December 27, 2010
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The Christmas Spirit. Or Christmas Karma.
I shopped until I dropped today. Not quite literally, but it's a good phrase. I started w/Burlington Coat Factory because they sometimes have knock-offs when it comes to funky shoes. No luck today. Then I hit up this new shoe place next to T.J.Maxx; it was okay, but I ended up drifting into T.J.Maxx... picking up across-the-body bags and scarves... walked out w/o a purchase.
Next up was Target - my favorite retail place - and I scooped up a new book by Jenny McCarthy as well as some discounted Christmas stuff. I also got a discounted grey women's NFL Vikings tee (Farve's name on it), some cereal, a pink lip stain, and face toner. I think that was about it... I used some giftcards & only spent $33. Oh, I used Fran's Starbucks card to get a coffee pre-shopping; that was my breakfast & pre-lunch (I chowed yesterday, so I didn't wake up starving).
From there, I thought about hitting Barnes&Noble for David Sedaris' new book (or maybe it's not out yet?), but went to the mall instead. I roamed Herberger's, tried on some EMU boots (I'd like some black Ugg looking things... maybe), sprayed myself with some Ed Hardy perfume, and then ended up buying a scarf I've been eyeing - it was 60% off! - for $13. Yay!
I got some late lunch then at McD's; I did my favorite meat trifecta of a Fillet O Fish, McDouble, and McChicken (and small fries & Diet Coke)... I don't eat much of the buns (I dislike white bread & don't care that I waste it; kids in Ethiopia wouldn't want it anyhow), and it was yummy. I think I got down half the fries before calling it "good" and refilling my Coke on the way toward Macy's.
Sidenote: The McD's counter lady was grouchy. It wasn't my fault she kind of had a beard (and worked at McD's), so I smiled and I was nice. Same goes for the goth girl I sat by in the food court; I smiled and complimented her earrings (they were like my gun ones only they were swords). Still, she disgustedly said thank you. Ugh. C'mon people! It's Christmas! AND, really, Christmas or no Christmas, can't people try to enjoy themselves?!
Sidenote to the Sidenote: Like 75% of the people who work at Savers are super nice. Super nice. Ditto for Target. No wonder I gravitate towards those places.Okay, so at Macy's, I saw more EMU boots, but no black in size 9. Errrg. I tried on some majorly clearanced stuff in the Juniors section and ended up purchasing a weird striped tee, two mini stretch skirts, and a lil' black dress. All of that was a grand total of like $16! Rock on! After Macy's, I snuck into The Gap... tried on stuff but then walked out with nada. It's all good; I have a lot of jeggings from there and was wearing skinny jeans from there already. Yeah. I believe I headed out of the mall after that.
Best Buy was next on my list because I wanted to use Gma&Gpa's (Mertes) money for an external hard-drive, and my brother recommended Seagate's 1TB one ($129, $139 with tax). I found it easily, and then drooled on the iPad and 27" iMac. I would love to upgrade my 22" iMac (that works as well as it did when I got it in January of 2007) and my netbook and get those two things. Hmm...
Lastly, I got sucked into the Savers vortex, as usual. I had a 30% coupon that had to be used by January 7th. After taking my time in there - which was lovely - I walked out with about $54 of stuff: three fur coats, a pair of funky men's jeans, a Dunder Mifflin Paper Company tee, a black zip-up fleece jacket, and two slips (one animal print and one pok-a-dotted).
