The photos that I posted of the eclipse were from my phone (how lazy do we get when the phone is so handy?) However, they were not that great. I had taken some with my regular digital camera, but because I didn't get my tripod out, I knew they were a big blur. (lazy again). This morning, as I loaded some pictures from my camera to the computer, which I didn't even bother to do after taking the moon pictures (are you seeing the lazy trend going on?) anyway, I had this photo.
Wow...what a nice little surprise.
This morning I opened the blinds and greeted another rainy morning.
It doesn't rain very often in this part of Arizona, but when it does...it doesn't know when to stop. This is the third day and it doesn't look like it will be stopping. Fortunately, it has been a slow and steady shower so it is not gushing everything away in its path. Except perhaps all the wildflower seeds we planted. They may be in the next county by now.
It's finally beginning to look like Christmas around here. When I finish all the decorating projects I have started and put away the boxes it will make a big difference. I have errands to run and a college girl to pick up today. After that...I will get it done.
And then we will start making cookies. Yummy.
Yesterday I did a little shopping at the gigantic mall in Scottsdale. I was at the register in one of the stores and the gentleman at the register( I later learned he was the manager) made a joke about returning items after Christmas. It was directed towards the woman who had been helping me. (I later learned she was the Regional Manager). It was suppose to be an inside joke between the two of them, but I got it. All those years of retail, managing a clothing store myself, gave me the in to their in-side joke. When I commented back to him with a joke myself letting him know I got it...he looked at me in a surprised way. He asked if I worked retail. And I said I used to. So, a discussion about the where's and the (gasp) when's of my retail experience continued. The Regional Manager said she actually thought I looked familiar and as it turns out, she had been with the Gap (not the store that I was currently shopping in-don't want to give away any secrets). Guess where? Albuquerque. Same place as me. So, we think we were in the same Malls at the same time. So guess what else? They wondered if I would like a part time job? And... depending on my resume...I might be able to be a key holder! (Which just means you would have to work late and close the store). I told them it was a really long time ago that I worked retail, but they said... "Oh if you've got, you've got it." I'm guessing they meant my sales ability because it was obvious I was doing a great job selling my retail experience to them. Although, I wasn't really trying because I don't think I was looking for a job. Anyway, the manager gave me his card and said to give them a call.
As I was walking back through the mall after that, I was reflecting on why they would have offered me a job. Here are the reasons I came up with.
1. The employees were all in my age group.
2. They were not young and hip and wearing the latest fashions.
3. They were wearing clothes that they sell in their store-that would be a requirement.
4. The store was Eddie Bauer and those clothes lean towards casual, outdoor, basic.
5. Because it was a cold, rainy day, I was wearing something casual and wintery from my Colorado wardrobe.
6. Comparing myself to most of the other employees and shoppers in the mall, I believe that is the store I looked like I would fit in. Part of the team.
7. I would like to think it was my sparkling personality, my retail lingo that "I've still got", but I think it might have been my jeans, plaid shoes, boiled wool jacket and scarf that did it.
Well, like I told them as I was leaving..."Thanks for the walk down retail memory lane!"
