Vinaigrette Vignette

I felt like a complete ass the day I realized that, for my entire life, I've been saying "basalmic." I stood in the aisle, staring at a glass bottle of dressing, knowing that I have been able to correctly spell this word for years. Yet I've been saying "basalmic."

As an ex-waitress, childhood spelling bee champ, and a self-confessed Grammar Bitch, I was ashamed of myself.

Then I remembered that "for my entire life" actually means "two or three times," and I felt a little better.