When i wake up in the morning, the first thing i do is turn the T.V on to watch 'Breakfast' on channel One. I watch this show for two main reasons. 1) Paul Henry is hilarious. 2) Tamati Coffey tells me what i need to wear in order to be temperature comfortable in Wellington. Well, today Tamati told me that it would be moderately warm & windy, and that it would be absolutely fine to wear a chiffon dress layered over leggings and a long sleeved t-shirt. He lied. So you can imagine my dissatisfaction, when i left the warmth and shelter of 'New Kirk' to be greeted by the rain - it was bucketing down! I could feel the moisture seeping into my patent ballet flats by the second. The bus shelter was of course full, so i was left on the footpath, 100% exposed to the elements. A handsome man in a leather jacket stood next to me, looked me up and down and said "you weren't prepared for this today were you?" In my head i responded with "think you're funny do you wise guy? What i actually said was "no, if i knew it was going to rain i wouldn't have worn this". Then, it happened, as if it were plucked straight from the pages of a Nicholas Sparks novel. A 'meet cute', if you will. He then took off his jacket, put it round my shoulders and said "I'd hate to see a pretty lady in polka-dots get soaked." Swoon. The few minutes that lay between the 'meet cute' and the bus arriving, felt like a dream. My bus arrived, i gave the jacket back, and profusely thanked him. Chivalry, ladies i can assure you, is far from dead.
Monday, 3 August 2009
'Raindrops keep fallin' on my head'
When i wake up in the morning, the first thing i do is turn the T.V on to watch 'Breakfast' on channel One. I watch this show for two main reasons. 1) Paul Henry is hilarious. 2) Tamati Coffey tells me what i need to wear in order to be temperature comfortable in Wellington. Well, today Tamati told me that it would be moderately warm & windy, and that it would be absolutely fine to wear a chiffon dress layered over leggings and a long sleeved t-shirt. He lied. So you can imagine my dissatisfaction, when i left the warmth and shelter of 'New Kirk' to be greeted by the rain - it was bucketing down! I could feel the moisture seeping into my patent ballet flats by the second. The bus shelter was of course full, so i was left on the footpath, 100% exposed to the elements. A handsome man in a leather jacket stood next to me, looked me up and down and said "you weren't prepared for this today were you?" In my head i responded with "think you're funny do you wise guy? What i actually said was "no, if i knew it was going to rain i wouldn't have worn this". Then, it happened, as if it were plucked straight from the pages of a Nicholas Sparks novel. A 'meet cute', if you will. He then took off his jacket, put it round my shoulders and said "I'd hate to see a pretty lady in polka-dots get soaked." Swoon. The few minutes that lay between the 'meet cute' and the bus arriving, felt like a dream. My bus arrived, i gave the jacket back, and profusely thanked him. Chivalry, ladies i can assure you, is far from dead.
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I can't believe that happened! I wonder if the guy was like "What the hey I'll be a gentleman" or WHAT was going through his head. So nice. Great post too. I think you're a better blogger than me. So yay that you've finally started.
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