Diary of a Shopper
Nov. 26th, 2004 11:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
logicbutton4:00: My alarm goes off. I'm feeling strangely refreshed.
4:50: I'm ready to go. Too bad nothing opens for another half hour.
5:15: I finally leave the house and go to Town Centre. Every car in front of me is turning into the Wal-Mart and Kohl's parking lots. I hope they're all here for Wal-Mart.
5:20: I get in the line for Kohl's. Immediately I worry that I've forgotten to turn off my lights, but too many people are coming now for me to want to give up my spot and go check.
5:25: The line now stretches all the way to Wal-Mart. I feel all smug.
5:30: Kohl's opens. I get a cart and begin throwing things in it, all the while skillfully maneuvering it like the savvy shopper I am. I only hit one person in the ankles. Go me!
5:50: I make my first purchase of the Christmas season. Two gifts for my mom's family's gift exchange, one for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
myrtlelarson, and one of the same thing for me, because it was just that cool and on sale like whoa. One store down...
6:05: I smile good-naturedly at the radio DJs' jabs at people who line up in front of Kohl's and then move on to Target as I pull into the Target parking lot.
6:07: There's a CD player thingy that would be perfect for the gift exchange, even if it is slightly higher than the agreed-upon price range. But after a bit of soul-searching, I decide just to get the two decks of patriotic playing cards to go with the automatic card shuffler from Kohl's.
6:20: I leave Target, steeling myself for the parking situation at the Mall of America. Last year, I went to the MOA in the evening on the day after Thanksgiving, and had to fight for a parking spot across the street. I'm not sure when the mall is supposed to open, but figure that if it's not for awhile, I can always go kill some time at IHOP. I wonder what the people who are working this morning are thinking--are they grumpy? Do they think anyone who would go shopping this early must be crazy and/or stupid? Do they enjoy being a part of it all? It occurs to me that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
customers_suck will almost certainly be bringing teh_funny today.
6:37: I get what might be my all-time best parking spot at the mall. Turns out that's what happens when you show up an hour and a half before it opens. I consider going to IHOP, but decide that this would be a very silly idea. Like I'm giving up that spot.
6:43: I go for a walk around the mall. OMGWTF did they do to Victoria's Secret?? It looks great! The Disney Store is open, so I go in and buyoctopedingenue's gift. Then I go around the corner to Macy's.
6:46:10: Is that ASBESTOS?!
6:46:15: No.
6:53: Dammit, why is nothing open? Come on, Barnes & Noble! Get with the program! Ah, hell, I'll just go to Sears.
6:59: Sears has the EXACT SAME CD player thingy that I almost bought at Target, for the EXACT SAME price--as it turns out, half off the regular price. (Clearly it's stalking me omg!) After continued soul-searching, I decide to get a shower radio instead.
7:20: Barnes & Noble is Still Not Open. Fine. Screw you, Barnes & Noble. I'm going to Atlantic Book Warehouse.
7:22: HA! Atlantic Book Warehouse is open. Take that, B&N! Seriously, Barnes & Noble has been slipping in my regard ever since the Fruits Basket Vol. 4 incident. Ah, and see, here we have all five current volumes prominently displayed. So there. Too bad I already own them all. I buy the King's 2005 Twin Cities street atlas for the gift exchange.
7:30: Okay, suddenly I'm seeing all this stuff that would be perfect foroctopedingenue or myrtlelarson. This is very annoying. Hey, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory's opening! Mmm, candeh.
8:10: Oh, I see. Finally opening your doors, eh, Barnes & Noble? Well, too bad! HA! Watch me walk right past you and into Old Navy!
8:15: HOLEH CRAP OLD NAVY HAS ASBESTOS. And those $5 Performance Fleece blankets they were advertising, but I notice they're only $5 with purchase. Well, there's nothing else I want to purchase--I have plenty of asbestos as it is, and the clothes seem to have permanently lost appeal for me. Screw you, Old Navy.
8:30: Right, I'm done here. My level of the parking ramp is a bit more crowded now, though nowhere near full. I go out to the street, but am held up for a minute--I realize it's because there's a light rail car passing. Cool!...okay, so these are the things that people find it so hard to wait for that they feel they have to drive through the arms? How ridiculous. Minnesotans are dumb.
8:45: And back to the Kohl's/Wal-Mart parking lot, except this time I'm going to Wal-Mart. It's like a full circle or something, see. I just have to get some batteries, but that takes a surprisingly long time. Oh well, almost done.
8:55: Caribou! I get some gift supplements and a coffee and scone for myself. Teh Meghan is working this morning. Yay! She is surprised to see that I've come home, and says I should have mentioned it here or something. I tell her that if she had read the comments in my birthday post, she would have seen that I askedbrandonmason whether he would be around for Thanksgiving, and might have extrapolated from that that I would be coming home. She smiles and nods. She seems very busy, so I excuse myself, and promise to call her later, which I think I would indeed like to do.
