Home again, Home Again, Jiggety…tea?
Jan. 5th, 2012 04:01 pm
That will make sense in a minute and a half, I promise. Fair warning, everything after the cut is image-heavy. And mildly—mildly!—foodporny.
In an interesting turn of events it was so slow that two of us were given the executive reins of who got sent home. I took that shot. I had a bad feeling. I decided to use the opportunity to run some errands.
I got across the street and my hamstrings cramped up. In case you were wondering, that IS possible. And it hurts like holy fuck.
I gotta survive this, I thought, and muscled across the street to the bus stop. I looked like a limping Grim Reaper—or a hobbled monk, one or the other.
The errand plan was simple. I’d shopped prices around online and had things to pick up. The first stop was to be a GNC store, to pick up alternative meds. But the nearest location, the one in the local mall (For the record, this mall is doing VERY well, bucking a national trend of dying malls), stopped carrying the product I needed. So it was time to call around and find a different location.
Meanwhile, an alluring smell beckoned from the upper level. I followed this rich, deliciously fruity and spicy aroma to the upper level, where I parked my footsies outside of…a Teavana store.
I’m not ashamed to admit that I bounded in there with a squeal of delight. A second squeal kicked the echo aside when I saw the sticker that proclaimed a 75% off sale. While money is tight, after paying off my bills I did have a bit of fiddle-around money, and so…
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