Adventures in Purchasing

During my recent mini-vacation, I got out of my normal routine and decided to do a little shopping. While in Orlando, I stopped by the Barnes and Noble on Colonial to use my birthday gift card. I had no idea what I wanted to buy until, traipsing through the DVD section, I remembered that I'd been wanting the Sledge Hammer! Season One box set (our Borders has Season Two, but I wanted to re-watch it from the beginning). Sledge Hammer!, a TV series from 1985, chronicles the career of the eponymous violence-loving police detective who sleeps with his gun. All I remembered about this show was that Sledge is cocksure, dangerous, and ineffective (longer review to follow). I was in luck—they had the hammer! Purchase made.

While visiting my brother, I saw a purse Kinya'd put in with his yard sale items. Mmmm...yummy purse! I thought it would be mine for the low, low "friend" price, but it turns out her bag wasn't for sale. So, I looked around Ross for a new handbag and found a really great Tommy Hilfinger for around twenty bucks. The "purse that was never to be" turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I realized that what I really wanted was a summer bag. And, in changing into my new blue turquoise purse, I realized that I have four black purses and one brown purse. Man, do I lack adventure or what!?! Note to self: be more adventurous with yearly purchase of new purse (Ha, ha! "Adventurous"..."yearly purchase." Ha...ahem.)

At Ross, I found another item of interest—a "Glitz and Glamour" all over body moisturiser ("lotion" for the uninformed) from Pennington's of Bath. While I don't necessaily need a new lotion, this one smelled fantastic! It took me awhile to figure out the fragrance (which wasn't listed on the package). I kept thinking "cherry...no! ginger ale" until I realized that it smells like cherry and ginger ale which is...? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? That's right—a Shirley Temple. Now, this may not sound like the most compelling fragrance in the world, but I liked it enough to buy two more containers of it at the G'ville Ross after I got back. I've decided that I want to smell like a Shirley Temple in perpetuity. (As opposed to, you know, smelling like the Shirley Temple in perpetuity—my guess is "Youth Dew.") Since I found this lotion at Ross, I'm guessing that it is being phased out. Bummer.

So, yeah, that's what the "consumer" me is up to...i.e., nothing much. And, since I broke my pair of casual-dressy black shoes at the wedding, you should stay tuned to the Great Casual-Dressy Black Shoe Replacement Purchase of 2006. It's sure to be harrowing...