Posts tagged ‘shopping’

May 2nd, 2009

Summer Shopping: 2009

summer (n) the warmest season of the year: annually preceded by summer shopping, an annoyingly-wearying ritual involving shopping for barely-there clothing and related accoutrements....

Some notes on today’s shopping...

Why are they putting ruffles on  everything?

Would a dress with the word “faith” on the ass match a hat that says “sinner”?

Trying to find something to go with those “pewter” shoes I bought in september and haver not yet worn... no luck.

How is Juicy Couture still in business when everything they make is only appropriate to wear post-bath? Am fairly certain I could improvise a “Juicy Dress” with a safety pin and a towel purchased at IKEA.

We should leave all designing of women’s fashions to the men. Why? Because men, gay or straight, seem to have a clue of what accentuates the female form, I theorize this is read more »

November 22nd, 2008

Not Feeling Too Womanly [a shopping tale]

Shopping makes me realize I am not as fat as I think.... Stopped by Marshalls to kill time...

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September 9th, 2008

For Cancer-Ridden Boobies

Perhaps it is Breast Cancer Month (September??) perhaps not, but my local Target is stocked with pink goodies bearing the Boobie Cancer Awareness Ribbon (assuming proceeds go to breast cancer research). I love the color pink, and I love shopping *, so this seems a great occasion for me to enjoy the pastime. Among the pretty pink goodies shit I probably don’t need that fill my cart: a set of bright pink pots and pans, a baby pink spatula, can opener, chef’s knife, digital food scale, a cordless steam-mop (which you can’t use with soap of any kind...wtf?!), pink brita filter and super-hot Dyson vacuum cleaner. I didn’t read more »