Yeah, I fear I'm a terribly accustomed consumer, and having a biiiiiig bottle of something means that by the time i get halfway through, I feel like it's old or not exciting or stale or something.
I'm so damn American.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Oct 12, 2007 5:15:38 pm PDT #6422 of 10001
Jesse - Oct 12, 2007 5:18:58 pm PDT #6423 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've actually been noticing how long it takes me to use shampoo and conditioner, because I'm only washing 3-4 times a week, and I'm alternating two kinds. I'm like an inch down in one of the bottles, and I've had it two months!
Liese S. - Oct 12, 2007 5:22:53 pm PDT #6424 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm so glad that our pleiades is taking care of our meara.
I am the sort of person that can use a CostCo type store effectively. I have (or had, and will have again shortly) a big freezer and a lot of pantry space and a willingness to buy products in bulk, remember where I put them when the first batch runs out, and use it all.
But then I am the sort of person who buys meat in bulk at the supermarket and comes home and rebags it in serving sizes before freezing it. And marks it, and builds a menu plan around the frozen protein I know I already have. If you are not this person, don't buy in bulk.
Liese S. - Oct 12, 2007 5:23:34 pm PDT #6425 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, and I vote for orange for the walls. We might end up with red sofas, but if we do, it'll go with our black and white walls.
lori - Oct 12, 2007 5:25:59 pm PDT #6426 of 10001
Costco is not only about bulk - good prices on DVD sets, housewares, books, electronics. And car tires and contact lenses.
JenP - Oct 12, 2007 5:26:08 pm PDT #6427 of 10001
But then I am the sort of person who buys meat in bulk at the supermarket and comes home and rebags it in serving sizes before freezing it. And marks it, and builds a menu plan around the frozen protein I know I already have. If you are not this person, don't buy in bulk.
I envy this. I wish I were this person. I use Costco primarily for toilet paper, paper towels, dish and laundry detergent, random gifty things, and party-type food. Well, and all the stuff I pick up along the way.
Lee - Oct 12, 2007 5:29:23 pm PDT #6428 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Costco is not only about bulk - good prices on DVD sets, housewares, books, electronics. And car tires and contact lenses.
And prescriptions too.
Liese S. - Oct 12, 2007 5:30:13 pm PDT #6429 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It's an acquired skill.
But seriously, man, there's nothing better than blearily tumbling to the freezer, shaking out a pre-measured bag of ground beef, and firing up a super quick home cooked meal because you've got the stuff all lined up and don't really have to think about it. But still, home cooked!
JenP - Oct 12, 2007 5:32:20 pm PDT #6430 of 10001
Exactly! This is why I want to be that person! It's the actual acquiring of the skill that I have trouble with. Planning ahead with food has just never been a strength of mine. Or, OK, I haven't ever stuck to it enough to get very good at it.
amych - Oct 12, 2007 5:34:08 pm PDT #6431 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I, um, plan and premeasure and label and date and freeze and make up a schedule and then decide to just do something easy instead and find the nicely premeasured and dated frozen stuff when I have to clean out the freezer after the next big power outage.
It's not the planning skills I lack. It's the post-planning skills.