"I like your calm approach to things..."
"You have got life
all figured out at such a young age…"
"Girl, there is no way you need a medium, I will grab you a small!"
I must really have these people fooled! Seriously, those
phrases don’t fit me at all! This weekend I took a little time to pamper
myself, shop and have some fun:)
Who am I kidding, I pamper myself whenever I feel like it…It's one of the perks of being a single woman! During the span of three days I heard all of these phrases and each one resulted in me fighting back laughter.
You see I talk a lot…that’s nothing new of course but it
leads me to some very interesting conversations with random people. The cashier
at Target, the old man in the elevator as I’m leaving work, the bartender when
I am picking up my To-Go order, basically anyone who looks the least bit
friendly. .. That being said imagine how much I talk to people I actually, sort
of, know. When I say I sort of know these people I mean my favorite massage
therapist (Matt if you are reading this I laughed as I typed that), the girl
who gives my pedicures, and all my favorite girls at Loft!
That first phrase came from Brooke my massage therapist. I
tried sleeping during my first massage but then I started talking and didn’t
stop really. So now I talk while I am facing up and sleep when I turn overJ Anyways she usually
asks about my job and my love life and I ask her about her little boy and we
just chat. I was telling her about my new job at Devon and recent dates etc.
She listens and tells me she likes my “calm approach”….me calm…HA I almost
laughed out loud. I am not typically calm, I am a worrier, a planner, an over
achiever. Calm is just not a word that I would use for myself. Lately though I
guess I have started just to go with the flow a little more…it’s a challenge
for me but its progress. I guess I should keep it up if it’s showing in my conversations.
We will see how that goes!
The second phrase came from the girl giving me a pedicure on
Friday. I was in my usual salon but this was a new girl for me. We were talking
and she asked me what I did. I told her I was a tax accountant at Devon and
tried to move on. I love Devon and I like my job most days but it’s also very
hard to talk to people about what I do. Taxes are just boring to normal people
and when I start talking I tend to go into details people don’t care about or
won’t understand. So we started talking
about something else and I don’t know exactly where it came from but she told
me, “You have got life all figured out at such a young age, you are so lucky!”
I said thank you of course but inside I am just thinking, “Yeah Right!” Yes I went
to college and got a degree. Yes I am now using that degree in my job every
day. No I do not have life figured out….NOT AT ALL! When I graduated college I
had this master plan of how I was going to make some sort of impact on the
world. A year and a half later I can’t even remember what most of my ideas
were...I’ve spent more time trying to find time to do the everyday
things that I have barely had time to figure out what I am really looking for
yet. I will find it though, I’m not worried…it’s just amazing how fast time
goes and how much “life” just takes over.
The third phrase came from one of my Loft ladies! I go to
Loft almost weekly and I would now say that the girls that work there are kind
of my friends. I mean these girls know a lot about me, my address, my phone
number, my email, and the fact that I struggle to wear printed fabrics. I do
not think that I can get in and out of that store in under an hour, it’s just
not possible. We end up having conversations about me or them, or other
customers if I am in there alone, when I will start working there…etc. Saturday
I was just in because they were having a sale and I had some rewards so I was
just drawn in. The shirt I was wearing was from Loft and Lindsay, one of the
girls complimented it. I told her I wished they had more like it and she said
they did and asked me what size. That was when I told her I needed a medium and
she said she didn’t believe me. That’s a big compliment in my book! It happens
to me a lot…apparently my body is pretty deceptive. Some girls in other stores
are kind of rude…I will ask for a 6 and they will say “I doubt that” or “I’ll
grab you a 4 anyways.” This bugs me! After working retail for 4 years I learned…just
give people what they want! Well with this girl I told her I would give the
small a try…it was definitely too small! I walked out of the dressing room to
show her the medium was the one and she just smiles and says you are so sneaky.
She later told me that the customer she was helping thought I could be an XS.
HAHAHAHA I don’t even remember the last time I wore an XS in a regular shirt!
It had to have been early high school. Lesson of the weekend for me…I am hiding any
fat on my body in a very good wayJ
It’s funny to me how much simple conversations with people
can make you think. Imagine how much you would think if you were having
conversations with a new person every day. Or better yet if you were having
more real conversations with the people you know deeply on a regular basis. I
think we get so busy we forget it’s OK to just stop and talk about our days or
share a problem. I am lucky, I have good friends who are around to just stop
and chat pretty often. If it weren’t for those friends I don’t know what I
would be doing sometimes. Go have a conversation today, even if its with a stranger
at a store….you might make a friend or you might learn something about
yourself.
Either way….Keep SmilingJ
Alli 
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