Today it took me 4 hours to shop in two stores.
The “I hate lenox mall” song!
I hate lenox mall on a weekday!
Oh I hate lenox mall weekends too!
where are all these rich spoiled kids coming from?
Why are they always in my WAY?
Alllll the salespeople are idiots
How long will I be here today?
EVERYBODY NOW! Oh I hate lenox on a weekday!”
I hate lenox mall weekends too!!!
yeah. I did a “finish out the registry” day today. Got much loot at Crate&Barrel and Macy’s.
ESC - I need a “completion of registry” form so I can get 10% off my purchases today?
Macy’s lady - no problem. You know, today we’re having a special on completions of registries. If you spend over $200, you get 15% off, and if you spend over $300, you get 20% off.
ESC - are…are you challenging me???
Now we have a complete set of oh so fluffy Hotel brand towels. Ooohhhh..so…sooffft…
in…are you ready for this? PINK AND BROWN!
I have stuff on ORDER from Macy’s, now,too. Because it would be too much for them to have commonly used All Clad pieces actually in stock. Or even in stock at their warehouse.
If I can find that non-stick frying pan for as good a deal as I got at Macy’s, I’m cancelling that order. Otherwise, I have to wait until Dec 27. No eggs for you! I want that chef’s pan TOO…but that should be in in a week or two.
There was a couple there doing the same thing with their registry. The must have had almost $2000 worth of All Clad among their purchases. *weep* So…much…beauty in the world…
OH! and a pasta maker attachment for my KitchenAid! Who wants fresh fettucini???
I also wandered around Crate&Barrel and picked up the stuff there that everyone seemed to avoid LIKE THE PLAGUE on the registry. Beer mugs, little glass bowls (square! everything we registered for was square! Square is the new round! Did you know?), one of those fancy push-up measuring cups, and miscellaneous other bits and gadgets that make my heart melt at $3.95 each.
Splurged yesterday, too. the Bed Bath&Beyond gift cards were burning a hole in my wallet. Wusthof boning knive…CHECK! Good Grips liquid measuring cup set….CHECK! washcloths and dishtowels…CHECK!
My theory is that we had to shop for our stuff SOON, because it’s holiday shopping season, and the crowds are only going to GET WORSE.
I hate holiday crowds.
And the only reason I had to go to friggin’ Buckhead and Lenox mall today was that the Macy’s at the big nice mall waaay outside the perimeter where the crowds were a little managable, were “too small” to carry the individual pieces I was looking for. they also didn’t have the rest of the Hotel collection towels in the right color. I got that at B,B&B, too, when I asked if they carried individual All Clad items. “this is one of our smaller stores.”
where the fuck am I, minimall??? And I had to fucking order the pans ANYWAY, so where did this all get me???
OK, enough shopping orgy rant. I got nice things. I should not complain. Now we’re going out for noodles. because now that I have all this nice stuff to cook with, I don’t want to mess them up by actually USING THEM!
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OK - incredibly stupid question here, but… what are you doing buying your All-Clad at Macy’s? Isn’t there the All-Clad factory outlet like a half-hour out of Pittsburgh?
Or (gasp!) is it gone?!?!?! NOOOOOOOO!
No, it’s there. Macy’s is just where I registered for them, and since certain pieces (that they didn’t HAVE) were on sale, PLUS the additional 20% off, I decided to pick up two pieces I really wanted.
I am fully anticipating some nice christmas presents over the years from my mother, who never needs an excuse to drive two hours to go shopping.
Everyone Knows, if there is One Thing I do before I Die, I must Register!! Anywhere and Everywhere!! In fact, I often Go Shopping, spot Something I Want, and then say to myself, “Oh, I must wait until I Can Register for it!” So, I live with Mismatched Towels and Mediocre China.
*sigh* A Girl Can Dream, right?
So you’re telling me I should have bought you stuff off your registry instead of bento-style lunchboxes from Chinatown?
I loves me super cool attachments for the KitchenAid mixer! I may have to break down one of these days and get the pasta maker. The attachment set that comes with the slicers, juicer, and grinder rocks as well. I get tons of use out of it.
All this KitchenAid talk! I did NOT get the Onyx Black KitchenAid I registered for. Not that it was the only thing I truly wanted.
That and some Si bakeware.
Why were the malls so crazy? Our crappy SC mall wasn’t too bad.
I heart All-Clad. Once I’m able to replace missing kitchen shit I’ll be coveting a set that I’ll probably get piece by piece.
This is nice slice of life stuff, dear, but… to be honest, and this is totally my fault, it bores me. Can’t one of your lab colleagues have a freak accident involving genetically altered spores and flames?
You can lie to us, and just SAY it happened. I won’t mind…
ummm…most of my labmates have already moved to the new lab. all that’s left is me (writing) and a post-doc, who’s teaching.
today we ordered chinese food! annnd..ummm….
that’s it.