I saw a personalized licesnse plate I thought was brilliant. It has some number then MENNME…. Men & Me for those who have difficulty reading these types of things.
I smiled and remembered when I had a personalized plate. The same plate on my ’84 Escort, my ’96 Prelude (loved that car) and my ’91 Mustang Convertible. It said, REDI4Me. Or Ready for Me for those who have difficulty with these.
And believe me! I actually met someone who DID! A friend of a friend saw me walking to my car and said, “Heather! I didn’t know you smoked pot?” I looked at her like she was crazy… or stoned… which she probably was.
“I don’t?”
“But your plate,” she insisted… “Red Eye for Me!”
“Drat,” I thought, “I should have gone with the E and not the I!”
Lately I’ve been missing not having visual advertisement of the new me. Toying with the absolutely delicious idea of putting a plate that said COUGAR on it. Or even a bumper sticker. The shock value alone just thrills me! I’m certainly not unwilling to tell the world who I am nor anything about what I do.
But my kids ride in my car with me. And because they are MY kids they won’t hesitate at ALL in asking me why this is on my car and what does it mean. While I’m not ashamed to tell the cute little buggers…. its not a Good Mom move when they are still this young. And I REALLY dislike lying to them in any way. So I’ve been refraining.
And toy with other little ideas that might get my point across. Paint my car with Cougar footprints all over it? Naw…. to subtle. I’ve run through many possible bumper stickers from the obvious… I heart men…. to the humorous… marriage sucks…. to the obscure… this cat has claws.
Yet when I saw that license plate I realized it would be perfect. If I added the number 3 to it I can tell my kids its cuz they are the men in my life. 3MENnME or if that’s taken MEnMEN3 or MEn3MEN…. you see where I’m going with this?
The beauty of it is I really DO love the idea of me and three men!
I like to turn heads ONE way or ANOTHER! 😉