Oh shit, I'm old too. Going out during the week for me usually has to do with getting something we need or forgot to get.

I want those shoes! Did you get them online?

In my world? Its the definition of the word "late" that has changed. 10pm? WAAAAY late nowadays.

LOL Yes, going out means wrangling children into the car and strapping them in and then unwrangling them out of the car and corralling them out of traffic and yeah.....going out used to mean bar hopping and lots of five cent taps....my how life has changed.

I'm not sure what the Manolo would think of those shoes, but the Mama she thinks they are super fantastic!

And the Mama is going out tonight. Needs to pick up the daughter after the practice of swim.

You know you're going to have to buy another bag now to go with your shoes.

I was never cool. It's really not that bad.

I am mad at Subway for screwing up the Spinach Salad - they took away the Feta cheese and eggs. What is that? Some conspiracy against taste? Against me? ARGHHHH.
Great blog, my dear.

Amen sister! I'll be 38 next month, and I completely know where you're coming from!

Haha! I am twenty something, but with a 10 month old and 8 months pregnant... so we listen to friends talk about going out and cringe. A night out for us may mean a babysitter and an early movie! If I had to go out past 11 I would fall asleep on a table. My brother is just amazed at how "boring" we have become in his eyes... I think the trade off is quite worth it!

I just love your blog!
Its totally amazing!
Can't really relate to the things you go through, but sometimes I do.
Hi, I'm a 19 year old aerospace/mechanical engineer.
really nice place you have here =)

I too have discovered the horseradish sauce loss... those stupid F*****S!! I love that sauce... and now? Just gone... :(

Age doesn't matter, most of my friends are between the ages 35-45... and I'm 24.

I went out tonight... to the ER again... the sexy doctor remembered me from Dec 25th... haha

Well, at least you are only grumbling about the 40 issue. That is one of the reasons the EX told me she needed to find herself. That she didn't want to turn 40, so she needed her "space" and "to find herself" and that it was too confining to be in a marriage. She wanted to be able to "go out" whenever and however late and with whomever she wanted. So enjoy your 40s with your Busy family and buy a pair of shoes with me in mind, cause buying shoes sure beats what mine did... :(

I'm still twentysomthing (although just barely...ahhhhh 29!) and I'm looking forward to "going out" with my friend who is the mother of two on Thurs. Of course, "going out" mean staying at her house and eating pizza while entertaining a 6 year old and a 9 month old or going to McDonalds. WooHoo. And to think, I'm trying to have one of those?

Ha! I always think, "Why would someone want to go out at night when they can be warm and snuggly at home and maybe even get to bed early?" Old, that's me! I'll turn 40 in April. (Or maybe I already have!)

Love the shoes! And going out? You mean to someplace other than the grocery store and McDonald's? Places like that still exist? hehe Bring on the 40's I say!

I'm turning 40 this year too! In June. I keep wondering to myself how this can be!

It's not just "going out" that has changed.

I can't tell you what time the Taco Bell drive through closes anymore. And I have a hard time justifying buying a margarita for $6 at On the Border when I can buy a whole bottle of tequila and make tons at home for just a little bit more.

Not that I do. One's our limit. Then it's nap time.

I can totally relate to the age thing. I'm 41, and work in a store full people younger. I just try to pretend to be cool! Probably doesn't work, but oh well, I have fun pretending.

I knew I hit 40 when I became aware of prune juice at the supermarket.

I don't buy it (yet) but I am aware of it's location.

As for going out, well, I now consider getting an oil change part of my 'going out' lexicon.

Further, when I do think of going out nowadays, I take parking, weather and decibal levels all into consideration. Nor do I consider a bald bartender as an oddity, to be gawked at.

I may actaully be aging.

I am 29 and I have a 12 year old and a 2 year old. The older and cooler my 12 year old gets, the more it reminds me how uncool I am. Sometimes I think I look downright silly still trying to dress like a early twenty-something when actually I'm almost 30. My 12 year olds friends love my husband and myself becasue we are the youngest parents and they still think we are cool. I wonder how long that will last. I love you're website and I've been lurking for a while, but this is my first time commenting.

lol. Ok I have to stay quiet about the "going out" but that's also because I'm 25. I do go out on weekdays to the bar, but that's actually only to get something to eat. I've made it a rule not to drink other than the weekends. And the shoes? Those are a mad score :)

Bastages? Did you say Bastages? I thought I was the only one....!!

I went through a similar severe reaction when the Bob Evans restaurant discontinued multigrain pancakes:-( I checked the web site and found this was a chain-wide menu change. I returned there for breakfast several months later to humor my boyfriend (who loves the Sunshine Skillet despite having heard my analysis of the associated health risk factors) and found the multigrain pancakes were back:-) So maybe there is hope for the Subway horseradish sauce to return!

Talk about feeling old. Tony was studying the country of Israel this week in school. One word his teacher mentioned was Kibbutz, so I looked it up on the Internet. In my browsing around trying to find a good picture of a community farm, I read something that went along this, Working vacation; 18-30 years old. Work 6 to 8 hours a day and learn the heritage and culture of this ancient land. For those 35-70 years old, there is lighter work 3-4 hours a day available."

Momentarily forgetting myself, I was reading all about the 6 to 8 hour days involved and how interesting it sounded. It was only a few minutes later did I realize that I was in the 35-70 age group. UGH.