accomplishments aka consumers r us
May. 21st, 2005 04:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flea1. Out to breakfast, Elmo's, because we have no milk, no eggs, no nothin' in the house. Chocolate chip pancakes are consumed and neighboring booths are charmed.
2. Get gas.
3. Go to dollar store across from gas station. Shocked to find not all items are $1. Buy two tutus (1 pink, 1 purple) for $2 each. Why 2, mr flea asks? To avoid fights when little girly girls like Ellen and Hadas visit. Also buy $1 jujyfruits, a terrible weakness of mine.
4. Hit Regulator bookstore, Casper wearing pink tutu over otherwise gender neutral clothes. mr flea ogles Star Wars books. I wrangle Casper in child section. Purchase "George and Martha" which narrowly beats out "Ferdinand." I feel the need to buy a small thing when we have spent half an hour fingering and reading half the books in the store, and some of us have a tendency to be grubby.
5. mr flea to haircut.
6. Casper and I to toystore next door. Casper spends half a hour playing with small jointed animals in clothes that live in a dollhouse, an open to-be-played-with display. They are called something like "Calico Cozies" and are identical to the "Sylvanian Families" I had as an older child. They are, of course, the toy I am least interested in in the entire store. Also, a family of 4 (they only have bears) costs $21. I do not buy them. I buy two rubber placemats - farm animal noises and world animals - and take a catalog of Schleich german animal figurines. I buy mr flea a small father's day present. Finally wrest Casper away from the Cozies, carrying two rocking chairs and a rabbit. Find mr flea next door, nusre briefly in comfy chair in salon while he smuggles Cozies back to the toy store. Success- no tears at departing from the Cozies.
7. Change second poopy diaper of the morning. Our little girl eats beans and manufactures poop like crazy. Okay, this had nothing to do with consumerism.
8. To used book store, sell the nice man lots of old classics books for $45. Halfway to a pair of Danskos - I am waiting for the 25% off sale at Cozy on Memorial Day weekend.
9. Home, where mr flea is supposed to do long-distance hand-holding as his parents attempt to connect to the internet for the first time. Message from MIL says DSL wil not be connected until Monday, so hand-holding is postponed.
10. Pick up grocery list and end up spending a shocking $173 at Kroger. We did buy a $20 swimsuit for the kiddo, but still! Must eat less, or something.
After the lunch-and-nap hiatus, we are off the the Mother of All Malls to Lenscrafters. I have bullied my husband into getting new glasses. It's only been FIVE YEARS. I hope they have some decent frames in size Giant Head, preferably style not named "bum flutter." We will probably buy dinner and at least two other inor things at the mall, just see if we don't. George W. Bush, I hope you appreciate our work stimulating the economy!
2. Get gas.
3. Go to dollar store across from gas station. Shocked to find not all items are $1. Buy two tutus (1 pink, 1 purple) for $2 each. Why 2, mr flea asks? To avoid fights when little girly girls like Ellen and Hadas visit. Also buy $1 jujyfruits, a terrible weakness of mine.
4. Hit Regulator bookstore, Casper wearing pink tutu over otherwise gender neutral clothes. mr flea ogles Star Wars books. I wrangle Casper in child section. Purchase "George and Martha" which narrowly beats out "Ferdinand." I feel the need to buy a small thing when we have spent half an hour fingering and reading half the books in the store, and some of us have a tendency to be grubby.
5. mr flea to haircut.
6. Casper and I to toystore next door. Casper spends half a hour playing with small jointed animals in clothes that live in a dollhouse, an open to-be-played-with display. They are called something like "Calico Cozies" and are identical to the "Sylvanian Families" I had as an older child. They are, of course, the toy I am least interested in in the entire store. Also, a family of 4 (they only have bears) costs $21. I do not buy them. I buy two rubber placemats - farm animal noises and world animals - and take a catalog of Schleich german animal figurines. I buy mr flea a small father's day present. Finally wrest Casper away from the Cozies, carrying two rocking chairs and a rabbit. Find mr flea next door, nusre briefly in comfy chair in salon while he smuggles Cozies back to the toy store. Success- no tears at departing from the Cozies.
7. Change second poopy diaper of the morning. Our little girl eats beans and manufactures poop like crazy. Okay, this had nothing to do with consumerism.
8. To used book store, sell the nice man lots of old classics books for $45. Halfway to a pair of Danskos - I am waiting for the 25% off sale at Cozy on Memorial Day weekend.
9. Home, where mr flea is supposed to do long-distance hand-holding as his parents attempt to connect to the internet for the first time. Message from MIL says DSL wil not be connected until Monday, so hand-holding is postponed.
10. Pick up grocery list and end up spending a shocking $173 at Kroger. We did buy a $20 swimsuit for the kiddo, but still! Must eat less, or something.
After the lunch-and-nap hiatus, we are off the the Mother of All Malls to Lenscrafters. I have bullied my husband into getting new glasses. It's only been FIVE YEARS. I hope they have some decent frames in size Giant Head, preferably style not named "bum flutter." We will probably buy dinner and at least two other inor things at the mall, just see if we don't. George W. Bush, I hope you appreciate our work stimulating the economy!
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Date: 2005-05-23 02:29 pm (UTC)I managed to 1)stay within budget and 2) have my budget at $90 this week for groceries. I think we'll actually eat all week. Dragged a huge bag of momlunches and Squeakyfood out of the house....