The things we do....

Last night I went out with some ladies for work for dinner and drinks and somehow we got on the topic of the movie "My Big Fat Greek" wedding where Windex was used to solve all of lifes problems.

We started talking about the different products that we use that seem crazy to everyone else. I for example all keep some natural "Clean Well" hand sanitizer spray in my purse and found that it's great to use if I get a stain on my clothes while I'm out and about and it also eliminates my need for a Tide Stick (which don't work very good anyway, by the way).

And then Annette pipes in. To give you a little bit of background on Annette, the best way to describe her is crazy! She is a freelance interior designer. My company contracts her out quite frequently, so I work with her on an almost daily basis in some form or fashion. Annette is very well known in the community and lives in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Madison, just down the street from the governor. You would never guess if it you met her though. She has a zany personaltiy and is at least 30 minutes late to every appointment and recently go pulled over and mistaken for a drunk driver by the officer - even though she was completely sober and hadn't had a drink for days. I can kind of understand why he might think that though, because if you didn't know her well you would really think that she might be on a mind-altering substance upon your first impression of her. That being said she has such a kind, caring and compassionate heart to help others and give back to the community and is a wonderful person that I am proud to know.

Anyway, back to our topic of conversation. Annette is known for putting her makeup on in the car, after all she lives pretty haphazardly. On a lucky day she'll get her eye makeup on while stopped at a red light, but many times she takes her chances and has streaks across her face from trying to put on "her eyes" while she's zooming down the belt-line. I've always wondered why she doesn't clean the makeup off when such "streaking" incidents occur and so one time I asked her about it. Her response was "well it's too late now, it's already stuck on my skin." Knowing Annette as I do, I figured I'd let it be at that. As we were talking about multi-purposing household items last night I began to understand what she means. You see, Annette uses a Sharpie Marker as an eye-liner pencil. Yes, a SHARPIE is what her makeup collection consists of. Even knowing Annette as I do, I was shocked and couldn't help to laugh until it brought tears to my eyes.

I was then reminded that maybe I'm just a little bit more normal then I give myself credit for. ;)