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.
Real estate, on the other hand, seems liked a mark of maturity
That's the kind of wooly headed thinking that leads to being underwater.
Whatevs, I live in NYDJ corduroys. I should check to see if there are after Christmas sales because those fuckers are expensive.
Yeah, but not as expensive as the jeans that I didn't fit into! I was disappointed that despite all of the DENIM SALE! 25% OFF! signs around L&T, they were still full price.
My local Nordstrom Rack has a lot of NYDJ stuff. Still not cheap, but cheap-er.
I suspect my adulthood maturity moment was buying a Major Appliance, or at least it seemed at the time. I already had a car... but cars are things that teenagers have.
I've never heard of NYDJ, but should definitely look into them. It's not that I'm =old= but low slung jeans so do not flatter my figure.
Ooh, there's a newish Nordstrom Rack relatively close that I still haven't been to! I forgot I meant to check that out. I figured right before Christmas might not be a good time for aimless recreational shopping, but now might be better.
Timelies all!
Cough meds seem to be helping a bit, but now my back hurts.
Hmm, maybe I'll try the Nordstrom Rack on Monday. Certainly not going there the weekend after Christmas!
We have had a nice time with the family. Took my nephews and little niece to the steam train in the park, and out for pizza, and then climbing at my gym. Got to show off my climbing moves. I should have crashed early but I was sitting up late reading fic (not even Yuletide!).
So much Yuletide: I have dozens of tabs open and it's kind of overwhelming.
On the subject of wine, I buy a LOT. I've become the kind of person who has two cases of wine in the closet at all times, just in case I need to bring wine to someone's house. It's useful but also kind of dangerous.
brenda, I hope the extraction goes smoothly and as painlessly as possible.
DCJ, all my sympathies to you and your family.
