the worst possible question, for $100, alex

so it's always fun introducing a potential boy to my friends. they usually behave ... that is until you put some beer in them.

usually i wait a while to make the introduction - but this time, i decided to be spontaneous. only a few dates in. on friday, i make the mistake of saying - hey, i'm having a pint after work with my friends - just meet us there.

things are going well - everyone is jovial. there's a bit of grilling going on but it's all in good fun. and then ...

"so melpie, are you still obsessed with getting married right now? i know you said your biological clock was ticking and you didn't have much time left ..."

*hits forehead*

thank you jfrost. thank you again.

not fooled

so, i have bought more than a few toasted and buttered bagels from tim hortons in my days here on earth. for as long as i can remember (and probably as long as i was what you might call a responsible adult), i have never seen tim hortons do a bagel advertisement campaign.

and yet now - not only gigantic signs at their stores but i just witnessed a television ad.

now normally, one would think that perhaps bagel stop has started making a big dent on timmie's bagel market - but, for some reason, i think this is unlikely.

for some reason, i think we're being played for fools.

and what is that reason?

well ... the new commercials are advertising that a bagel is $1.05 + taxes ... and i swear, last week, i paid $1.06, taxes included.

no tim hortons, this girl is not fooled.