aahhhh a barber shop
So the funniest thing happened to me today.... Not funny by LAST COMIC STANDING standards but by "Shelly is a dork" standards.
Espen & I met the neighbor's older daughter who has 2 children of her own. As she stood at the fence telling me all about her life Espen was playing in the mud. He was a WRECK and I'd made an appointment at Portrait Innovations to get a picture quickly taken for my mom in this little summer leisure suit she got him. So when I could break us away, we went in & got the mud off him & had a quick bit of lunch. I put the suit on him & off we went.
I however was A MESS. I had my unbrushed hair in a pony, a white tank top on that SOMEHOW got mud on it and some green capri pants. I discovered I had mud on my feet when I walked into the picture place. So I was a mess. I did have some makeup on so my face looked good!
The pictures of my little man came out great! OF COURSE! He is a ham and loves the camera!! So my mom will be tickled! And off we went. I had heard about this barber close by the house & since Espen was not sleeping but relaxed and quiet in the car, I thought we would check it out. I found it without my Garmin!! (Garmin is in the truck & I am driving ZIPPY right now ~ saves gas!).
So I get cute little Espen out of the car in his little summer suit that is clean & new. And we walk into this barber shop. And behold it was like a movie..... there were 6 stations of black barbers cutting the hair of black men. There were probably 12 men waiting in chairs all along the walls. There were NO WOMEN ~ and especially no dirty white women. It got so quiet you could hear a mouse sneeze. And one man the at the farthest station shouted out a hello & asked if I wanted a hair cut for the little man... at which time I nearly burst into laughter... all I could think of was Jeff Foxworthy "here's your sign"... NO, IDIOT, CAN YOU CUT MY HAIR?? But I just said yes sir & smiled. He said they would be happy to but the wait today was LONG... could I come back like Wednesday morning when the baby would just get right in.... (It was still quiet in the shop). I said sure & thanked him! And off we went. BEFORE the door even closed behind me I could hear the noise start back up! I didn't think they were making fun of me (they may have been) but I think it was a first for them..... And I laughed all the way back to the car WHICH made Espen start laughing too.. so we just laughed! And believe me ~ next week we are going back... he needs a hair cut & I believe the brothers will help him!!!
THAT is a funny story...
(and I have FOUND MY CAMERA! ~ it was under some things I moved out of Espen's way. It is sticky {?} and has a dead battery but I have found it!)
So when we go back I will take a picture of the funny barber shop!
Espen & I met the neighbor's older daughter who has 2 children of her own. As she stood at the fence telling me all about her life Espen was playing in the mud. He was a WRECK and I'd made an appointment at Portrait Innovations to get a picture quickly taken for my mom in this little summer leisure suit she got him. So when I could break us away, we went in & got the mud off him & had a quick bit of lunch. I put the suit on him & off we went.
I however was A MESS. I had my unbrushed hair in a pony, a white tank top on that SOMEHOW got mud on it and some green capri pants. I discovered I had mud on my feet when I walked into the picture place. So I was a mess. I did have some makeup on so my face looked good!
The pictures of my little man came out great! OF COURSE! He is a ham and loves the camera!! So my mom will be tickled! And off we went. I had heard about this barber close by the house & since Espen was not sleeping but relaxed and quiet in the car, I thought we would check it out. I found it without my Garmin!! (Garmin is in the truck & I am driving ZIPPY right now ~ saves gas!).
So I get cute little Espen out of the car in his little summer suit that is clean & new. And we walk into this barber shop. And behold it was like a movie..... there were 6 stations of black barbers cutting the hair of black men. There were probably 12 men waiting in chairs all along the walls. There were NO WOMEN ~ and especially no dirty white women. It got so quiet you could hear a mouse sneeze. And one man the at the farthest station shouted out a hello & asked if I wanted a hair cut for the little man... at which time I nearly burst into laughter... all I could think of was Jeff Foxworthy "here's your sign"... NO, IDIOT, CAN YOU CUT MY HAIR?? But I just said yes sir & smiled. He said they would be happy to but the wait today was LONG... could I come back like Wednesday morning when the baby would just get right in.... (It was still quiet in the shop). I said sure & thanked him! And off we went. BEFORE the door even closed behind me I could hear the noise start back up! I didn't think they were making fun of me (they may have been) but I think it was a first for them..... And I laughed all the way back to the car WHICH made Espen start laughing too.. so we just laughed! And believe me ~ next week we are going back... he needs a hair cut & I believe the brothers will help him!!!
THAT is a funny story...
(and I have FOUND MY CAMERA! ~ it was under some things I moved out of Espen's way. It is sticky {?} and has a dead battery but I have found it!)
So when we go back I will take a picture of the funny barber shop!
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