Gotta Love Awkward Encounters

So dollar stores, best things ever right? A cheap place to pick up just about anything for a buck. Pens, cups, cookware, art supplies and stocking stuffers. As long as you're not too concerned with quality it's a great place to grab it. There are of course a few things I see at the local dollerama that I wouldn't really want to buy there. One of which would be a pregnancy test.

I have no problem buying cheap no-name ziplock bags, but I don't know if I would want to leave my parenthood status update to the kind folks at the buck shop. Can you just see the relief on some poor girls face when the dollar test tells her she's not pregnant; then a couple months later she feels a kick? I shudder at the thought. I'm down for a deal, but it's definitely something I would splurge on for the best possible brand. Just about every time I walk past the tests there I think to myself: does anyone actually buy these? Apparently yes.

The other day I was happily Christmas shopping with my Mum and took a detour into the dollar store to pick up some more cookie boxes for my gifting. As I stared at the shelves I felt a tap on my shoulder and heard a quiet "excuse me". I turned to see a lady timidly nod her head and ask me if I could help her with something. She directed me over to where the pregnancy and ovulation tests were and asked me to explain the difference between the two. There I was standing in the dollar store trying to find the words to tell a stranger what the two tests did, while my mother looked on from a distance with a mildly amused face. After my awkward 'did someone just ask me this' pause, I went on to describe in deep and scientifically accurate terms what they were (the blue one tells you when you can get pregnant - the purple one tells you if you are) she thanked me and went on her way holding a purple box. All I could think was "good luck lady may the dollar store Gods be on your side".



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Going Rogue

Well hello there blog long time no see!

It seems I went AWOL on the internet for a bit. Aside from the odd Facebook update, my blog has sat dormant, my twitter is silent and the backlog on all my favourite reading links has certainly piled up. Sometime real life takes over and writers block kicks in and you take an unofficial hiatus...then forget you took one. Oops! All I can really say about it is: onward and upward my friends!


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