Category: rampant consumerism
So apparently the delivery guys weren’t lying when they said that the bed rails of my new bed “just snap on to the headboard and footboard.” It turns out that there are already screws sticking out of the headboard and the footboard, so the holes in the little metal pieces at the ends of the […]
On Thursday evening, I finally got my new bedroom furniture to go with my new mattress. You know, the furniture that was supposed to come on Tuesday morning. Don’t even get me started on the incompetence of Furniture Land, the place I bought this stuff from. I thought I was so smart negotiating a great […]
Not really big stuff – I’m not nearly that skilled ((my sister took woodshop in high school, so she’s got much more in the way of building skills than I do, as I chose “typing” as my business or tech credit (can anyone say “easy A+”?). I learned the basics of building stuff – e.g., […]
My new mattress was delivered today! It’s very, very comfy – I’m really looking to going to bed tonight (which I’ll be doing as soon as I click “publish” on this posting!) Every time I walk into my bedroom now, I have the urge to jump on my mattress! I also got my couch today ((long […]
As I mentioned before, I’m working towards having a grown up place. I feel like I’m there with the kitchen – I’m something of a kitchen gadget freak and since I inherited the kitchen table and other kitchen furniture, all I had to do was unpack my many boxes of dishes and bakeware and other […]
I’m starting to think that the universe does not want me to have a bluetooth headset. First, there was the bluetooth headset I bought that I proceeded to leave in the pocket of my skirt when I did laundry. Second, there was a bluetooth head that I bought but returned because it sucked ((which I […]
So, I go into Save On Foods ((a grocery store we have here in BC)) and they have this little kiosk thing that says that if you swipe your “Save On More” card ((it’s their discount card they use so they can Big Brother your shopping)) they will print out your very own “personalized” coupons […]
When I was a kid, we had the Calgary ’88 Olympics glasses from Petro-Canada. I’d be willing to bet that most Canadians remember these glasses – everyone I’ve mentioned them to recently has said, “The ones with the gold that flaked off?” Yup, those would be the ones. They looked like this ((FSM bless the […]