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September 07, 2006

Buy, honey

When you walk into a Target store the first thing you see are two aisles full of stuff that costs one dollar. I don’t know about you, but there is something about merchandise that cheap that makes me need it like crazy.

Tuesday night I went to Target to get a sketchbook for Herself and got trapped in the one-dollar aisles. All the women next to me had the same glazed stare that I probably had. Ooooh. There was a whole new crop of junk to buy. I did manage to stop myself before I bought more refrigerator magnets (they were REALLY CUTE), or a miniature teapot and tea/sake cups (in case I change over to Asian decor), or a couple of sets of chopsticks in satin bags (ditto, for the kids), but not before I picked up yet another tube of sparkly pink lip gloss for Herself. I think that with the addition of this one, she's now got about sixty.

I am broke this week, having shelled out for a new tooth ($250.00) and for car repairs ($1,750.00). Actually the parts to repair the car probably came to about $50.00; it was the labor that screwed me into the ground. You know what I mean.
“The bulbs you need to replace are a buck-fifty each; with the labor, that comes to …” I could hear the calculator keys clicking. “ … mmm … $365.00.”

More actual conversations:
“Mom, I need $175.00 for Driver’s Ed.”
“Mommy, I need to rent a violin for Strings Class.”
“She’ll need braces. It’s going to be around $4,100.”

Wah.

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