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livingdebToday I took a day off from work just because it's nice to have more time to do stuff.
So I made a big list of things to do. First, I noticed that most of the places I wanted to go don't open until mid-morning.
First I went to Half-Price books, which is nice to do by yourself because then you can look around just exactly how long you want to.
Then I went to the Gold's Gym at Tech Ridge for a Body Flow class. I was very proud of myself that I took the proper exit, which is several miles before Tech Ridge (which turns out to be what Parmer Lane is called east of I-35) because of construction, only then I couldn't find the gym. I have seen it before many times on my way to Round Rock, but I could not find it today. Surely it's still there somewhere.
Then I went to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility to drop off a bunch of old batteries and some burnt out compact fluorescent light bulbs (which it turns out contain mercury and should not just be thrown in the trash). I had never been there before because it is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from noon to 7:00.
This is when I learned that Burleson Road, which is perfectly well-behaved in the part of town where I am familiar with it, becomes a crazed lunatic when anywhere near Ben White. Specifically, it has at least three 90-degree turns, making it shaped like an M. So although it intersects Ben White and Stassney, it also is parallel to them and it is also the same road as Ben White for a block or two. The map on the web site clearly shows that if you go straight when Burleson disappears along Ben White, you are on Todd Road. It even says Todd Road twice. It even shows Burleson being wacky. But I didn't write that down. I still managed to find the place though. Mission accomplished.
Next stop: Thrift Town. I had a $3 coupon in case I found $15 worth of stuff I wanted. I found nothing I wanted, so I left the coupon on a shelf for someone else to find.
In the same shopping center: Good Will. Nothing.
In the same shopping center: Dollar General. Hmm, wasn't that the dollar store that has my favorite kind of laundry basket on sale for $5? Yes, indeed it was. I also got some canned goods that were cheaper than at my regular store, but also had decent ingredients and which had also retained some of their nutrients.
Next stop: lunch. I'm not telling you where I went. Let's just say it's a place to which I would never subject my friends. Fast food, in a bad way. Yum.
Then I decided to blow off my other stops (antique stores) and just go home. Because of the way our roads are, though, the quickest way to get home when coming northbound on I-35 is to cut through a parking lot which is illegal. Unless you stop and go into a store.
So I went into the Texas Thrift Store where I looked at shirts and tried on little black dresses. I don't have a proper little black dress, and Robin would like me to have one, and he almost, but not quite, understands why just any old good-looking little black dress won't do. So it's easier to just look myself and not have to explain why I already know that some are inappropriate without even trying them on.
Texas Thrift now has four dressing rooms with doors that close properly and even lock. The only bad part is that they have signs that say to ask the cashier to help you, but when you talk to a cashier she just rolls her eyes and says, "The dressing rooms are right there!" It's good that the doors don't automatically lock when you close them. The dressing rooms could still be improved with hooks.
Anyway, my favorite one fit me nicely and the other two didn't, so I now own a little black dress. It meets most of my qualifications. It fits. It covers normal undergarments. It's whooshy. It's pretty flattering, though I'd like to find the perfect necklace for it. It's black. It has only two problems. 1) It's 100% polyester. 2) It's dry-clean only. Weird. Also no pockets, but I suppose that goes without saying for a little black dress.
I don't normally buy clothes that need to be dry-cleaned, but then I thought I can pay for a lot of dry cleaning for the amount of money I'm saving for not buying a dress at a normal place. This dress was $4. But since it's been there so long, it's half price. I paid $2 for a little black dress. Isn't that unbelievable?
So now you're thinking there must be something wrong with it. It's just a regular tank-top shape on top with several layers of wooshy semi-transparent black fabric for the skirt. It goes in at the waist and everything. And even Robin likes it; I didn't get anything with sequins or rhinestones or anything like that. Perhaps people just aren't in the market for little black dresses in the summer.
Then I came home and took a nap. But when I reset the AC, I forgot to actually turn it on, so I woke up feeling about the same as I did when I went to sleep. I read and ate a popsicle and still didn't realize I hadn't turned on the AC until 5:35. It was 88 degrees. I go all squishy-headed when it's too warm.
So, the day off was a partial success.
So I made a big list of things to do. First, I noticed that most of the places I wanted to go don't open until mid-morning.
First I went to Half-Price books, which is nice to do by yourself because then you can look around just exactly how long you want to.
Then I went to the Gold's Gym at Tech Ridge for a Body Flow class. I was very proud of myself that I took the proper exit, which is several miles before Tech Ridge (which turns out to be what Parmer Lane is called east of I-35) because of construction, only then I couldn't find the gym. I have seen it before many times on my way to Round Rock, but I could not find it today. Surely it's still there somewhere.
