What the hell?

Just call me chauffeur

...because that's all I've been doing the past two days. As a sidenote, why does everyone on earth wait until Good Friday to go shopping? The parking lots have been full to the point where we've been parking at the extreme end of them.

'We' apparently need the following:

• twine for the unruly prickly bushes out back
  
• additional storage boxes for our photography collection
  (which apparently multiplies faster than rabbits everytime I check)
  
• a very specific shade of [what I'll just call] beige thread
  
• wood decking stuff
  
• tile for the newly assembled wine rack (don't ask)
  
• groceries
  
• fleece fabric

I say need because we visited Home Depot, Lowes, WalMart, a handful of dollar stores, the Sunrise stripmall*, Target, etc. repeatedly. No, not just once. Not twice. When I walk into these stores I tell myself I'm just visiting my friends. I can tell you in all seriousness the general floor layout of these stores without skipping a beat. The aforementioned list are items we've looked at - but - not purchased. Can't explain why either. Very indecisive familia. Items we have actually purchased recently include:

• capri pants (two pairs for ME! amazing sale at a teeny store which surprisingly carries capri lengths for people my size)
  
• lotto tickets (gotta go with Mega Millions AND Lotto)
  
• study books
  
• winter hats/scarves/mittens (super duper sale at KMart)
  
• other stuff the other female of the house picked up (I dunno anymore - it's a blur)
  
• and groceries

Yes. Groceries make both lists since we go there every d a y. My god. Please. No more.

Oh, and we went to the library. They yet again allowed me to extend three sewing books (which I should really just buy on my own).

Tonight I finally assembled the extra bookshelf for the upstairs room. I immediately loaded it with the piles of readin gmaterial that were blocking quick access through my room. Paper is heavy. I would like to pick up a few magazine organizers tomorrow. (Shet ep. Keep any comparisons to the rest of the shopping addicted clan to yourself thank you very much.)_

OH!

I nearly forgot about my killer connection with coupons. Mock I shall no more. I am a believer after saving $9. Yes. My bill should have totalled in the twenty range - but nine bucks came off before taxes because of coupons. A combo of the clippy annoying kind that clutter weekend newspapers and the thicker cardboard inserts in magazines. Is that crazy or what? (We went to CVS. Add that store to the list before I forget.)

* Anyone else giggle at the thought of stripmalls? When I was little. Ahem, younger, I kept looking around for the tinted windows they used to have next to the bowling alley. (Now I know it was a bar. At the time I assumed black windows meant naughty dirty things.) This contemplation of word choice arose right around the time I discovered driving on the parkway and parking in the driveway. eh. whatever.

posted by irene @ 4/19/2003 12:12:00 AM