Shopping for Something to Wear

With the weather getting cooler and winter on it's way, I took stock of what little I have in the way of warm clothes, which was absolutely not much at all. Last winter I wore either one of the 2 very old sweatshirts that I have or one of the 3 denim/flannel shirts that Keith has, and on really cold days I'd put a t-shirt under the denim shirt. Very fashionable.

So, I went to do a little clothes shopping yesterday, which is not something I really enjoy. I get all hot and sweaty trying on the clothes but I didn't not want to try them on, spend a bunch of money, try them on at home, and then have to return them all.

First was Target, since I needed cat food too. Target's big fat girl department is sadly lacking in much of anything these days, it's kind of an afterthought in between the misses and maternity departments. I found one shirt.

Next was Wal-mart, where they have a little more selection, but a very frumpy dumpy selection. What's up with the baby doll tops for big girls? Do the clothing designers think we want more attention drawn to our roly poly bellies? I found one sweater. One of those fake twin set sweater things where it looks like two sweaters but is really only one sweater.

I was a little discouraged at this point. I would like to have a few pieces of clothing that aren't borrowed from Keith and don't look like hillbilly goes to town in her pajama bottom pants and a stained sweatshirt.

Where else to try? And how much money do I want to spend?

We live behind this huge shopping center with Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Petco, Home Depot, Target, Pier One, Cost Plus, Dress Barn, Michaels, Babies R Us, and Kohl's. And a bunch of smaller stores, cell phones, restaurants, fast food, and Starbucks. Everything but a Barnes and Noble. Which I really wish they would put in this shopping center. Anyway, shopping around a little is pretty handy since everything is right there within walking distance if I weren't so lazy. I drove.

I decided to give Kohls a try. I found the fatties department and was pleasantly surprised at the amount of clothes they had that actually looked nice and were somewhat fashionable. Until I looked at the price tags. Yikes! Okay, we're definitely not in Wal-Mart, folks!

I looked around a little and then started seeing SALE signs. Good sale signs, like 40% off and a whole bunch of clearance racks at 70% off. While 40% off on a $50.00 sweater is still a chunk of change, the sweater is a much better quality than the $20.00 Wal-Mart sweater, so maybe it might be a good idea to get a few nicer things that won't look like they came from the Goodwill after a washing or two.

I tried on a bunch of stuff, discarding a bunch of stuff. What I thought was odd was that there was nobody watching the dressing room. And no place to put your discards. Usually I put all the clothes back in the proper place after I try something on, but I was getting really tired of trying on clothes, so I just stuck them on the first available rack. Sorry, Kohls employees, but you really should have a rack right by the dressing room.

So, anyway, I came home with a sweater, fleece top thing, 2 long sleeved tees, and two tops off the 70% rack, everything on sale! But almost everything I bought is grey. So, I'll be wearing a lot of grey this winter.


And an occasional pink or red tee.


Now I need to clean out all the clothes with the sweat stained armpits and put all this stuff away.

Ooh, Walmart's Gonna Sell Booze!

I had to go to walmart this morning for more bubble wrap, bubble envelopes, packing tape, printer ink, cleaning supplies and all that other crap that you go to walmart for and as I was leaving I noticed one of those big 'intent to sell alcoholic beverages' signs on the door. I'm sure they won't be selling hard liquor, but beer and wine yes. Now the walmart haters will have something new to complain about. Not only is walmart running all the mom and pops out of business, forcing people to work at slave labor wages in their stores, polluting the environment with all the plastic bags, supporting sweatshops in foreign countries, and eating kittens and puppies for breakfast, now they'll be supporting ALCOHOLISM too! Yahoo!!

If you ever venture into the forums on etsy, chances are there will be a thread about the evils of walmart and someone will of course state that they would never shop there and would never buy from an etsy seller who shops there and blah blah blah. My favorite is how walmart is running the mom and pops out of business. Hey, walmart STARTED OUT as a mom and pop but were just a little smarter than the average mom and pop and made a multi billion dollar business out of said mom and pop. Isn't that the American dream? Start small and build big and make millions of dollars and buy a big house and raise some ungrateful kids who can't wait until you die so that they can inherit the millions of dollars? Go, Sam!

And now you'll be able to raise a toast to good old Sam with the beer and wine that you'll soon be able to buy-at a discount no less!-at your favorite neighborhood walmart!!

We Are Pretty Boring

Sometimes it's hard to think of something to blog about since our lives are pretty...um..dull.

Here's how we spent our Sunday: Had our coffee and some breakfast-no eggs since we were out of them and no eating out since we already did that twice this weekend. Last night we went across town to Carrow's since we had a coupon for 50% off one entree with the purchase of another. Definitely not worth it, Carrow's is about the same as Denny's which I didn't realize until after we got our food.
We needed some stuff from walmart so we did our shopping there and then went to Von's for the groceries. Note to self: Keith likes to browse, only go shopping with him when absolutely necessary. I spent half my time in Vons waiting at the end of each aisle for him to catch up.
We've had some strange weather this weekend so we came out of Von's to hurricane force wind and big fat rain drops. A few hours later it must have been the eye of the hurricane because the sun was shining and everything was calm.
After lunch, I went into my studio to do a little work and take some pictures. Keith spent the entire afternoon rolling up coins. He had been throwing his change into a big glass jar and the jar was full, so he sat there watching his new war documentary that he got at walmart and rolled up over 250.00 worth of change. I told him to save it for the new saw that he wants.
That was our fun and exciting Sunday. I wish he had done some more work on the remodel, but he does deserve a day off to just roll coins I guess.

I Really Hate Grocery Shopping...and cooking

Today we absolutely had to go to the grocery store since I was almost out of my french vanilla flavored creamer and can't have my coffee or tea without it. I know the fake creamers are not good for you but I just don't care, nothing makes my tea and coffee taste as good. So, off to Vons even though they are a little more expensive, they have a Starbucks inside and some Starbucks can help make grocery shopping a little more endurable.
Since I really hate to cook and our kitchen is still torn up waiting for a new floor and I really don't want to spend any more time than absolutely necessary in it, of course we end up buying a lot of ready to cook frozen stuff.
Here is the absolute in hate to cook, want to eat now, want it as easy as possible food:
Fully cooked microwaveable hamburgers and 4 minute microwave french fries!!! This is about as easy as it gets, folks!
Okay, well, going to McDonalds may be easier, but you have to actually leave the house for that. These frozen burgers are right there in your freezer ready to pop in the microwave and eat in about 2 minutes! And they actually taste pretty good! Now, the french fries leave a little to be desired, they kind of taste like the ones at McDonalds that have been sitting under the heat lamp for a few hours. Those I won't buy again.

After about 150.00 and an hour or so, we got back home and put all the food away. Then my husband opens the refrigerator looking for something to eat and of course says 'there's nothing to eat!'

We both want to live in the future like the Jetsons where you just push a few buttons and a fully cooked meal of your choice pops out of the wall. The ultimate in laziness. And we need the robot too!