Muppetational!

Yesterday morning, faced with a twenty minute wait to be seated for breakfast and a rainy waiting area, my friend and I wandered into a little antique store to kill time. We found many cool little treasures, the highlight of which was a tin Muppet lunch box...I had to buy it.

While I had been searching for a Superman lunch box for ages, I couldn't be more excited by this find. I have paraded it in and out of restaurants, stopped total strangers on the street, and introduced half of my office to it; all the while graciously accepting their admiration of my luck.

"How much did you pay for it," they'd ask. "Only ten dollars," I reply shaking my head in surprise. "A bargain at twice the price," they'd say. And I 'd point out each of my favorite Muppets.

This morning, I had a grin from ear to ear as I carefully wrapped my bagel sandwich and Cheese-It's and placed them inside. I whistled the Muppet Show theme song as I walked down the steps into our lunch room that for the first time reminded me of Kermit the Frog.

It begs the question...What is the connection between this pure kid-like-happiness and this little lunch tin? Is it a nostalgic trip down memory lane of watching the Muppets as a kid? Or is it the sheer cleverness of Jim Henson who gave amazing life and character to little bits of foam and felt. Either way, I now have the smiling faces Kermit, Fozzy, and Rolf to brighten an hour of my day.