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Shopping rules!
Jan. 18th, 2007 08:17 pmI know the American (and really, is it so specific to our country?) tendency to shop has gotten a bad rap. However, it's hard to think of anything besides eating, sex, and sleep that's more consistently fun. And cheap, if you decide to make it so! Today I scored:
1) An actual GLASS replacement for my blender pitcher. The old one was made out of a special space-age-in-the-70s plastic that not only broke often, but was nearly 100% resistant to all forms of plastic adhesive, making it a leaking wreck. Now I have a very nice, solid glass pitcher with clear volume markings on the outside, and it cost me exactly $3.
2) I've gotten fairly tired of scratching various parts of my anatomy raw during the cold-induced dry-a-thon my house is undergoing because the heat is on all the time right now. The air is fucking dry! Guests from New Hampshire were complaining about it when they were here, and my dogs noses feel like tire rubber. So I got a) a relative humidity gauge for $20 from Radio Snack(tm) and b) a Homedics Ultrasonic Humidifier for $5. I started at 32% relative inside, and the new doodad is industriously pumping out mountains of stage-effect-like water fog as we speak. We'll see later tonight if it's improved things.
We'll also play with the laser pointer in the fog again. Yes, indeed.
3) A great glass-looking-but-really-plastic lock-top jar for dogfood or some other countertop item with a really nice looking wooden lid.
I still haven't found the right teapot, but will keep looking.
1) An actual GLASS replacement for my blender pitcher. The old one was made out of a special space-age-in-the-70s plastic that not only broke often, but was nearly 100% resistant to all forms of plastic adhesive, making it a leaking wreck. Now I have a very nice, solid glass pitcher with clear volume markings on the outside, and it cost me exactly $3.
2) I've gotten fairly tired of scratching various parts of my anatomy raw during the cold-induced dry-a-thon my house is undergoing because the heat is on all the time right now. The air is fucking dry! Guests from New Hampshire were complaining about it when they were here, and my dogs noses feel like tire rubber. So I got a) a relative humidity gauge for $20 from Radio Snack(tm) and b) a Homedics Ultrasonic Humidifier for $5. I started at 32% relative inside, and the new doodad is industriously pumping out mountains of stage-effect-like water fog as we speak. We'll see later tonight if it's improved things.
We'll also play with the laser pointer in the fog again. Yes, indeed.
3) A great glass-looking-but-really-plastic lock-top jar for dogfood or some other countertop item with a really nice looking wooden lid.
I still haven't found the right teapot, but will keep looking.
