Earlier this morning, I was checking out some recent posts from my favorite blogs and came across one about buying things in multiple which made me think of a recent fuzzy brain faux pas story which related to multiples purchases. For those of you who aren't familiar with multiples purchasing, it basically means when you find something that looks good on you, taste good to you, or fits you, you buy it it in every color or flavor (for me that would be shoes and girl scout cookies).
So where does the fuzzy brain syndrome fit in with multiples purchasing you ask?
I believe this photo speaks for itself...
I took this glamorous ped-shot with my iphone midday at a board meeting after looking down in horror, apparently for the first time that day, to discover I had worn two different colored shoes. After my discovery I didn't hear a thing in the meeting. I was immersed in a detective-like retracing of my mismatched steps leading up to the sighting. My fuzzy brain was racing...Who had I talked to? Did anyone try to give me a clue? Would there be a new fashion rage at the hospital system of trendy wannabes working the two-different-colored-shoes look?
I wish I could tell you that this was the first time I had done anything like this but that would be a lie. No, fuzzy brain syndrome and I go way back...there was the time I went on three hospital site visits with an old band-aid stuck to the back of my head or the conference I went to with my shoes on the wrong foot and limped around a good part of the day before I realized it. Yes, I am no stranger to menopausal fuzzy brain ( as many of my loving facebook friends reminded me when I posted the foot shot on my wall), the only difference was that when I launched the two-different-colored-shoes look, I had a temporary lapse in fuzzy brain and the forethought to know that this had to be captured by photo.
Hope it made you smile. Thank you to Writing Without Periods (what a great name!) for dislodging my writer's block and giving me a topic for today!
11 comments:
That is hilarious! Although I have not quite gotten official menopausal fuzzy brain symptoms, I feel your pain! Thanks for the picture!
not to be a party pooper...but the fuzzy brain can come from a number of different causes. As an over 50 menopausal woman, I can honestly say that wearing 2 different shoes comes from another place, not fuzzy brain relative to menopause. Lets look at other stressors, maybe getting dressed in a hurry, or how bout even getting dressed in the dark? Clearly, since you're a multiple purchaseor the shoes didn't feel any different, you didn't need to look or take time to.. I have to agree that the "fashion choice" is a funny one..but chalking it up to menopause?
Like I said, I'm not trying to be a party pooper..its funny true but giving women the idea that they totally lose it when they hit menopause..a little over the top..;-(
I get funny brain all the time. Love the picture of your shoes. Actually I think the combo looks quite fetching! New style, plus it gives you more options.
Mary
Wow. Deb sounds like she might want to have her hormone replacement therapy tweaked a little. This is a casual blog, not a diagnosis/symtpoms website. Relax!
Besides, I'm thinking if a menopausal woman wants to think that she did something due to menopause, she should be able to. I wouldn't want to throw eggshells on the ground, no matter how inaccurate her claim may be.
It's like telling someone their careless doodles lack detail... so what.
Okay Deb, I think you took the blog post a bit too seriously. All because you don't have enough of a since of humor to blame funny misfortunes on your menopause doesn't mean you need to attack an innocent blog post. you must really have a stick up your butt to feel the need to post a nasty comment. get a since of humor.
by the way. LOVE the blog! keep writing! Can't wait to see what you have coming next!
ps. I blame everything on my menopause, we're allowed to :)
Thanks for all of your comments...all I can say is fanning flashers have got some 'tude! I am loving it. Please continue to talk among yourselves. FF
Oh my! too funny! something similar happened...but it involved our older daughter and I. Our family was out eating dinner, having a grand time... well, after sitting there and enjoying our food and family time, cracking up, etc... we finish, get up and start walking out the restaurant. My daughter and I look down and noticed that somehow, during the meal, we had exchanged one of our shoes. (I guess, we both got a little to comfy and slipped out of our shoes, and then somehow we slipped back into only one correct shoe and into the other's opposite shoe.)
Love your humor!
Blessings & Aloha!
This post made me laugh so much-and reminded me of the day I put my high-cut panties on wrong.I somehow ended up with the leg hole around my waist and the crotch flapping around my hip. Went around all day pulling at my wedgie and cursing Victoria's Secret before I figured out what I'd done wrong. Now I have a name for these mishaps-fuzzy-brain indeed. :)
Dixie - too funny! The old 'leg holes and waist hole are all the same size' trick. Definitely a fuzzy brain move! :-)
More than smiling, I'm laughing! I'm definitely up in the menopausal stratosphere with low O2 to the brain ( do you know that hormones, caffeine and various herbal supplements send more blood to the brain? however, they have a few other effects tooo...) I was getting a little paranoid yesterday while doing a few errands feeling like everyone was looking at me, straight in the face. Wondering what was going on ... and discovered an hour or so later at home, my zipper was down (damn!) But I honestly don't know if it was that obvious, or if I was just looking stressed. They were looking at my face, not my tummy! Oh well... fuzzy indeed!
I call this "menopause retardation" and my definition: the inability to concentrate, multitask or walk and chew gum simultaneously. (some days I have trouble with just the walking part) Very funny photo, I was feeling very alone until I saw that, thank you!
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