Retail Therapy

It's been one of those weeks...I've been a little down. Maybe it's empty nest. Maybe it's because I'm not looking forward to "The Party" I'm throwing for graduation, and all the associated hoopla surrounding it. Who knows.

So, last night I decided I needed a hammock. I went to Bed Bath & Beyond. Didn't like the hammock material, so went to Lowes. While in Lowes, I suddenly had to go to the bathroom, so I went clear to the back of the store to the bathrooms, which is far away from the hammocks. On the way OUT of the bathroom, I saw the area rugs, which reminded me that the rug in my room won't stay put, so I put a "rug gripper" in my cart. Walking toward the hammocks, I see the plumbing isle, which reminds me I wanted to look for this aerator thing for my kitchen sink. Don't find it there, sales person tells me to check in a different isle. While walking down that isle I don't find the thing I want, but see some "Spot Shot" for carpet stains and pick that up. Back down the isle, into the main isle back toward Hammocks. I see the stand mixers, and my cart turns all by itself down that isle. I see the beautiful Kitchen Aid Stand Mixers. I think about how my Lowe's card has a special - 12 months same as cash - and after debating (not on whether I should get it, but on which COLOR to get) I decide on the pretty red and put it in my cart. Back toward the hammocks. I see light bulbs. I remember two light bulbs are out upstairs and I have no replacements. Look at ALL the light bulbs, then decide on compact florescent. Then debate on wattage. Finally decide and put a pkg in my cart. This is now very close to the hammocks. I'm in the hammock isle! I stand there for probably 20 minutes debating on whether I want rope or cloth. Eventually I decide cloth, put it on my cart and get a kid to help me with a stand.

I pay for the whole thing on my Lowe's card (12 months same as cash!), work feverishly to fit it all in my car, go home, set up the hammock, and lay in it for an hour looking at the sky. It's a beautiful thing. Maybe today, I'll use the mixer.