Margaritas.

It’s my last night at the beach with my family and I really wanted a margarita. Went to the grocery, bought the mix, and made it happen.

It was frozen and delicious, and I gotta say I thoroughly enjoyed sipping on it as the sun set and the thumbnail moon began to rise.

That being said, it made me think of a conversation I had the other day in which I used and example of something I’ve done before but in a way in which I acted like I’d never done it. I know that makes no sense whatsoever, so here’s a little more explanation before I get into it:

Last fall, I was craving a margarita. It was October-ish, so there were hot nights mixed in with the cool ones. I went to the store and bought the frozen mix and got home ready to blend away, but didn’t think about the tequila aspect of the concoction. When I got back, I realized that the only tequila in the house was some leftover Patron I’d bought to celebrate a birthday a few months back.

I realize that Patron is the high rolling brand. I take pride in drinking it from time to time, when the occasion is right, and I want to feel like John Mayer. Or T.I. I also realize that blending it into a $2 can of margarita mix is a waste, because you could blend gasoline into it and it would taste the same.

This being said, I picked up the little clear bottle, pulled the cork and dumped it into the blender. I REALLY wanted a margarita!

My dad walked into the kitchen as I was doing this and couldn’t believe what I was doing.

“How can you use PATRON in a MARGARITA?!” he said. “That’s such a waste!”

I’d like to say I felt shameful, but I didn’t, and it was delicious. He tells people this story even now, and no one else can believe it either. Oh well.

THIS BEING SAID:

I was talking to my cousin the other day and I used the analogy “That’s like using PATRON in a MARGARITA!” to explain the stupidity of wasting something for no good reason. I knew I was going to use this analogy, and when he laughed and agreed with me, I smiled inside thinking, “HA! I’ve done this, but nobody knows!”

Funny thing is, I do this relatively often. I can’t think of any other concrete examples right now, but this popped in my mind tonight. I feel like we’re all guilty of this from time to time.

You ever do it? Ever say something as a joke that you’re embarrassed about or don’t want everyone to know about that you’ve done and laugh it off like you have NO CLUE of anyone who would actually do something that STUPID? Haha…it’s actually pretty fun, because the people in the conversation think the joke’s on someone else when it’s actually on THEM!

Anyway. I used Jose this time. Salt on the rim and a slice of lime, too. Mmmm.

D.