If not for the calendar telling me it's June 9th, I would swear it was mid-July. Hot, steamy times in NYC and a lot of places have broken air conditioning. Even the library has some warm zones. The reference desk area is 78° F. Fortunately, that's still within my comfort zone. Barely. Interestingly, my office, with the vents closed, has been cooler than at the reference desk.
Why is it that some of us can't seem to be able to stand on line in a department store to buy just one thing if it costs less than $10? Whenever I go to a small store, I have no problems buying one cheap item, but today, as often happens, I needed a case for my eyeglasses. I think I left mine in the gym three weeks ago. I take off my glasses to read when I'm on the treadmill. So there I was in Filene's with a $5 eyeglasses case and a line at the cashier and I couldn't bring myself to get on that line with only that one little item, so ended up buying a half dozen pairs of socks, too. So my eyeglass case ended up costing me $24, but I got these cute little gym socks with it.
Firstly Shelly, thank you so much for visiting and commenting on my very first day of blogging.
ReplyDeleteI've no problem with the html side but this blogging malarky has all its nooks and crannies I know nowt about. I can see that I shall be hours digging around your blog for ideas about add-ons so I've already put a link to it on mine as a quick reference.
Your comment about waiting in line (we call it a queue in the UK!) with only a small item made me laugh. However, when faced with a similar situation I'd put the item back and not buy more!!!!
Except when I'm paying with a credit card for something less than £10 and I feel obliged to bring the bill over £10. So, many the time I have gone into the supermarket to buy a £4 item and gone out with a bag of groceries I didn't need!
Thanks again and I'll credit you when I start putting some goodies onto my blog. :)
Hi, Doris,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link back. :)
I would've put that item back, but I really did need it, and not too many stores sell eyeglass cases here anymore. I definitely buy more when I'm using a charge card. Some stores here require a minimum purchase dollar amount to allow you to charge payment.
And I'm glad you found some fun things here to play with. I try to make this, and the blog links page on my website, good resources for bloggers. It must be the librarian in me. :)