My roommate was going to his party as Hugh Hefner. He claimed he needed “a girl’s touch” to complete his costume. I already had mine figured out so together we headed to Nordstrom in hopes of procuring the perfect “Hef” robe.
Men’s robes were placed right in front of the Chanel counter on the lower level. Chanel girl caught my roommates eye immediately.
“But how to I go up to a girl behind a makeup counter and not look obvious and desperately hopeless? Especially when she just saw me with you?”
“You tell her “your sister” needs the perfect lip liner to go with this lipstick.” I pulled a lipstick from my purse and off he went to conquer Chanel girl.
It took a $24 lip liner ($24!) but he got her number, he was on cloud nine.
“Is there anything I can do for you? That was brilliant.”
“Do you need anything from RadioShack? There’s this one guy that works up there and I’d really like to know his name.”
“I could use new batteries for the remote. Let’s go.”
As soon as we turned into RadioShack my stomach dropped, he would be the one helping us. I hadn’t had a crush like this, well, ever. I called a friend on my cell phone so as to avoid any eye contact with hunky RadioShack boy, I was that nervous. But before I headed off to hide behind the headphone display like the giggly school girl I was, I noticed his name tag dangling from his lanyard.
“Cody”
Assertagirl says:
It’s so “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” working it at the mall…
October 31st, 2007 at 8:59 am
erin says:
ooooh i love it.
the beginning is so fun…not that it’s not anymore, but you know…the constant butterflies. ahhhh.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:00 am
Carla Stream says:
I love “how they met” stories!
October 31st, 2007 at 9:14 am
merrymishaps says:
Aww .. how cute. And on Halloween!
October 31st, 2007 at 9:15 am
Sarah says:
And so it begins….:)
Can’t wait for the second installment!
October 31st, 2007 at 9:22 am
nell says:
Aww! You and your roommate made one heck of team.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:36 am
Jennifer says:
Very cool story!
(I got engaged on Halloween) (Not that I’m trying to take away your thunder, on your own post, or anything.) (Just sayin’.)
Hope we get to hear more of the story.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:43 am
Colleen says:
Love it!
This is the second “how we met” story I’ve read in the last hour. Maybe everyone should write them up today.
Well, we know how your part of the story ended. Did it end up that the $24 lip liner was worth it?
October 31st, 2007 at 11:28 am
Barb says:
Very very cute! And how resourceful of you two to be each others’ wingmen!
October 31st, 2007 at 11:33 am
Redneck Mommy says:
Who knew there was romance to be found in the lair of a Radioshack…
October 31st, 2007 at 12:10 pm
daniela says:
No worries about using the wrong name in the throes of it all. Oh, the universe’s subtle hijinks…
October 31st, 2007 at 12:20 pm
OHmommy says:
Awww… so super cute. What a nice post.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Amy says:
What a great “beginnings” story!
October 31st, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Worker Mommy says:
Cute….halloween holds memories for me too other than just trick or treating - several years ago I became a woman…yes I was all putting my costume on and lo and behold “Aunt Flo” showed herself for the first time. Ok, TMI…and yeah not nearly as cool as your story.
October 31st, 2007 at 1:22 pm
janet says:
ooooh. fun story. who knew love could lurk in the headphone department!
October 31st, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Heather says:
What is with this whole wanting to get nekkid on Halloween?!?
October 31st, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Kimmie says:
tee hee
October 31st, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Carrie says:
AW!
October 31st, 2007 at 3:47 pm
She Likes Purple says:
Aw! Lovely.
Happy Halloween, for all reasons.
October 31st, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Jim Thomsen says:
I happen to be the love of my life … but I don’t anybody wants to hear the story of how I met me.
October 31st, 2007 at 5:31 pm
kris says:
Cody… the best name for a spouse EVER!
October 31st, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Patriot says:
I’ll be waiting for the next installment!
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November 1st, 2007 at 1:05 am
Kelly says:
Awwww! What a great story to always have
November 1st, 2007 at 2:57 am
andi says:
Really? What a fun story.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:04 pm
imaginary binky says:
Did you buy a remote-controlled car? Did he show you the ways of CB radio talk? Was there a bear in the air? Oh, perhaps I am thinking of Radio Shack in the 1970s…
Excellent blog!
November 1st, 2007 at 3:46 pm
moosh in indy. » He’s the first guy I EVER asked out. says:
[...] Part I in how the moosh came to be here. [...]
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:14 am
Mrs. Mustard says:
That is the cutest thing ever!
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:32 pm
moosh in indy. » Before Cody. says:
[...] anyway. After Patrick it was all just booze boys booze drugs a few tattoos and more booze until that phone call to the boy from Halloween night in 2000 that changed the course of my life forever. (FOREVER I [...]
November 3rd, 2007 at 9:00 am
moosh in indy. » Three strikes and you get a second date. says:
[...] Part I here. [...]
November 4th, 2007 at 8:12 am
EmilyPie says:
I love that you referred to him as “hunky RadioShack boy”! I had a “Navy Boy”, “Nerd Boy” and a “Firefighter Boy”. My husband was, “The Boss’s Brother Boy”!
November 4th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Elizabeth says:
When I met my now-husband, he was “cute guy friend who had a girlfriend”. Thank goodness she dumped him after cheating on him and he turned to me for comfort!
That is an excellent story. Whatever happened to your roommate and the Chanel girl?
November 4th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
moosh in indy. » Skeletons. says:
[...] to catch up? Part I, Part II, Part III, and then there’s this whole hot drunken [...]
November 6th, 2007 at 8:27 am
moosh in indy. » Lush to Mormon in no time flat. says:
[...] to part IV of how the moosh came to be. Didn’t read parts I-III? Start here and work your way to today. NaBloPoMo is fluid like that. And I’m just lazy enough not to [...]
November 8th, 2007 at 1:42 am
moosh in indy. » Delurk you lilylivered lurkers! says:
[...] learned about my sordid past, how I met Cody, how I fell in love with Cody, how I became a Mormon, what a wicked awesome baker I am, how I got [...]
December 1st, 2007 at 12:43 pm