Domestic Oblivion

Yeah…Not So Much

Well, I must pat myself on the back.  On Thursday I finally broke down and went to the office supply store to buy my new 2010 calendar.  Why wait until January 21st you ask?  Because I buy the kind of calendar that is specifically made to appeal to profoundly lazy people such as myself….it comes with January of the next year. 

Anyway.  Off I went to Office Depot, to once again be astounded at the highway robbery that is day planner inserts.  I blame Franklin Covey for the phenomenon, but that is neither here nor there.  I’m not highly effective, I don’t have 7 habits, and I don’t use F.C. stuff, yet it still cost $26 for my calendar insert.

Or it would have, had I not had a “spend at least $20 and get $10 off” coupon.

And I was pleased.

Today I went to Wal-Mart, which I loathe, to buy cleaning supplies, tooth paste, Tampax and Ziplocs.  I was armed with Sunday circular coupons.  Along with scoring a free box of tampons, I also saved $12.75.  AND the best part?  I didn’t buy anything that I don’t normally buy and that I didn’t absolutely need.

So to recap:  that’s $22.75 saved in 24 hours, PLUS a free box of Tampax.

As I was pulling out of the Wal-Mart parking lot, which is a total goat fu*k of epic proportions and appears to have been designed by 4th grade boys at engineer-for-a-day camp, I saw something that actually made me stare.  Had I not been actively and vigorously chawing on my gum, I’m pretty sure  my mouth would have been hanging open.

Walking  across the parking lot were two blue hairs.  They were dressed exactly alike, with their white elastic waist pants, quilted aqua jackets and spiffy white tennis shoes.  This was not an accident people.  This was not meeting your BFF at a party, only to find you both wore the same Forever 21 sparkly pink tank top that makes your rack look fabulous.  Nope, this was planned.  Do you think they were twins?  I did too, until they got close enough for me to see their faces, and I realized it was a mother/daughter duo.  And the daughter was 65 if she was a day.

And that?  Is even creepier than grown adult twins who dress alike.  Adults?  Turns out they shouldn’t do that.  Just don’t.  No.

From there, I went to Winco.  Because we eat food here at Chez Star, and we had completely run out of the things that make my children happy, and were almost out the the stuff that makes me look like a decent parent.  First stop is always produce.  There, rifling through the oranges, I saw the most awesome thing I’ve seen in the grocery  store in the last year.

A very lovely Muslim woman, wearing a rather pretty purple head scarf.  The scarf was pulled tight around her face, so no hair was showing, and fastened under her chin.  She had her cell phone firmly tucking into the head scarf, enabling her to talk on the phone while engaging both hands in her produce shopping experience.  It.  Was.  Awesome.

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