Bow ties have infinite uses. For example, when I was overdoing it at the beach one afternoon, Bow Tie o’ the Day selflessly wrapped itself around my ankles like a pair of shackles, to keep me sitting down in one place. It forced me to rest up for a few minutes. I appreciate a thoughtful bow tie.
A couple of days before we left home for Dauphin Island, I chose this bright green color of nail polish to adorn my fingernails and toenails for the trip. Suzanne nail polished away. I didn’t realize until I put on my flip-flops when we when were headed to the beach for the first time that the green polish color was one of the two colors on my only pair of flip-flops. I matched, but it was too late to do anything about it at that point, since Suzanne didn’t bring her cosmetic bag o’ nail polish to the island.
This is the last known photo of my flip-flops. Later this day, I was enjoying myself so heartily that I out-did my right flip-flop, by walking through– not on– the water. My toughness and the ocean murdered it.
After we were done at the beach, (Can you really truly ever be done with the beach?) we went to the one touristy-stuff store on the island to find me some new flip-flops. We had no luck, because although Beach Planet had hundreds of flip-flops that fit me, I refused to pay beach prices– on principle. I found a $2 pair of thongs for $24.99. No sale. Hence, I wore my Nike’s for the duration of the trip.
The Beach Planet shopping outing was still a success because Suzanne got 5 pairs of earrings and a barrette. And she found me a pair of earrings too– paisley, of course. And I found this hat. And that was just our first trip to that store.
