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- Shopping Misadventure -
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006
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I haven't blogged in a little while so before I get the wrath forom some of you for being a slacker I'll post some more useless information.
First- I think I have a serious problem. It's about time I admitted this to myself, since in the past I would just laugh about it. I have a wicked OC streak. (No, not OC, the TV show- Obsessive Compulsive). << See, like right there, I felt compelled to type that as not to confuse my reader. Anyway, I went shopping Friday afternoon, after I got out of work. I had to stay somewhat local because I was on-call, so I just went to Ocala. I specifically went there for 2 things. 1- A new comforter for my bed and 2- to return a pair of pants that I bought that somehow became "too big" in the past week (yay!). Below is a breakdown of my day, because, again, I have OCD and can't do things the easy way.
1. Arrive at the Ocala mall. Dodge lightning bolts going into the store, but thankfully no rain.
2. Walk through Macys, past American Eagle to get to Bath & Body works. There was a new scented lotion there that I wanted to check out "in person" to see if I like it. Buy 3 completely different sets (only because they were on sale).
3. Go into Aeropostale to take back pants. See a different pair, wrong size. Look at everything else, don't see anything I need or want. Refund pants.
4. Walk back in opposite direction to Belk, where I should have parked in the first place. Look at comforters. Phone rings, answer it. Talk on phone and get distracted, heading towards the shoe department. Hang up phone because I can't try on shoes and talk on the phone (priorities). Walk back to the comforters, find King size. Hmmm, I really like the sage/pink one but the linen one is very cute too. Will husband like pink comforter? Do I care? Hmmm. Take pink comforter back to shelf. Find linen one, only to realize I don't like the embroidery along the bottom. Too girlie. Go back to the pink/sage one. Phone rings again. Try to talk on the phone, carry comforter that weighs 59 pounds, through Belk. Get incredibly frustrated because I can't talk (to the same person as before) and shop, hang up phone. Go to register and pay for comforter. Carry 59 pound comforter to other end of the mall where I parked. Put comforter in car and carry on.
5. Go to Ross. Look for sheets for kids' room. Get annoyed because nothing is any order. Walk from Ross to Bed, Bath & Beyond, because I might find a comforter I like more. Accidentally walk into Famous Footwear instead of Bed, Bath & Beyond. See some espidrille shoes I really like at Famous Footwear. Try them on- they feel worse than 3" stilettos. Leave Famous Footwear and go into B, B & B. Remember I want to find a new shower curtain for the main bathroom. Look at placemats, candles, margarita glasses, sheets, comforters (eeek, Belk was cheaper), cutting boards, stainless grill utensils, patio utensils, basically everything BUT shower curtains. Prepare to leave when I realize I forgot to look at shower curtains. Find a shower curtain I like, but don't buy it because I might find another one I like more.
6. Walk back to the car, again dodging lightning, chosing to drive to TJ Maxx instead of walk in case it starts raining.
7. Find some cute shirts at TJ Maxx which reminds me I should go to American Eagle (you know, the store at that mall that I just left, the same mall that I walked around 3 times and MUST have passed American Eagle 3 times). Put the shirts back because I will find one at American Eagle. Look for sheets for boys. Find some, can't decide between solid and print, pick solid.
8. Toss around stopping at Coldstone Creamery (which, btw, I will own a version of someday- LOVE marble slab ice cream), decide not to because it's raining.
9. Drive back to the mall, it's not raining there yet, but I'm not sure why since it's only 1/2 mile away. Park at Macy's. Look for camo tank top. Find a couple, but wait until I go to American Eagle.
10. Go to American Eagle, find the PERFECT shirt. LOVE IT, LOVE IT. Try it on, perfect fit. Now, here's where the OCD really kicks in. Try on a Large. Go back to the stack of shirts, find another Large because I couldn't possibly buy the shrit I just tried on. Find the only other Large they have. See the same shirt in a different color. Decide I want that as well, though I don't like it as much as the first one. Look for one for my stepdaughters. Don't see any that I think they would like. Buy the shirts.
11. Go back to Macy's to look at comforters one more time. Don't find one. Look for swimsuits for the boys, though I just bought 2 new ones from The Children's Place. Find a couple of cute ones...have saleswoman follow me all over the store. I get pissed and go to another register to pay, in the Jr's department. Completely forget about the camo tank top I wanted. Wait in line for ever, it seemed like, until I got frustrated and walked back to the little boy's section. Now, I get THOROUGHLY annoyed because the saleswoman is nowhere to be found--she must have gotten lost following me out of the kid's department. Wait for salesperson. Keep waiting. Put swim trunks back and become EVEN MORE annoyed because I just wasted an hour.
12. Go back to the exit and find the next thing to a hurricane type downpour outside. UGGGH.
I hate shopping.
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2 Comments:
Okay...there are so many things I could say...want to say...but this reminded me so much of me that I got a headache. I actually cut myself off from shopping for clothes/shoes etc. during the whole month of June. Of course, now I'm buying a bunch of crap online. See my work arounds?
I forgot to add the best (worst) part of it all. When I got the AE shirt and brought it home the embroidery on the front was coming off!! Yes, this is the same shirt that I tried on and later put back to get the other large that they had. Go figure.
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