9:05: Woohoo! I'm home! And done with...uh...about half my shopping. In conclusion, cousins.
4:50: I'm ready to go. Too bad nothing opens for another half hour.
5:15: I finally leave the house and go to Town Centre. Every car in front of me is turning into the Wal-Mart and Kohl's parking lots. I hope they're all here for Wal-Mart.
5:20: I get in the line for Kohl's. Immediately I worry that I've forgotten to turn off my lights, but too many people are coming now for me to want to give up my spot and go check.
5:25: The line now stretches all the way to Wal-Mart. I feel all smug.
5:30: Kohl's opens. I get a cart and begin throwing things in it, all the while skillfully maneuvering it like the savvy shopper I am. I only hit one person in the ankles. Go me!
5:50: I make my first purchase of the Christmas season. Two gifts for my mom's family's gift exchange, one for
myrtlelarson, and one of the same thing for me, because it was just that cool and on sale like whoa. One store down...6:05: I smile good-naturedly at the radio DJs' jabs at people who line up in front of Kohl's and then move on to Target as I pull into the Target parking lot.
6:07: There's a CD player thingy that would be perfect for the gift exchange, even if it is slightly higher than the agreed-upon price range. But after a bit of soul-searching, I decide just to get the two decks of patriotic playing cards to go with the automatic card shuffler from Kohl's.
6:20: I leave Target, steeling myself for the parking situation at the Mall of America. Last year, I went to the MOA in the evening on the day after Thanksgiving, and had to fight for a parking spot across the street. I'm not sure when the mall is supposed to open, but figure that if it's not for awhile, I can always go kill some time at IHOP. I wonder what the people who are working this morning are thinking--are they grumpy? Do they think anyone who would go shopping this early must be crazy and/or stupid? Do they enjoy being a part of it all? It occurs to me that
customers_suck will almost certainly be bringing teh_funny today.6:37: I get what might be my all-time best parking spot at the mall. Turns out that's what happens when you show up an hour and a half before it opens. I consider going to IHOP, but decide that this would be a very silly idea. Like I'm giving up that spot.
6:43: I go for a walk around the mall. OMGWTF did they do to Victoria's Secret?? It looks great! The Disney Store is open, so I go in and buy
octopedingenue's gift. Then I go around the corner to Macy's.6:46:10: Is that ASBESTOS?!
6:46:15: No.
6:53: Dammit, why is nothing open? Come on, Barnes & Noble! Get with the program! Ah, hell, I'll just go to Sears.
6:59: Sears has the EXACT SAME CD player thingy that I almost bought at Target, for the EXACT SAME price--as it turns out, half off the regular price. (Clearly it's stalking me omg!) After continued soul-searching, I decide to get a shower radio instead.
7:20: Barnes & Noble is Still Not Open. Fine. Screw you, Barnes & Noble. I'm going to Atlantic Book Warehouse.
7:22: HA! Atlantic Book Warehouse is open. Take that, B&N! Seriously, Barnes & Noble has been slipping in my regard ever since the Fruits Basket Vol. 4 incident. Ah, and see, here we have all five current volumes prominently displayed. So there. Too bad I already own them all. I buy the King's 2005 Twin Cities street atlas for the gift exchange.
7:30: Okay, suddenly I'm seeing all this stuff that would be perfect for
octopedingenue or myrtlelarson. This is very annoying. Hey, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory's opening! Mmm, candeh.8:10: Oh, I see. Finally opening your doors, eh, Barnes & Noble? Well, too bad! HA! Watch me walk right past you and into Old Navy!
8:15: HOLEH CRAP OLD NAVY HAS ASBESTOS. And those $5 Performance Fleece blankets they were advertising, but I notice they're only $5 with purchase. Well, there's nothing else I want to purchase--I have plenty of asbestos as it is, and the clothes seem to have permanently lost appeal for me. Screw you, Old Navy.
8:30: Right, I'm done here. My level of the parking ramp is a bit more crowded now, though nowhere near full. I go out to the street, but am held up for a minute--I realize it's because there's a light rail car passing. Cool!...okay, so these are the things that people find it so hard to wait for that they feel they have to drive through the arms? How ridiculous. Minnesotans are dumb.
8:45: And back to the Kohl's/Wal-Mart parking lot, except this time I'm going to Wal-Mart. It's like a full circle or something, see. I just have to get some batteries, but that takes a surprisingly long time. Oh well, almost done.
8:55: Caribou! I get some gift supplements and a coffee and scone for myself. Teh Meghan is working this morning. Yay! She is surprised to see that I've come home, and says I should have mentioned it here or something. I tell her that if she had read the comments in my birthday post, she would have seen that I asked
brandonmason whether he would be around for Thanksgiving, and might have extrapolated from that that I would be coming home. She smiles and nods. She seems very busy, so I excuse myself, and promise to call her later, which I think I would indeed like to do.9:05: Woohoo! I'm home! And done with...uh...about half my shopping. In conclusion, cousins.
