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BRK and My Shopping Extravaganza

April 7, 2012

Last Saturday, BRK and I went for a little shopping trip.

We started with lunch at Colossal Cafe. Kristen saw it on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and was craving their pancakes or flappers or something like that. It was definitely the smallest restaurant I’d ever been in. It made me feel claustrophobic and slightly awkward. Unfortunately they were out of pancakes, despite serving breakfast all day (all day being until 3 PM when they close). BRK made due with oatmeal, while I ordered mushroom wild rice soup and a salad. We had to sit outside because there were no tables inside, which was fine by me. At least outside no one was invading our personal space. The food was good, though. I’d definitely go back again.

After we filled our bellies, we ventured to Edina. First we went to Athleta. I spent way too much money on a glass water bottle, headband, and shorts for dance.

We stopped at a store with a bunch of blingy stuff and old lady lipstick because a purse in the window caught our eyes. BRK ended up buying it. It’s pretty awesome. I don’t remember the name of the store, something with “Me” I believe. Anyway, it was across the hall from Title Nine, which was the next store we stopped in. I tried on an awesome skirt, but it didn’t fit me right. (It was actually a skort, but you’d never know. (Don’t judge, we were in an athletic clothing store, and it would have been perfect for dance.))

Oh, we also went to Sweet Retreat, a cupcake boutique we found while looking for parking. We ate cupcakes. They. Were. Awesome. I ordered Mocha, BRK ordered Lemon Lovers.

Once we had our fill of Edina, we high-tailed it to St. Louis Park to hit up Lululemon. Kristen bought a bunch of fun stuff. I bought another headband (had to test multiple brands, you know). There was a pair of shorts I really liked there as well, but the bins near the bottom were empty #ifyouknowwhatimean. It would have been nice to try them on; maybe if I knew they didn’t fit I wouldn’t be considering ordering $48 shorts online right now.

Here are my headbands. Unfortunately after testing them both, they don’t hold any better than what I’ve bought at Target. At least they are cute.


Filed Under: LifestyleTagged: blog reader kristen, cupcakes, shopping

Why I Hate Shopping…

November 27, 2007

…from after Thanksgiving until Christmas:

People. People are retarded. Meandering about the store here and there. Maybe it’s because they are entranced by all the normal every day products that are in limited edition sparkley packages. Like bugs to a zapper. Completely oblivious to their surroundings. More realistically though, I think people are always like that. It’s just so much more irritating when the population in the store doubles.

So anyway, today I was at Target. Forced to be there by the need of basic supplies. It wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t the normal happy go lucky Target experience that I’ve come to enjoy. It was busy. People were in my way. Talking on cell phones not realizing how much aisle space they were taking up. Letting their kids push the cart. And if the typical irritating stuff x 3 wasn’t bad enough, I wondered into a fart cloud and couldn’t escape it. It was nasty. Then there was this guy in sweat pants. A heavier guy, but not so heavy he couldn’t find a pair of jeans that fit. And when you hear “heavy” and “sweat pants” in the same sentence, do you get any specific image of an odor in your mind? Need I say more? Then I found a check out line that wasn’t too long. Of course I got behind the lady that memorized the sale prices of everything in her cart. Once I was done with that fiasco I trudged to the back of the lot where I had to park, slowing for a moment to scoff at the car parked in my usual rock star spot. It was windy and cold and my hands were beginning to stick to the metal of the cart handle by the time I found my car. And I didn’t even get to buy anything fun. :(

Then when I got back to work I received an email from Office Depot notifying me that I could take $10 off of a $40 purchase… in store only. Wait, they sent me an electronic coupon that I have to print myself, then bring into the store? That is just ridiculous. Besides, I don’t want to go to their dumb store. I don’t want to go to any store right now. Jerks.


Filed Under: LifestyleTagged: bitching, christmas, holidays, office depot, shopping, target, thanksgiving

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