HEY! *MARK* this one on a
Calendar to
Celebrate LATER! -- A
*Perfect* SUNNY BOXING DAY!!
So,
of course, I got up
Late... I'm a
"Zen-Shopper".
NOT, one of those
Camped-Out-For-A-Week-In-Front-Of-The-Local-MEGA-DEBT-BIG-BOX-SUPERSHOP-Hoping-To-Get-"STONES"-Tickets Types... I prefer to wait
until the
First and
Second "Waves" of "THEM" have come and gone...
If I'm
"meant" to
BUY it, then it
will still BE
There! ...Ready to JUMP
into My
Arms,
BEGGING Me to
take it Home!
Anyway...
FUTURE SHOP is
only a
10-minute Walk away, as
Driving there and
TRYING to
"Find" a
Parking Spot would have taken LONGER! And,
despite the
-19C Windchill, it WAS
Sunny, I haven't
had to
Shovel in almost a
Week, and
needed the
Exercise... Also, by
*not* using the
Car, I
had to LIMIT My
Purchases to
Whatever I could
CARRY!
[
ooooo! Evil "expensive" Thoughts...!]
I bundled up - with my
*newly* Created COWL [in
CHOCOLATE] that needed to be
Field-Tested - and set
forth...
Huh. The
Store really ISN'T as
Crowded as I
would have expected! No doubt, due to increased
Online Sales and the
Fact that
some of the
Prices AREN'T really
that Low! -- I took My Time to
Browse. Grabbed
another one of those
500Gb BACKUP DRIVES like
"KYLIE", except in
BLACK. The
Price actually
was *good* on that one!
Wandered some more... The
DVD Prices didn't seem that
"special"...
Nothing exciting going on in the
Computer Section either...
Hmm...
DIGITAL FRAMES... Actually, I
*have* been
wanting to get one of
those for
Years now... Might look COOL on My
CRAFT SHOW Tables...?
Let's go have a Looksee, shall We?
So many to choose from... The
"Technology" has improved. Not
big on those
10-inch ones -
might as well just
use My
LAPTOP! And the
7-inch is
too small. -- BTW, seriously,
What IS the
deal with the
hideous "Frames" on some of these
Things?!
Eventually, I
settled on the modestly
Sale-Priced 8-inch SONY one.
And, MET a most
charming
"Contemporary" in the process!
-- The
Aisle was empty and He was
parking Himself whilst His
*Techie*
"Partner" shopped. -- Meanwhile, I was enlightened with His
favourable opinion on
These Things and
other informative
Conversation ensued...
Alas, I
had to take My leave, since OTHER
Shopping awaited! -- I also put
back the
DRIVE. I really
don't need it at
Present,
but the
FRAME is
something that I have
wanted for a
while. And
*both*,
isn't in
THE BUDGET right
Now.
Managed to
Survive the
TREK through the
Parking Lots, past the
Cinema, over to the
STRIP MALL where the
OLD NAVY is located. -- Wasn't
so bad in
There,
either...
Anyhoo... FOUND a
great Pair of BROWN Flannel-Lined Brush-Denim CARGO PANTS -- I had
forgotten that I was in
*need* of
such! The heavier
Pants that I
currently have, are actually
too Loose on Me!
Also, picked up a few thinner
"waffle" Henleys - [
ASH-BROWN,
TURQUOISE,
LILAC-PINK] - There were also a couple of
more Tops, but they weren't
"on sale" or,
really necessary...
Meanwhile,
during My perusal of the sparse and
well-picked-over
"Clearance Section", I
got to
play "AUNTIE DRESS-UP" with a couple of younger-side
20-Somethings...
Apparently,
Fashionista "Contestant" #1 was a lover of
All-Clothes-BLACK, whilst Her
BFF was
attempting to
overwhelm Her with
Death-By-Colour! I
believe that I managed to
introduce Them
both to the
Concept of
"CLASSIC accented with TREND"...
TRANSLATION -
GIRL-IN-BLACK got to
keep one
BLACK [
instead of the really dull GREY]
Top.
However, also HAD to
take the
Trendy CORAL one to
"layer" with it!
Which, would
also go great with
Something in a
PALE BLUE later on...
Whatever,
when I left Them, I believe
*some* of My profound
"Sage-ness" may have stuck...
And then, off to the
CHECKOUT LINE I went...
Oh, hey! Great
Flannel Shirts over
there... But, I'll LOSE My
"place" in the
quickly moving
Queue...
OH! Thank You,
SHOPPING FAIRY! --
MOTHER just walked IN and has
found Me!!
-- [ ELDERLY PARENTAL UNITS were to meet Me at THE MALL later with the CAR... ] --
Parked Her
into My
LINE-SLOT whilst I took a Minute to
grab one of Those
Shirts!
So. Absolutely
*nothing* going on at
THE MALL! However,
FATHER did get His
"Walk" in, and the opportunity to
purchase His beloved
"on sale" FRUITCAKE! -- [
Pardon Me, *have* to "Cringe" for a second..] -- Well, at
least I got to
add on
more STORE POINTS and
get a
Ride Home...
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