11/29/2006
Goodwll, Value Village
Despite the snow on the ground and the frigid temperatures the streets are bare and mostly dry too. I went over to Wheaton Way to a couple thrifty stores.
At Goodwill I got a chrome DeLonghi toaster. I already have two toasters but the one I have been using gets the bread stuck in it half the time and this DeLonghi looks like it will work better. I also got an external CD read write drive but the problem with it is that it doesn't have a power cord. It needs a kind of three pin power adapter that provides 5 volts and 12 volts. So I need one of those before I can even find out if the bloomin' thing works or not. I also got an Almond Joy bar. Wow. And also, also I got two VHS movies: 1900 by Bernardo Bertolucci and Mumford directed by 'I don't know who'.
At Value Village I didn't find anything I wanted to get. Then I went next door to Grocery Outlet and got some probably just about out of date Doritos and ANOTHER Almond Joy candy bar.
Then I went home where I remain, waiting for the predicted snowfall that may prevent me from going to work tomorrow, if I'm lucky.
At Goodwill I got a chrome DeLonghi toaster. I already have two toasters but the one I have been using gets the bread stuck in it half the time and this DeLonghi looks like it will work better. I also got an external CD read write drive but the problem with it is that it doesn't have a power cord. It needs a kind of three pin power adapter that provides 5 volts and 12 volts. So I need one of those before I can even find out if the bloomin' thing works or not. I also got an Almond Joy bar. Wow. And also, also I got two VHS movies: 1900 by Bernardo Bertolucci and Mumford directed by 'I don't know who'.
At Value Village I didn't find anything I wanted to get. Then I went next door to Grocery Outlet and got some probably just about out of date Doritos and ANOTHER Almond Joy candy bar.
Then I went home where I remain, waiting for the predicted snowfall that may prevent me from going to work tomorrow, if I'm lucky.
11/02/2006
Day After Halloween
(25-1162458635bl)
After visiting Mom and Dad and seeing their huge new dark brown couch I went to the thrift stores. At Goodwill I found a couple Traven tape cartridges that I was pretty sure would fit my Colorado T1000 tape drive (they do).
I was pretty tired by the time I got home around three o'clock in the afternoon having been up since 5:30 in the morning. I had a whole bunch of Almond Joy mini-candybars which I hadn't given out on Halloween (nobody came). I set to watching the Letterman show on VHS that I had taped the previous night. I fell asleep on my couch right after I put on the tape so I don't know what happened on Letterman and I have already taped over it so it's too late to find out--but it will be rerun of course. I woke up at 5:30 PM just in time to see the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric (50?). Then I had the last pork chop and mashed potatoes that had been reheating in the oven for too long.
After visiting Mom and Dad and seeing their huge new dark brown couch I went to the thrift stores. At Goodwill I found a couple Traven tape cartridges that I was pretty sure would fit my Colorado T1000 tape drive (they do).
I was pretty tired by the time I got home around three o'clock in the afternoon having been up since 5:30 in the morning. I had a whole bunch of Almond Joy mini-candybars which I hadn't given out on Halloween (nobody came). I set to watching the Letterman show on VHS that I had taped the previous night. I fell asleep on my couch right after I put on the tape so I don't know what happened on Letterman and I have already taped over it so it's too late to find out--but it will be rerun of course. I woke up at 5:30 PM just in time to see the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric (50?). Then I had the last pork chop and mashed potatoes that had been reheating in the oven for too long.
