Splurges

I am supposed to be spending the evening packing. However, I happened to make a late-night run to Target on Wednesday night because I ran out of packing tape and happened to peruse their selection of lamp bases, lamp shades, and mirrors and found several items that I'll need to revisit once I'm in VA. Then I came home and decided that if I could find 2 of the lamp shades and bases that I liked on Wednesday night (that location conveniently only had 1 of each) that I'd go ahead and buy them now and just send them with the movers. Long story short, I tried the next-closest Target yesterday (victorious in finding 2 shades) and decided I try again today after work. It was raining when I left the office so I opted to just come home and wait it out because driving in the rain in Austin is always an infuriating experience, especially when combined with rush hour traffic. I ended up heading out around 7:30 and spent an hour and a half and $102 there. Yes, this is my exciting Friday night.

I called L when I got in the car to head home and he asked what I'd been doing. When I told him I'd just spent $100 at Target (I figured he needs to know now that this sometimes happens), he was shocked and asked what I'd bought, so I told him. His response? "Well, I guess that's okay. You should probably know I went to Best Buy earlier and spent $75." I just laughed at that. Apparently Target is to women what Best Buy is to men.

If you're wondering what I purchased, I got a pair of cute brown sweat pants (yes, sweat pants can be cute with the right cut), a matching cowl-neck hoodie (it's not horrendous, I promise), and a button-down plaid pearl snap (also not hideous- very similar to the "boyfriend" shirts at the Gap right now). And a pair of boots. I would have included pics but NONE of it is online. Actually, the boots are, but when you click on them it says no picture is available, even though there totally is in the small version. Oh well. They are the Mossimo Kahsha Tall Cuffed Boot in Mushroom if you are just DYING to go see a tiny picture. Noticeably not on the list: the two lamp bases. The tall version was just a little too tall, the short version was way too short.

If you're wondering what L purchased, it's definitely the first 2 seasons of 30 Rock. And a Playstation controller because one of his broke. I have no idea why he needs 2 right now since he doesn't play with anyone else at the moment, but that question is probably better left unasked. Maybe once we're actually married we can ask those questions, but turn about is fair play and I don't want to justify my purchases, so I won't make him justify his.