Times change and we have to change with them. I could make a whole post about all the things that I have witnessed in my lifetime, many changes have been for the better.
Today I want to tell you about something that I just became aware of.
RSVP PLEASE
In one of those advice columns, I read the other day, the question was, "is it ok to RSVP via e-mail when you receive an invitation to a party?
The answer was:
"If you were invited to the party via e-mail, it is ok to response in a similar manner even if it's to a formal affair."That very same day a friend of mine told me that she received an invitation to a wedding in the mail, one of those small return cards was not enclosed.
That's the card I would fill out, let the person know if I would be attending, and write a note of good wishes.
No. No little card was enclosed, but there was an e-mail address noted on the expensive invitation!
It so happens that my friend does not have a computer. Some people still aren't thoroughly modern. ;-) She had to ask her son to RSVP for her.
In my opinion, a formal invitation, to an event that is "a big deal," should have that little card enclosed, and used in the good old fashioned way.
LIPSTICK #708
I guess I'm like all the people that have been around for a while, "we don't like changes."
Some changes are hard to adjust to, but we have no choice, and do what we have to.
Some changes are minor inconveniences, like when the lipstick you have been using for a million years is DISCONTINUED.
About forty years ago I discovered Revlon's Apple Polish lipstick.
A few years ago I found that when I looked in that spot on the shelf that should contain number 708, it was empty!
Oh, what to do? I would go looking for that lipstick in other stores and when I found it, I would load up!
I think what might have happened at that time was, they were cutting back on producing that shade BUT the general public made them bring it back.
When I shopped recently for some new tubes, no more 708! I called the company and they told me Apple Polish was discontinued. The operator suggested I try Coral Berry #674.
OK, I'll give it a try. In the meantime I'll use my #708 until it's down to the bare bones!
Changes, changes, changes.
What minor changes bother you?