beetlejuice...

it's my birthday today.  i am thirty seven.  holy crap that number is starting to sound old.  anyway, in an attempt to not appear frumpy and old i selected this multi-striped black and white dress for work today.  i actually really like this dress it fits nicely, the fabric is like your favorite pair of pajamas, and i'm a huge fan of how the stripes are positioned.  but i started to rethink my selection after a comment from a complete stranger.

i went to starbucks this morning to get my free coffee.  yippee, i love free things. i got my usual even though i could've gotten something grander.  i am very much a creature of habit. 

as i was leaving there was a man, an older man, coming towards me.  he had a cheshire cat grin on his face.  it struck me as odd seeing as how he was walking alone, he wasn't looking at a phone, he didn't have a jawbone stuck to his head, nor was he wearing the new google glasses.  as he neared the grin grew bigger.  just as he came within earshot of me he says,

"ah, you chose your beetlejuice outfit today." 

 

i honestly didn't know how to respond.  such an off the wall comment.  is that a compliment or a put down?  i didn't know.  so i simply said, "thank you."  there wasn't much else to say.  no other words were exchanged.  we both kept walking.

 

for the record, i thought that movie was awesome!  i haven't seen it in years but i remember parts of it vividly.  i knew exactly what he meant when he said it, however i didn't think that when i bought this dress.   

 

thank you random stranger.  what he didn't know is that my morning hadn't started on the best foot, but this one quirky statement helped immensely.