Current mood: regretful, yet pleased like a Catholic school girl
After work my friend generously took me to Costco on his way to Ikea. I really, really had to stop myself from buying more than my list of necessary things, which included Japanese oranges and a bag of bacon (that's a whole other story. The fact that you can buy actual bacon in a resealable bag... *shudder*). I bypassed the attractive cheese displays. I avoided the chocolate piles. I didn't go down any of the aisles. I even tried to not like the free samples. But then... then my friend had to cut through the DVD area and point out that they have Clone Wars: Vol. 2, and it was on my brother's wish list for Christmas. Aurgh!
I mean, I've already bought him two from his list, but when am I going to find this one again? That's the problem: I plan ahead too much. So, I can either be a super awesome (har har) sister and give him three times as much for Christmas, like I do every year, or I can stockpile them and give them successively through the next few gift-giving seasons. I will be surprised if he doesn't just give my mom $20 to put his name on what she got for me. He's thoughtful that way. But I know what he's like, and this really isn't about my brother.
It's about the evilness that lurks everywhere in Richmond.
We went to Ikea. It was horrible. I kept whispering under my breath, "I hate Ikea," while I touched lamps that I didn't need and sat on couches I have no room for. Yet I couldn't stop wanting them. I had to talk my friend out of a runner for his floor. A runner! Do straight men actually buy floor runners?! So, after not needing anything, I bought a monkey for my friends' kid, hangers for my closet overhaul, and a new shower curtain with rings to replace the creepy one that has barely been protecting the room from the evil water droplets that cleverly, though surprisingly, manage to get through plastic with more frequency than a polymer of any sort should allow. It's just lucky that my home is getting smaller with each passing day or I would have bought a new desk and an enormous bed that wouldn't fit in my bedroom.
And gas was 86.4 cents. It must be hell there.
Currently listening:
Push Kings
By Push Kings
Release date: 20 October, 1998
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