I was the creep

Yesterday I read on Facebook that it was "Kiss a Ginger Day". As I love ginger everything, I kissed my sister and felt that I had somehow missed the full impact of such a wonderful internet holiday. Today, I was at the grocery store, organic section, when I spotted a family of beautiful gingers on a collision course with me. All internal systems yelled, "OOOOOO!!!! GINGERS!!!!"

So I smiled and said. "Apparently yesterday was Kiss a Ginger Day, and while I won't kiss you, I do appreciate the ginger-ness." The mom looked up from her three wild ginger kids and there was confused kindness in her eyes. "Well...thanks." she said as the children tried to leap over the edge of the cart.

She moved on. I stood there, looking at the farm fresh eggs, and my outfit-a giant puffy purple down jacket, crazy morning hair, a short yellow skirt and paisley knee high socks. The feeling was similar to talking while someone you like is trying to kiss you for the first time.