spendy mc-spender, that's me
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susandennis4 stops and a total of $90.
But first. OHHHHH such a clean house. It smells so clean. It looks so clean. I was thinking I was doing a fine job and probably I don't need a house cleaner any more. I was so wrong. It's just heaven to have all bits of this house clean and polished. Well, worth the cost and inconvenience.
Sending out a huge thank you to everyone who never told me about Krispy Kreme's new minis. They are wonderful and could be a huge issue for me. I need to forget all about them now.
At Goodwill, I went to the donation driveway and quickly discovered that I would not be donating today. They opened donations a while ago. I took a load myself a month or so ago, but today was a new can o' worms. They had half the parking lot staked out with cones so the donation traffic could snake through. I sat in my car before the store open and counted. There were more than 80 cars (I couldn't see part of the line) lined up waiting to donate. I did not add to the mayhem. My stuff is still in my car.
But it was heaven to wander around the store. Way less crowded than usual and everyone was masked and considerate. I had plates and bowls on my list and scored both. I've taken to 'renting' plates from Goodwill. I get a half dozen for maybe $5 and use them for a few months, get more, donate the originals to Goodwill. I cannot find the perfect plates so this is my way. I also scored some lovely knit fabric.
Then on to Uwajimaya which is across the street from Daiso. And for now, the parking is all free! So I went into both. Not pictured above are the only two blue Stickies they had. I got them but stashed them quickly before Biggie spied them. Other than the preferred colored Stickie, they had a healthy inventory of their usual stuff and, again, no crowds! I got a poke bowl for lunch and sushi for dinner in the grocery. And I was done.
Also my hips are done. My stamina is fer shit. I was whipped. The cams at home said that Amira wasn't done yet so I drove around my neighborhood.
When I was a kid we drove all over Germany. We knew about 5 German words. All the inns and hotels had signs up saying Zimmer Frei! We knew zimmer was room and frei was free. We could not noodle out why they weren't charging for rooms at these hotels!
Today as I drove around my neighborhood I was thinking about the visitor who arrived today after living under a rock for the last month and would wonder why there were so many stores called Black Lives Matter.
Now I am home and lunched and rested. I think I'll wash the new dishes and put the rest of the stuff away and put my feet up for the rest of the afternoon.
Good day and I do feel safe. But, I don't feel the need to do it again any time soon.
But first. OHHHHH such a clean house. It smells so clean. It looks so clean. I was thinking I was doing a fine job and probably I don't need a house cleaner any more. I was so wrong. It's just heaven to have all bits of this house clean and polished. Well, worth the cost and inconvenience.
Sending out a huge thank you to everyone who never told me about Krispy Kreme's new minis. They are wonderful and could be a huge issue for me. I need to forget all about them now.
At Goodwill, I went to the donation driveway and quickly discovered that I would not be donating today. They opened donations a while ago. I took a load myself a month or so ago, but today was a new can o' worms. They had half the parking lot staked out with cones so the donation traffic could snake through. I sat in my car before the store open and counted. There were more than 80 cars (I couldn't see part of the line) lined up waiting to donate. I did not add to the mayhem. My stuff is still in my car.
But it was heaven to wander around the store. Way less crowded than usual and everyone was masked and considerate. I had plates and bowls on my list and scored both. I've taken to 'renting' plates from Goodwill. I get a half dozen for maybe $5 and use them for a few months, get more, donate the originals to Goodwill. I cannot find the perfect plates so this is my way. I also scored some lovely knit fabric.
Then on to Uwajimaya which is across the street from Daiso. And for now, the parking is all free! So I went into both. Not pictured above are the only two blue Stickies they had. I got them but stashed them quickly before Biggie spied them. Other than the preferred colored Stickie, they had a healthy inventory of their usual stuff and, again, no crowds! I got a poke bowl for lunch and sushi for dinner in the grocery. And I was done.
Also my hips are done. My stamina is fer shit. I was whipped. The cams at home said that Amira wasn't done yet so I drove around my neighborhood.
When I was a kid we drove all over Germany. We knew about 5 German words. All the inns and hotels had signs up saying Zimmer Frei! We knew zimmer was room and frei was free. We could not noodle out why they weren't charging for rooms at these hotels!
Today as I drove around my neighborhood I was thinking about the visitor who arrived today after living under a rock for the last month and would wonder why there were so many stores called Black Lives Matter.
Now I am home and lunched and rested. I think I'll wash the new dishes and put the rest of the stuff away and put my feet up for the rest of the afternoon.
Good day and I do feel safe. But, I don't feel the need to do it again any time soon.
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Date: 2020-06-24 09:32 pm (UTC)Just thinking about that makes me feel faintly dizzy.
Wow.
At the Goodwill nearest us, I'm not sure the parking lot could hold that many cars, and I know the donations lane won't.
But you had an enjoyable time at Goodwill and a good day over all, so I'm happy for you. And congrats on the new-to-you dishes! Don't know what it is about table wares, but dishes always interest me.
Pictures? --maybe....?
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Date: 2020-06-24 10:05 pm (UTC)Mmm. I was unaware about minis, until now. Good to know.
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Date: 2020-06-25 05:13 pm (UTC)My mom was astonished, not remembering this detail, and asked what she meant. "Well, Mrs. Tea Room, obviously" my grandmother replied.
We are still laughing about that today. Tea was a common name in Germany back then and most people my grandmom's age did not know any English. And in those years, in tourist towns in Italy it was all the rage to name informal eating establishments "Tea Room", even if you usually didn't drink any tea there, as Italians have never been able to make a decent cup of tea.
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Date: 2020-06-25 09:46 pm (UTC)That's how I felt when Jackie came back last week :)
When I took my daughter to North Wales as a child, the roads would have the destination written on the surface in white as they approached junctions to help you get in the correct lane. We were happily taking lanes labelled Llandudno and then I panicked as I saw Araf written on the road I was now on. "Where the heck is Araf? We must have taken a wrong turning! I'd better pull up and check the map!" It was only about the third time I saw it written on the road I realised it was Welsh for "Slow"!