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Out and about

G and I went out to lunch, the first of two lunches out we’ll have this week, and probably the only meals out anywhere we’ll have for the rest of the month.

We went to Applebees because it is next door to Target. I enjoyed a spinach salad with chicken wrap and G had broccoli cheese soup and a chicken wrap. Lovely light lunches. And I have to mention our server Chris, he was a delight. We’ve had him serve us before and always have enjoyed him. The kid is a real hoot.

Target was our main agenda for the day.

We do love to do a little shopping there at least once a month. This time The Curmudgeon wanted a new DVD that came out yesterday so we were happy to oblige him.

Now I have to go today…

I really did want to go grocery shopping yesterday, only because I wanted to get it over with. My list is long and I hate going.

However, my lack of sleep caused me to go upstairs to my bed as soon as The Curmudgeon came downstairs. And, well, I slept in. Almost three o’clock and pouring rain meant not going to the store. I refuse to have to deal with mommy and me time at the grocery store.

I am not a fan of kids running rampant and dodging in front of my cart, tripping me in the aisles, and being screaming meemies behind me in the check out.

I hate grocery shopping to begin with.

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And that’s a wrap…

Crazy day. Off and running almost as soon as I woke up. G came over and off we went.

Got my blood test done.

Stopped at Goodwill and dropped off two big garbage bags of clothes, shoes, purses and a steam floor cleaner there.

Picked up dog food.

Stopped for lunch at Red Robin.

Went to Target. I finally have an external hard drive (1T) that will automatically back up my computer all the time. Yay, no more lost pictures or books. I’ve informed The Curmudgeon that if there ever is a fire, that piece is priority ranked for taking with us. To heck with the computer, the little HD is what you grab while running out the door with the dogs.

Date set for house cleanout sale!

 

     The old refrigerator is out of the house.  All the furniture is polished.  Most of the stuff is set up in the basement.  We still have some tables to do and tools to sort into groupings.  The sale is July ninth and tenth from 9a.m to 5p.m.!!!  If you are in the Allentown area and you want to know where it is.  E-mail me.  Bring plenty of cash because everything must go and we’re willing to negotiate.

     I need to empty the house and (I hope) make enough money from the sale to pay the painters and buy flooring for the kitchen and bathroom. 

Stop me before I buy more!

 

     Many of my Halloween decorations are old and worn out.  Therefore, the last few years I’ve been buying new stuff and slowly throwing away the old, decrepit, and falling apart decorations.  

     I should have myself banned from Spirit Halloween.  G and I went up there today to get HER costume.  I should’ve left my money at home because I found another prop I loved.  Yes, I bought it.  Yes, she got her costume too.

     What I went up for and intending to buy was fog machine cleaner and fog juice.  I did get those.

     However, I am the proverbial kid in a candy store.  I also found something irresistible to any writer—fun pens.  I now have a boxing vampire pen and two pens that look like blood filled syringes. 

     If I go to the store again, I may need an intervention…

Some day Stacy and Clinton will darken my door

 

     I’m a prime candidate for the show What Not To Wear.  I am a fashion moron, a fashionista’s nightmare a slob–I’m not kidding here folks.  If it weren’t for my dear friend G, I wouldn’t have a thing to wear that wasn’t a T-shirt, or a sweatshirt with jeans.  Most of my jeans are ratty looking and my choice of shirts would make Stacey cringe and Clinton vomit.

     As I sat there watching the show tonight (for lack of anything else interesting being on TV) I came to conclusion, that one day, in the future, one of my friends was bound to send my name into the show.  If only to watch me embarrass myself in public.  Then again, I often embarrass myself in public, so what else is new?

     I can disgrace myself in less than a minute.  Walk me into a clothing store and watch me have a complete meltdown.

     “Clothes?  You want me to buy clothes?  Are you out of your friggin’ mind?”

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     On another note…Today marks the one year anniversary of this blog.  When I began writing this a year ago I never expected to have as many hits or lovely comments as I’ve had.  Thank you dear readers for giving me the encouragement to continue doing this.

How do I get one of those?

 

     I’m the one gal in my family who was born without the shopping gene.  Yes sir, this gal doesn’t like to shop.  Dear Hubby is more willing to go shopping than I am.  (Talk about your role reversals.)  The man has ten times as many shoes than I do.  His clothes take up at least three times as much room as mine.  He has dragged me out shopping for clothes because my jeans were getting too ratty for his taste.  Hey, faded, ratty jeans are soft and comfortable jeans.  Some people would even say they were stylish except that mine were indigo in color and had no holes or wear marks when I bought them. 

     Have you seen the commercials on TV where someone is shopping for a computer and when they find the one they want (for under a thousand bucks) the ‘sponsor’ pays for it?  Hell, I’ll shop my little buns off; for as they long as they want me to, if they buy me one, and I HATE TO SHOP.  However, I sure as heck could use a nice new lap top so I can drag my manuscripts along with me wherever I go and work on them anywhere. 

     See me?  I’m jumping up and down, waving my arms…Yoohoo!  Look at me I’ll shop.  I will, I’ll do it!  Aw, come on.  I’m offering to do the one thing I hate most.