Consignment Shop

Last month a coworker need assistance in picking up a grandfather clock he purchased from a consignment shop. Since I have a van he asked it I could haul it home for him. I was glad to do so. Scott knows I wear kilts but has never seen me in one. It was on the weekend and I wear my kilt almost 100% of the time on the weekend. I was not about to change back into p@nt$. When I got to the shop Scott got out of his car and was not surprised to see me in the kilt. "I knew you were going to wear that". In the store he was looking around to gauge the reaction of customers in the store. He said he did not note any strange looks. We got the clock to his house. As we pulled the thing out of the van into his garage I told him all the neighbors were going to ask him why a cross dresser was delivering a coffin. This clock was a more modern style. A nice looking clock. Laying on its side in the van it looked like a thin coffin.


Today I went back to the consignment shop. I have an entrance way with nothing in it. There use to be a small curio cabinet with a mirror on the wall. My ex took that and I never replaced it. I thought about that shop so went to see if they had anything like it. They did but it was priced too high. At the end of the month the price will drop by half so I will go back and see if they still have it.

I wore my American Tradition kilt. As I walked in a young couple was near the door. The husband looked at me with that "what the hell" look on his face. His wife also looked at me but with no real expression one way or the other. As I was walking around the store (this is big place) she would comment on something I was standing next to. He would question why she commented on that particular piece of furniture as I would assume it was not something they were looking for. Was she doing that because I was standing there? I could hardly keep a straight face trying not to notice. I would like to know what their conversation was like going home. It made me think of a comment Shawn added to one of my posts last month. He commented that he wanted to get a T-shirt that said: "Go ahead and stare, your girlfriend is." That sure fit the situation today.

Kilts are so much fun.

Response To Comments

Somehow I turned on the moderation requirement for comments.  I did not notice I had two comments to approve.   To answer a couple of questions in the comment under grocery shopping.  Larry A. asked about my location and the kilt that is in the thumbnail on this blog.  My location is Dayton, Ohio.  The kilt in the picture is from Celtic Corners in Cincinnati, Ohio  (http://www.celticcornerstore.com/).  This is one of their "Day Kilts" Explorer version. It is a light weight kilt which is nice in the summer.  I sent them the photo and they included it in their 2009 catalog.  This is the link to the 2009 catalog: http://www.celticcornerstore.com/files/Catalog%202009.pdf
They also make traditional wool kilts. 

I added http://www.your-kilt.com/ to my list of blogs because there is a lot of information on this site. 

Thank you for the comments.

Kilt Blogs

I have started to collect a list of blogs about kilts. I found a few and I am sure there are many more. Here is the list I have so far. If anyone has any others add them to the comments.


http://mcmurdosadventures.blogspot.com/

http://kiltme.typepad.com/

http://kiltblog.com/

http://mysticmead.livejournal.com/

http://www.fotoflingscotland.com/  
 (nice photos of kilts in action in Scotland)

http://www.your-kilt.com/

Grocery Shopping

I go to Cub Foods a for groceries most of the time. I don't like to shop during the day as it is too crowded. I like to go in the evening when there are a lot less people around. It is just faster then having to wait in line at check out. Cubs is open 24 hours so it is not unusual for me to be there after 10pm on the weekends. At that time they only have one cashier. Most of the time I have on the kilt. The cashier on duty at that hour is Irish. She likes my kilts. So much so that it is the one place where I feel I MUST wear the kilt. I think she is disappointed if I don't have it on.


I was in one night before she went on duty. The cashier on the earlier shift commented that the week before she noticed someone in a kilt. It was not me. I wonder who that was? One of the other merchants in this same general area had commented about seeing kilts. Maybe my kilts are catching on.

Ohio Renaissance Festival (Harveysburg, Ohio)

I was not able to attend yesterday so I ran over today.  Attendance was light at least around noon.  It was Sunday so that could have been a factor.  I normally attend on Saturday so I think everyone gets an earlier start as compared to Sunday.  Of course I am in a kilt.  There were a lot of kilts which I was glad to see.  It was a good turn out of kilts even though the official "Highland" weekend won't be until one weekend in October.  Father, Sons, and Friends were playing so that was a factor in being there this weekend.  Unfortunately the Limeybirds were not back this year.  One of their members came back doing a solo act.  Not bad, but not a funny as the three.  Their web site indicates one of the members has a health issue and they cancelled the 2009 tour schedule.  I wish her the best with her recovery.

 

I took my camera but ended up not taking any pictures. 

 

After one of the shows I spoke to a young man in a kilt.  He said he obtained his kilt here last year.  He was taking more of in interest in kilts.  I pointed him to two web sites that are kilt discussion boards.  He can go to these sites and get all of his kilt questions answered.  One is XmarksTheScot.com (http://www.xmarksthescot.com.)  and the other is Brotherhood of the kilt (http://www.kiltsrock.com/).  A good group of people on both of these sites.  Please read the rules of both groups if you are going to join as there are some differences in the two sites.

 

When I left I stopped at a place called the Corwin Peddler as it was on my way home.  This is little restaurant along a bike way in Corwin, Ohio.  They also rent bikes.  I have been there a couple of times when I ride that particular bike way.  Most of the crowd on weekends are bikers stopping for a bite to eat or something to drink while on the trail.  That being the case my kilt sure stood out.  The owner is English so he took an interest in the kilt.  I had a nice conversation with him. One lady on a bike commented on the kilt.  Apparently her son just moved to Scotland. If I understood her correctly he is doing a sabbatical in language while in Scotland. 

 

If I had not been in a kilt none of these conversations would have taken place. 

 

Kilt up lads!!

 

 

You Play the Bag Pipes?

Maybe I should take lessons so I can answer that question in the affirmative.  Went to dinner at a local cafeteria.  The average age of the customers is about 95.  One of you young ladies that work there asked if I played the pipes.  I get that question a lot.  When I told her no she asked if I don't play then why was I wearing a kilt.  Maybe because I like them??  I need a t-shirt that reads something like "No I don't play the bagpipes but I do wear a kilt". 

 

After dinner I picked up a few things at one of the big box stores.  Got a few smiles from the ladies in the store.   Guys that don't wear the kilt are missing something. 

 

Kilt up lads!

 

 

Piqua Heritage Festival

Had a great time at the Piqua Heritage Festival.  More Great Kilts here than you will find at Celtic festivals.  Father, Sons and friends and Albannach bands played.  My kilt was not "of period" as the theme of the event was in the 1800's.   Just my USAkilt American Heritage worn in a casual way, i.e. boots with kilt hose pushed down.  Worn with a t-shirt.

I think this festival is mostly for American heritage, i.e. early settlers and Indians, but some Highland gets into the mix. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Father, Sons and Friends (not all band members shown)