I usually buy my wine weekly, two bottles every week.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
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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.
Burrell - Dec 27, 2013 6:38:27 pm PST #15682 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
-t - Dec 27, 2013 6:42:09 pm PST #15683 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I envy your focus.
My big problem is that I generally don't like white wine, so when I come across a white wine I DO like, I feel like I need to buy at least a few bottles, and I typically pick up a few reds in the process, I don't know how, it just happens. And that's really only a problem because the wineries are, you know, right there next valley over and frequently come to a few blocks from my house for festivals and whatnot to offer me free samples. Yes, me personally. "-t", they whisper, "come try some chocolate and by the way have a souvenir wine glass, oh, hey, can't leave that empty can we?" And next thing I know my wine rack is overflowing again.
And then I drink approximately one bottle per month, so, well, the wine is winning.
Burrell - Dec 27, 2013 6:44:55 pm PST #15684 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
If I had good wineries nearby, not to mention storage space for the extra wine bottles, I think it would change my buying habits.
Zenkitty - Dec 27, 2013 6:50:04 pm PST #15685 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm surrounded by wineries and the bounty is sadly wasted on me. I'm not much of a wine drinker.
shrift - Dec 27, 2013 6:53:55 pm PST #15686 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I've developed an intolerance and no longer can drink more than two glasses of red wine in one sitting. It is sad, and the reason I've been experimenting in the booze aisle.
Wow, I must be middle-aged if I can't handle red wine and wear NYDJ.
-t - Dec 27, 2013 7:00:04 pm PST #15687 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That makes me young, then, right? With the red wine drinking and not being able to afford NYDJ...
shrift - Dec 27, 2013 7:18:45 pm PST #15688 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I think so, -t. Apparently they think you're totes magotes over 40 if you wear expensive clothing and buy $50 scotch at the liquor store.
Lee - Dec 27, 2013 7:54:31 pm PST #15689 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
That makes me young too!
Even if I am too old to stay up past 10.
-t - Dec 27, 2013 8:17:39 pm PST #15690 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just recently had a conversation with my seventy-something mom about how she never did mature into things like playing golf and drinking liquor, both of which are filed under "things old people do" in her head, and therefore she will never be old.
Calli - Dec 28, 2013 2:38:58 am PST #15691 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
My local hippie co-op has a wine tasting twice a year. I usually get a mixed case then, which lasts me, more or less, until the next tasting. The 20-30% sale they have at the same time, plus a case discount, helps. I forgot this fall, so I've been buying mead and cider instead. It's harder for me to pair those with food.
In my mind, booze and comfortable, high-waisted jeans are reasonable things for teens and twenty somethings, probably because I was a teenager in the 80s. Real estate, on the other hand, seems liked a mark of maturity. One which I may not reach before retirement, if then.