Building Biceps

[livingdeb]

Today I walked to Target as an excuse to walk, to get "The Holiday" for $10, and to check out the Christmas cards on clearance.

I did walk, though the whole trip turned out to be only 4,000 steps.

"The Holiday" is on sale for $13+, so I must have been remembering the wrong sale flyer.

I got 25 big red envelopes for $1.25, telling myself that I can make my own cards next year and slide them into these. I also got a bag of miniature peanut butter cups for less than $0.70. And I also found a container of scent-free liquid laundry detergent that will do 38 loads of laundry for $4. So I got four of them.

They were kind of heavy. I thought to myself "I'm building character" as I walked home.

Then, written as if to help me put that into perspective, I found Moving By Bus. 'Maybe "Buy Nothing Day' should be changed to "Move everything you own one block without the use of a motor vehicle, and then see if you really need any more so-called 'bargains'" day.'

Man, that's good.

And I probably don't need the bag of candies, even though it's such an exciting bargain, eh?

Comments

Always take a bag

[pamwheatfree.livejournal.com]

Just in October J and I bought a car for our business. We park it at work since there are no spaces available at our apartment complex. Every time I go to the store I think about the weight of the "bargains". I never buy soda. I only buy detergent when I need it. I also, always!!! take a backpack. I have carpal tunnel syndrome, not bad unless you really stress your wrists, then you don't get to feel your fingertips for a day. Backpacks come in real handy and mine is florescent orange so I can be seen easily when biking.

Re: Always take a bag

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

I do always take a backpack when shopping by foot, bus, etc. I'd put the heavy stuff in there and the light stuff in a single paper bag to hold in my arms. I got real milk but concentrated juice and yes, only one container of detergent at a time!

I even usually bring cloth bags for little shopping trips like this, but I really thought I'd only bring a few light things home and wouldn't need a bag!

I don't have carpal tunnel syndrome, so I can just live dangerously like this!

No spaces at your apartments? Can you have friends over?

Re: Always take a bag

[pamwheatfree.livejournal.com]

I can have friends over. We have visitor parking but we only use it occasionally when we have used the car for a huge shopping trip. We usually just pick stuff up walking home from work. Most of our friends take the bus to get here anyway.