHAI didn't take a picture of how I was looking at that moment, but this photo will sum it up.
I had to laugh, because shoot, 10% discount on top of a BOGO sushi deal on top of FREE chocolate! What a great day! Now how's THAT for a silver lining?!
