Thursday, September 29, 2011

Embarrassing moment?

I was making a beeline for the lunch restaurant yesterday and wasn't thinking and walked over a grate and Marilyn Monroe'd it for the entire intersection.

You know, like in The Seven Year Itch when Marilyn Monroe walks on the grate and her white dress totally blows up and she looks really sexy and provocative while trying to hold her dress down?



But instead of it being sexy it was just really awkward and I threw my arms down to stop my dress from going up. But what do you decide to cover? The front, or the back? I chose the front, which means I knew that entire intersection got a view of my bum. And I know for sure that happened because I felt the bottom of my dress hit my neck. (Yeah... it was really high...)

Basically I looked like the less glamorous and less sexy and less leggy and less everything version of these:



And yes, I had just as much leg and underwear showing as her. And no I don't know who saw me (besides the homeless lady who says it happens all the time) because I couldn't turn around for fear of making eye contact with someone who saw my "unmentionables" and because I was laughing too hard.

Needed a laugh today? You're welcome.

P.S. Thank you everyone who gave me book recommendations! I think I have some really really great ones to read and I better get started!

* all images collected using google image search Marilyn Monroe Seven Year Itch

7 comments:

Amy Lovell said...

Ha, been there, done that, kind of! I totally walked into the outlet mall the other day with John, only to have the entire back half of my skirt somehow tucked up, for my whole rear to be shown to the world. Thank goodness for g's, right? Too funny!

Camille Richey said...

i actually am laughing out loud! thank you. the homeless who said it happens all the time. hilarious!

Camille Richey said...

homeless lady.... not "the homeless."

Madame Palmkey said...

I bet everyone got to wonder about your bizarre undies. I find myself hoping that when people see them in such situations they assume I have some awesome slip situation going on. If it is any comfort to you, about two weeks ago I went to the bathroom r ight before leaving work and was fully a block down the street before I realized I had tucked my shirt into the front of my garments. Yup. It was really, really hot.

Rachel said...

hahaha! so funny! i am cracking up in the library right now all by myself. oh man. so funny!

Wendle said...

Yeah unfortunately what shows underneath the skirt might just make people wonder why you're wearing biker shorts :)

I wish I could have been there to laugh...I mean save you. Haha

Lloyd and Kay said...

That is so funny Lauren. GG went to the restroom at church and the Bishop said to her, after seeing her skirt tucked up in her undies, Sister Swingle we don't do the Can Can here.

Hi Lauren, hope things are going well for you today. Love you lots.