Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures!

Okay, it's confession time. Are you ready? You better sit down for this....

Last week I walked into the Centerville Wal-Mart.......

And I actually purchased something.

Sigh.

I feel better now that it's off my chest!

Some of you may not know that Wal-Mart and I.....well, we're not best friends. I refrain from shopping there as much as physically possible. I don't want to get into the nitty gritty of it all, but just know that I do my best to stay clear of it. Last week, however, I was in a state of emergency and it became necessary for me to swallow my pride. I only have myself to blame.

So about 2 years ago I went with my roommate to the movie "Stardust." Have you seen it? I loved it! She loved it! I vowed to buy it when it came out, I enjoyed it that much. So I guess I should insert here that in addition to my Wal-Mart issues I also have a firm policy to not purchase a DVD unless it costs less than $10. It's just ludicrous to otherwise because you can always find them on sale. Okay, back to the story. So "Stardust" was released on DVD and my search began. I really wanted to buy it and knew it wouldn't take very long until it would go on sale. I spent the next year and a half looking for this movie. I looked in every Target. I looked at Costco (which I happen to frequent quite regularly so I know I didn't miss it there). I looked online. I couldn't find it anywhere for under $10.

So last Tuesday was my roommate's birthday. Happy Birthday Erika! Anyway, I knew the perfect gift for her would be this movie. So I stopped in at Target to see if they had any copies in. There was one copy for $13. I decided that Erika was worth breaking my rules as long as I could get a copy of that dang movie! So there was a girl standing right in front of the shelf where Stardust was calling to me like a beam of light from heaven. If I could just get her to inch a little to the left, I could just excuse myself and bend down to grab it. Right as I was about to say those magic words homegirl bent over and picked up the final copy! All right, I'm down but I'm not out, right? So I lurked around, waiting to see if she would put it back. Nope. She walked to the register and bought it!!!! I know, the nerve of some people!!!! So I was back to square one. There is a Target near my work so I thought I'd go the next workday to see if there were any copies available there. No luck. Sold out. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. It was the day before Erika's birthday and I had nothing. There was a Wal-Mart right across the street from the Target that I was at so I thought I'd just walk in to see if they had the movie. No harm in walking in the store, right? I slowly made my way to the entertainment section (slowly because the store is so HUGE no one can find where anything is so you end up walking past something and thinking, "Oh, that could be useful," and purchasing way more things than you would have if you knew where you were going in the first place). I peruse the movies and there it is. For only $9. All my hopes and dreams are dashed because I know I don't have a choice but to buy it.

Long story short, she loved the movie.

New Years, New Resolutions, and New.....Roommates

Please let me preface this post by saying that it's not my fault. It's not my fault I haven't blogged since Halloween because.......because.....because my computer broke. Ya.....and I couldn't access the internet to update my blog. And the computer at my office broke too. And my parents banned me from using their computer because.....because.....because there were Christmas presents stored in the room where the computer was. And I wasn't allowed to see the presents until Christmas, see. So ya, it's not my fault. But I will say that I THOROUGHLY enjoyed the holidays and that I hope all of you did too!!

So this new year has great things in store, I can just feel it. For starters, I have a new roommate! I'd like to introduce you to Checkers:

I'm not quite sure if it's a boy or a girl, it's just Checkers. Checkers is a beta fish that I've been fish sitting for the last two weeks and I must say that it's been surprisingly fun taking care of it! And by saying "taking care of" I mean feeding once a day and tapping the glass bowl once a day to make sure it's not dead. I'm not really an animal person. Never really have been. In fact, I'm not even very good at taking care of things in general. For example, once when I was in high school my mom bought me a Giga pet for Christmas because I really wanted one. It was an electronic pet that you had to feed, put to sleep, and do other various acts electronically in order for it to stay "alive." Needless to say, my Giga pet died within 24 hours. I really tried to revive it but it required SO MUCH attention. I just couldn't give it the love that it deserved. It was then that I knew I wouldn't be a very good mother.

However, Checkers has given me a new found confidence in my nurturing abilities. I really wasn't too sure if it'd survive living at my house. It was only supposed to be for a week but then one week turned into two weeks, and now I'm not even sure when it'll be going home. But until that time comes I'll be glad to feed it everyday in hopes that it'll survive yet another day. Each day I wake up and it's still alive gives me added hope that I just may have what it takes to care for something else besides myself. I think the logical next step is to get a plant. Or babysit one of my nieces/nephews without the diaper disclaimer. Or maybe I'll go help the orphans in Ecuador. I'm not really sure at this point. The world is my oyster.