My search for hibiscus leaves failed at Walmart and Kmart. I wanted them to make a tea. I don't even like cold tea, but I really wanted to try this recipe out.
All you do is take eight cups of water, add three and a half cups of sugar, boil it until the sugar dissolves to make a simple syrup. Add four cups of hibiscus leaves and let it sit for 20 minutes. Then add two lemons and two limes by squeezing the juice out. Finally, you add two cups of vodka and let it chill in the fridge.
For the purposes of this story, I will call the following woman my Aunt even though she's not really my Aunt, because she's not married to my Uncle yet.
My family had a gift exchange for Christmas and my Aunt ended up with my name. I didn't know this at the time of course, but I do now. Everyone went around the room making suggestions on what they wanted. I didn't really know what I would want. I like being surprised anyways. However, I knew I didn't want any clothes or anything sports related and that I wanted something grown-up. My family made jokes like "What do you mean grown-up? Playboys, Crown Royal?" Everyone laughed and I said no just something grown-up. What I meant by this, which seemed to elude everyone else was something distinguished, something you could maybe use in a home office. For example, a dress belt, a wallet, a cute and sophisticated desk organizer for keys, a watch, cell phone etc. Those are things I would have been happy with.
I'm not quite sure when I did this, but one day I went through some store ads and marked somethings I liked. My mom found this and one of the things I marked was a watch, so she told my Aunt about it. When we had the gift exchange I ended up getting a watch and it was one of the few times I was actually 100% satisfied with what I got. Usually, I got really lame things that didn't suit my personality or age-level at all. The only problem was the watch was a little too big for me and I needed to get a link out. Not a major issue at all. My Aunt told me she got it at JCPenney and everyone else told me pretty much any jewelry store could take out a link for me.
A couple of weeks passed without me making a trip up to the mall. Finally, the day came. I walked up to the counter. Mind you, I'm not good at these things, because I'm so shy. I waited for like three long minutes before the lady looked up to ask if I needed help. I said, "Um, I think my Aunt bought this watch for me here and it's a little too big for me and I was wondering if you could take a link or two out?" She replied, "Okay let me take a look at it," then she informed me that they don't carry this brand of watch here and that they charge ten dollars to take links out of watches they don't sell. I was caught off guard and I said, "I'm pretty sure it was purchased at a JCPenney, either that or Sears. Do you know if they sell watches?" She told me, "I don't know." So, I said I would call my mom to make sure I had the right store. This is when another lady came up and said she would call the one in Mentor to see if they carried it. I said thanks, especially since my Aunt lives in Madison and that's probably where she bought it.
The person on the phone informed us that they carry it during the Christmas Season. After all that they finally took one link out for me which with the right tool took them all but 30 seconds. Then my watch was perfect.
I don't mean to sound sexiest at all, but I truly believe if there was a male behind the counter, he would have just took the link out for me without any questions. Whatever happened to the customer always being right?
I'm going to try something I never tried before. I'm going to write down what it is I really want and sign it and date it and lock it up and hopefully one day I can pull it out and it will be true. Wish me luck.
1 comment:
that wishlist is a good idea. I hope you get everything you want!!
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