- Even the weekend before Thanksgiving, there are still tourists in Gettysburg. You know how I know this? Because the idiots can't figure out how to drive in a traffic circle. It's really very simple. If there's a car coming across the circle, wait your turn. If there's a break, go. Don't get half-way out into the circle, then realize there's a car coming, and stop. If everyone drives responsibly, it's a safe and efficient way of handling an intersection. If they don't it's a mess. It was a mess today.
- The Christmas tree was up in the town square already. And see point #1, it's not even Thanksgiving, yet.
- I hate, hate, hate shopping for any kind of pants, but particularly jeans. It always ends with me trying on a bazillion pairs to find one that fits. Apparently, I have a small waist for my size (or I have a big butt for my waist size, but I much prefer the small waist, you know?). So if I find a pair of pants (particularly jeans) that are big enough to get over my hips and butt, there's usually a huge gap in the small of my back. And my torso is long enough that low-rider jeans are too low, so I can't solve the problem that way. When you've tried on every single pair of jeans in your size in a department store and none of them fit, that's frustrating. I ended up having to go to the Spawn of Satan (aka Walmart). But at least I found not one but three pairs of jeans that would work. Which was good, because I was down to one pair fit to be seen in public. And the winners are: Signature by Levi Strauss and Co. Totally Slimming at Waist, Riders by Lee Comfort no-gap Waistband and Riders by Lee Slender Stretch Mid-rise boot cut.
On the bright side, only in Gettysburg would you see two ladies in Civil War clothes in the womens' changing rooms at Walmart. And I now have jeans!