Day 186
I went to Target tonight to get a frappuccino. I’d been painting all day … and not just painting a room … but I was on DAY 2 of the bedroom project and my third coat of 14 miles of trim.
Whomever painted this house prior to my moving into it did so with what seems to have been MARINE PAINT/VARNISH. Impervious to water. Slicker than snot. Hard to paint over as nothing STICKS to it.
Idiots.
So, here I am, trying to paint and I have the trim finally done, after 3 coats. And the second can of paint used was not the same WHITE as the other can of paint … so, another fun glitch and it was hotter than hell up in that bedroom all day and well, I thought a frapp sounded good.
So off I went to Target to treat myself. While enroute I remembered I needed to get bug spray as the bugs have been snacking on all the bushes and flowers and landscaping items I brought home 2 weeks ago. A nice little bug buffet in my backyard. Lovely. I usually don’t spray bugs … but these guys made me mad so I’m going to spray them until their little mandibles tighten up and they keel over and fall off the eaten leaves … whatever is left of the leaves.
So, I got my frapp and got a cart (always a mistake in a Target) cuz I remembered I had to get kitty litter, too and I was not going to lug around a 20 lb box of kitty litter through the store. So, I got the litter and found the bug spray and then remembered I needed indoor bug spray (for any spiders that might be coming inside when it gets cooler out – if it EVER gets cooler out) and some weed killer … so, those went into the basket.
And as I passed the linen section on my way to the checkout station I realized I needed a bedskirt for the extra bedroom bed that was NOT polyester or a microfiber fur magnet … and found a nice 100% cotton that will (somewhat) repel cat/dog fur. While in the department I also realized I should look at sheets as I have a bed coming (well, some day … I’ll have a bed coming. I’m hopeful) and have no sheets. So, I found some deep purple sheets. Yay!
And on the way back to the checkout I passed the card section and found some stickers to send to my former neighbors for their notebooks for when they start school next week. Something fun for them from me and the dogs.
I also found a card for $6.95. Excuse me? Why am I not in the card making business?! Egad!
In any case … I then remembered I wanted some brown sugar in my pantry (and got home to find that I already had some. Rats!) … and passed the frozen food section.
My downfall.
Except that I have a very small freezer which is mostly taken up by ice cube trays and frozen chicken and some smoothie mixes. But I figured there was room for a few frozen dinners so they promptly hopped into my cart. Nothing like a Marie Calendar’s 250 calorie, $2.54 Thanksgiving dinner in a plastic microwavable tray! YUM! (And it was good … I ate it at 10:30 pm for “dinner”. I’m having dinner like a Spaniard these days. A Spaniard having American Thanksgiving dinner!)
Anyway … I checked out and disgustingly paid my $120.11.
Man, the cost of frappuccinos sure has gone up!