Pretzel Day!

I love me a big soft pretzel, and I also like the various flavors of Snyder's of Hanover pretzel bits.  I particularly like the buffalo-flavored ones, but those don't always like me, LOL.  But yeah, it's a good day to celebrate.  Oh yes, and this, from BowtifulDreamer.

Joining the pretzel bow are the beer earrings, because who doesn't love beer and pretzels?

Okay, not everyone loves beer, and not everyone loves pretzels, but to me they're a pretty good match.  Kinda like Coke and Oreos, LOL.  Oh, pretzels and I go back a long way, and one particular type of pretzel has a darkly humorous and revolting story behind it.  If you puke easily, skip to the next paragraph, please.  That said, I spent the evening of October 21th, 2007 parked in front of the TV, watching VH1 Classic and stuffing my gullet with Rold Gold-brand mustard-flavored pretzels.  Five hours later I woke up in excruciating pain and ended up in the emergency room with a kidney stone.  Now kidney stones do a number of fun things to one's body, and one of those things is stimulate the nerves that the kidneys share with the guts, creating nausea and usually vomiting.  Predictably I threw up everything that I had in my stomach, which in this case was the load of mustard pretzels that I'd eaten the evening before.  Y'all can probably guess what color it was.  Anyway, as dire as the situation was, I still had enuff pride to feel embarrassed!  Here were these nurses, wheeling me down the hall to my room, and every inch of the way I was tossing my cookies into the bucket I'd grabbed before leaving home.  I know nurses see things like that and worse all the time, and my nurses were understanding and patient, but I was still mortified.  Having a kidney stone is NOT fun, y'all.

I'm going to break from tradition now and talk about the Etsy seller a bit, because they have a lovely selection of other things to wear.  Some of the bows have more foodstuffs like fried chicken, waffles, and bacon, and then there's your more traditional motifs like bees, polka dots, and sunflowers.  These bows are unique in that they can be used as hair bows for chicks or dog collar decorations, or as bow ties, if you're married to the History Guy...or the Eleventh Doctor.  Take your pick.  I make note of this because most of the shops I buy from are strictly for hair bows.  Hey, guys and pets like to look nice too...well, guys do.  Pets don't give a crap.

Speaking of bow ties and the men who wear them, look what I've got.  GERONIMO!!!!!!!

That, folks is a bow tie.  From the same Etsy shop.  Here's a better look at it; it's got music notes.

Don't let my smile in that selfie fool you; I'd pulled the damn thing too tight, and when I took it off my neck had a mark on it like I'd been garroted!  When I first ordered the pretzel bow I got...this thing instead.  It's cute and well-made, but it's not what I ordered.  I messaged the seller POLITELY and she was both apologetic and efficient.  I received my pretzel bow in...I think it was about four days, give or take.  As for the tie, well...I know no men who wear ANY sort of tie, so I guess this puppy is mine now.  I'll use it as a choker.  I was wearing the paint splatter bow when I took that selfie, by the way.  For the sake of reference, here's how the sheet music bow tie compares in size to the pretzel bow.  The pretzel bow is quite a bit bigger.

Not gonna knock it, though!  They're both well-made products from a nice lady.

Happy Pretzel Day,
RagingMoon1987