I was talking to the butcher about some venison and when he paused before giving the price, I said "If it's not too dear..."

Some years ago, I was counseling a wheelchair-bound client who had dropped out of communication with me because she'd been very sick. I said, "Well, when you get back on your feet, ..."

During summer hiatus, I was once replaced by a completely different person who everyone just kept pretending was me. Sadly, he was a better me than I ever was.

I went to a wedding on a very rainy day, where there was a valet service for the reception but not the wedding itself. At the reception, in making small talk, the groom said "we really should have gotten a valet service for the wedding and the reception," to which I replied "you could do that next time." It was hard to not laugh at my comment, which probably would have diffused the moment. Instead, the groom said "I only plan on doing this once" or something of that sort. (Good news: they've been happily married for 5 or so years, and have a couple kids. I've since talked to the groom, who chatted with me about music, though I kept thinking about my thoughtless comment.)

My daughter and I were deciding which hamburger buns to buy one day in the grocery store. The nice young man stocking shelves asked if we needed help. I told him "no, we're just checking out your buns". Oops.

One of my husbands work mates was taking hubby out for a few drinks for his birthday and I said something along the lines of "Don't come home blind drunk, ok?"

I was patting the guys guide-dog at the time. Oopsy.