War of the Hearts

I get it's "the day before" and maybe this should be a festive-like post, but..............if you've been reading me at all, you know that it's probably not gonna go that way. 

Yesterday I did 93% of my holiday shopping in a two hour period. 

For procrastinating to the 10th hour, I gotta say, I'm good. I mean, my selections are decent and somewhat thought out. Usually I'm a little more creative than I was this year, but what are you gonna do? 

We all know why I procrastinated. Crowds. People. Mental meltdown. I did try to go on-line route, but I tried too late and the things I wanted weren't amazon related, so nothing in 24-72 hours. I had to go in person - so that's on me. 

On my second stop I knew what I wanted and was gonna be in and out. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a guy picking up a Le Creuset pot or pan of some kind. I thought I saw a Marine Corp Marathon patch on his vest. 

It's me, so I wasn't actually going to talk to him, but it made me look twice. 

It was not MCM. It was a vest with a Pentagon patch. I almost - almost !!! - made a "Department of War" 'joke'. 

The joke would have been on me. He moved and his other patch was just that. 

I audibly groaned. 

The vest and patches looked extremely authentic. I looked on-line to see if there were such vests for sale, but nothing came up leading me to believe he worked with the Evil Overlords.  ....the two patches in the title image are either exact or pretty damned close to what he was wearing. 

And he ended up right in front of me in line to check out. I was forced to keep looking at it.......at him,

I'd like to think the woman behind me saw what he was wearing, but I'm not sure. Still I turned her way and muttered, "Jesus Fucking Christ".  Now that I type that, I hope she didn't think I was talking about her. 

Whether a BLOTUS / Hegseth enthusiast or a member of SS, I was just repulsed for hours afterwards. I'm kind of kicking myself now for NOT saying anything. 

I'm also kicking myself for not taking a picture of his fit....as the kids say. My new phone takes great pics. I could have done it from a distance and still gotten the shot. 

Honestly, this is why you shouldn't let me out of the house. Well.......one of many reasons. 

Song by: Sade