LAST FRIDAY WAS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE ( at least in the last 10 years) i went into a store to buy cigarettes and the girl behind the counter said" i need to see some ID". I JUST CHUCKLED ( I'M 42) and handed her my money. she then withheld my cigarettes and said again" ID PLEASE' i then realized that she was SERIOUS!!!!!!

i was absolutely shocked. i said" girl, do you know how OLD i am?" she then explained that they ask everyone who appears 30 or younger. i about came over the counter. i demanded to know if she REALLY thought i MIGHT look 30 or if she asked everybody, etc........ the lady behind me was laughing. i think i scared her. then after i got home i racked my brain staring in the mirror trying to figure out what i had done to my hair, makeup, clothes, etc.... that made me look younger that day. i HAD just had my gray colored and i HAD just gotten my teeth bleached, and i HAD just gotten a french manicure, on & on & on for hours!!!!!!!!!

yesterday. the SADDEST day of my life . i went into the same store, different cashier. a 30 looking something woman in front of me was getting carded for cigarettes. she said" girl, i'm 35 years old". the cashier said" i'm sorry, i ask EVERYBODY unless they look old enough to be my GRANDMOTHER!!!!!( the cashier looked about 25) my turn next. i got the old wallet out waiting to WHIP out the IDENTIFICATION. she never batted an eye as she handed me my change.

oh well, i guess it was a fluke, but it was fun to think it for a couple of days.

TTFN