Then I went to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility to drop off a bunch of old batteries and some burnt out compact fluorescent light bulbs (which it turns out contain mercury and should not just be thrown in the trash). I had never been there before because it is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from noon to 7:00.
This is when I learned that Burleson Road, which is perfectly well-behaved in the part of town where I am familiar with it, becomes a crazed lunatic when anywhere near Ben White. Specifically, it has at least three 90-degree turns, making it shaped like an M. So although it intersects Ben White and Stassney, it also is parallel to them and it is also the same road as Ben White for a block or two. The map on the web site clearly shows that if you go straight when Burleson disappears along Ben White, you are on Todd Road. It even says Todd Road twice. It even shows Burleson being wacky. But I didn't write that down. I still managed to find the place though. Mission accomplished.
Next stop: Thrift Town. I had a $3 coupon in case I found $15 worth of stuff I wanted. I found nothing I wanted, so I left the coupon on a shelf for someone else to find.
In the same shopping center: Good Will. Nothing.
In the same shopping center: Dollar General. Hmm, wasn't that the dollar store that has my favorite kind of laundry basket on sale for $5? Yes, indeed it was. I also got some canned goods that were cheaper than at my regular store, but also had decent ingredients and which had also retained some of their nutrients.
Next stop: lunch. I'm not telling you where I went. Let's just say it's a place to which I would never subject my friends. Fast food, in a bad way. Yum.
Then I decided to blow off my other stops (antique stores) and just go home. Because of the way our roads are, though, the quickest way to get home when coming northbound on I-35 is to cut through a parking lot which is illegal. Unless you stop and go into a store.
So I went into the Texas Thrift Store where I looked at shirts and tried on little black dresses. I don't have a proper little black dress, and Robin would like me to have one, and he almost, but not quite, understands why just any old good-looking little black dress won't do. So it's easier to just look myself and not have to explain why I already know that some are inappropriate without even trying them on.
Texas Thrift now has four dressing rooms with doors that close properly and even lock. The only bad part is that they have signs that say to ask the cashier to help you, but when you talk to a cashier she just rolls her eyes and says, "The dressing rooms are right there!" It's good that the doors don't automatically lock when you close them. The dressing rooms could still be improved with hooks.
Anyway, my favorite one fit me nicely and the other two didn't, so I now own a little black dress. It meets most of my qualifications. It fits. It covers normal undergarments. It's whooshy. It's pretty flattering, though I'd like to find the perfect necklace for it. It's black. It has only two problems. 1) It's 100% polyester. 2) It's dry-clean only. Weird. Also no pockets, but I suppose that goes without saying for a little black dress.
I don't normally buy clothes that need to be dry-cleaned, but then I thought I can pay for a lot of dry cleaning for the amount of money I'm saving for not buying a dress at a normal place. This dress was $4. But since it's been there so long, it's half price. I paid $2 for a little black dress. Isn't that unbelievable?
So now you're thinking there must be something wrong with it. It's just a regular tank-top shape on top with several layers of wooshy semi-transparent black fabric for the skirt. It goes in at the waist and everything. And even Robin likes it; I didn't get anything with sequins or rhinestones or anything like that. Perhaps people just aren't in the market for little black dresses in the summer.
Then I came home and took a nap. But when I reset the AC, I forgot to actually turn it on, so I woke up feeling about the same as I did when I went to sleep. I read and ate a popsicle and still didn't realize I hadn't turned on the AC until 5:35. It was 88 degrees. I go all squishy-headed when it's too warm.
So, the day off was a partial success.
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Coupon karma, kindred spirit
on 2007-08-03 03:44 am (UTC)Re: Coupon karma, kindred spirit
on 2007-08-04 12:48 am (UTC)And when I find a planted coupon, I sometimes take a second look at what is being sold, so I'd think it would be an idea that helps the retailer. And some stores (I think I saw this first at Albertson's and then HEB) put their own coupons out near the products.
Re: Coupon karma, kindred spirit
on 2007-08-04 12:52 am (UTC)Re: Coupon karma, kindred spirit
on 2007-08-25 07:16 pm (UTC)It looks like you can also sign up online. Click on the "Be a V.I.P." link on the bar across the top on their website at http://www.thrifttown.com/ (http://www.thrifttown.com/).
Re: Coupon karma, kindred spirit
on 2007-08-25 07:39 pm (UTC)Thanks for the ThriftTown link/advice :)