I think since I'm already so 'Internet' caught up I'm not even going to bother getting on it when I get home. Instead, I believe I might work on a story I've had simmering for a couple of weeks now. I really have been thinking about it a lot today, so that tells me it's time to put pen to paper ... or fingertip to keys, whichever you prefer to think of it.
I'm in a very 'organized, calm, collected' mode right now and I'm hoping it sticks with me for the better part of the day. Usually it does until I get tired and just don't give a damn. I'm also feeling quite energetic and as it's so close to when I leave for work I'm sure that'll expand to when I'm at home and doing my tasks I've already mentioned. So I'll probably zoom through those and move on. I think I want to make a list of some of the more extensive cleaning that must be done before my aunt comes in because there's some of it I'll require my husband to do (cleaning the very top shelves of book cases and other areas I can't reach).
I'm already dreading the 'Do you want to hang out' phone calls I know may be inevitable, but plainly, no, I do not want to hang out. If we go to the mall so I can pick up my other clothes that I skipped Wednesday, I don't want a crowd hanging around because then I'll feel rushed and I won't get what I properly want, and then I won't be happy with it, and then I'll have wasted money or gone home with nothing and be pissy. Besides, I'm not exactly willing to go bra shopping with friends. With my husband, fine, but my friends don't need to know what type or exact size of bras I wear.
I used to get so mad at my husband when I'd tell him I needed to go clothes shopping, and he'd invite people to hang out like it was a social event. After about six conversations explaining why I'm not OK clothes shopping with friends (it's hard enough as it is, I'm NOT a natural born shopper and it gets frustrating sometimes trying stuff on), three good sized tantrums and absolute refusal to go to the mall EVER he realized that he should perhaps STOP inviting our friends along when I wanted some privacy to get what I needed and get the hell back out. Plus, I threatened to embarrass the living shit out of him every single time we went out and he insisted on inviting friends (think asking 'So, did you want to get some more of that enlargement serum?' or 'Do we need to reorder your Viagra script?'.) Yes, I fight dirty when I need to, but it worked and I didn't even have to embarrass him once, sometimes the threat is enough. :-D
I know that probably sounds weird that I never want to clothing shop with anybody, but it's already enough of an aggravation trying to find something that fits right ... then add in the self-consciousness when things don't fit or look right ... then add in the fact that I've begun looking at price tags and stressing over the more expensive things that fit and the cheap things that don't (my luck, right?) ... then add the fact that I'm getting hot and tired of taking my clothes off, putting something on and doing it all over again ... THEN add in the fact that I don't get to smoke at all throughout this whole process. I get pretty wound up and it's embarrassing to have a friend along, further, it leaves open possibilities for me snapping at them unsuspectingly when I've had enough and they're still trying to push me to keep looking.
I shop when I want to shop, I buy what I want to buy, I wear what I want to wear, and I leave when I want to leave. It is just easier on anybody potentially involved if I go alone, or only with my husband, get the shittin' task done and THEN hang out. See, I really do think of others, it's not like I'm just being a whiner ... I'm just saving them from either boredom or a really bitchy attitude from me (at least until I get a smoke in). I'd rather throw a tantrum by myself and forget about it quickly than have the whole awkard 'Wow she was being a bitch.' thing going on.
Ah ... fifteen more minutes to go. How will I ever contain myself?
Hegemone posted on Jul 24, 2009
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mixednuts said on Jul 24, 2009....
This all got a little bt to "DEEP" for me! Bras?viagra? enlargemrnt crem? hmmm! All of this is best left to the females! I'M still a virgin! ( eh,he,he)
Forget about shopping!
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uniquely-ironic said on Jul 24, 2009....
I prefer to shop for clothes alone. I usually do it on my lunch hour. But with a daughter I find myself taking her shopping on weekends. I have to say it sucks having to shop in the size 10-12 section while she complains about not having enough choices in the size 0-3 section. I'm going to have to wait another 25 years to get some revenge, but I'm patient that way! ;) -
mixednuts said on Jul 24, 2009....
One can see by my typos that I got TWITTERATED!... Sorry! -
alabamagirl said on Jul 24, 2009....
I prefer to shop alone also. There are times when I'm wishing someone else was there just for second opinion cause I'm not so great at putting outfits together. -
CreativeWoman said on Jul 24, 2009....
Just set a time to meet your friends after you think you'll be done. They don't need to know what your whole day is going to consist of. If they press you, just tell them that buying undies is private and they can go perv somewhere else. :-) Be witty and not mean. They'll get the point. Laugh about it and tell them you'll see them at whatever time.
CW
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wombat said on Jul 24, 2009....
I hate shopping. Period. I just go get what I need, as quickly as possible, and get out of the store. I hate someone hanging around waiting for me. If I want to browse, I need to be alone. If I'm in a hurry, I don't want to wait for them, either.
Shopping is best done alone!
And I wear easy on/easy off togs to buy clothes. Still, trying on bras sucks no matter what.
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Hegemone said on Jul 24, 2009....
Mixed - Lol, oh I'm sure you were on the edge of your seat reading this and you know it. Oh, and I don't mind your twittarization, lol.
Uni - Yes, alone is better for me. I tolerate my husband, but, lol, left to my own devices I'm a loner type of shopper too, unless I can shop with my mom which is nearly never, so I rarely even consider that an option. And yes, that's another reason I can't stand for a particular friend to go shopping with me. She's like a size 2 and complains about not having things in her size ... I'm going ... are you kidding me? Good that you're so patient, the revenge will be so much more sweet. :-D
Bama - Yeah, that's why I like when I get the chance to go with my mom because she's honest with me, and I feel completely comfortable. Otherwise, I just get frustrated too easily.
CW - Yup, that's what I usually do because it's TFYO and OFHG that would have been the pests. Generally, in the past, when I ask 'Do you REALLY want to go shopping for bras with me?' I get a unanimous 'no' from both of them, lol. TFYO has no interest there, too awkward ... and OFHG actually gets purturbed because, well ... even though she might be a size 2 ... she shops for bras in the teen girls section actually, and well, I don't, lol. So it's sort of our flip flop I guess, I get jealous of her size 2, she gets jealous of my big girl bras, lol.
Wombie - Me too more or less. I'm a list kind of girl who goes in, gets what she needs and gets the hell back out of dodge as quickly as possible. I think that's part also of why I don't like shopping with people ... it's not fair for me to rush them and then want to take my time for myself, so it's better to go it alone ... and yeah, lol, trying on bras does suck ... so much work! Lol.
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MsStar39 said on Jul 25, 2009....
I also prefer to shop along. -
Hegemone said on Jul 25, 2009....
MsStar - Seems to be the pattern. -
queenparanoia said on Jul 25, 2009....
well if i go shopping i qould rather do it alone oir with a friend i like... it's fun if you do it with your friend who has teh same taste like you...:-) -
Hegemone said on Jul 25, 2009....
Queenie - I bet it would be fun with a friend like that, I just haven't found one yet. I've got friends that I could shop with but either I can choose between a size two, or a person more similar to my size with a totally not me style, so yes alone is better as opposed to being pressured into looking for things that would be more suited to them (which usually happens and I wind up walking out with nothing).
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