Shopping with Jim
So Jim and I go out for dinner at Red Robin and to pick up some stuff from the home depot. We were supposed to pick up a new air filter, a scent insert for the filter, and a hook for my one picture, (also a screw for a handle on the kitchen cabinet but we forgot that).
But no, that evil store sucked us in. We stopped by to look at storm/screen doors for the front door. We need one for several reasons, not the least of which is that hopefully it will help with our cat trying to bolt out the door. We just stoped by to LOOK. Evil store. $300 later, some time this week they are going to come out and measure for a screen door.
I had mentioned in a previous post just breaking down and buying some stuff, and this is the kind of stuff I was refering too. I justified it by saying it was our Christmas present to each other. I have this really bad habit of doing that, breaking down, buying some expesive thing and justifying it by saying its a present, only to later resent that I didn't get a 'real' present.
I've told Jim that if he gets a raise, he can spend $2,000 on a computer. I'd really rather it was closer to $1,000, but he absolutely claims he can not build an acceptable machine for less then 2k. I think I'll end up with his hand me down computer. I get that he wants the latest and greatest, but there isn't anything wrong with his computer either, he just wants all the new bells and whistles. Granted he'll likely take advantage of them, but still.
Ok this post is turning into something other than I orginally intended it to be. Sorry for the lenght.
At one Jim had discussed automating the house as my christmas present. Its a hard thing to describe, but its putting all the lights on remotes and timers. We had the apartment particially set up, and we always talked about all the extra cool things we could do with it over a whole house. But Jims like if I was going to do that I'd have to tell you before hand because I couldn't surprise you.
I was going to go into a side track here about Jim not surprising me, but I suddenly don't feel like it.
On another note: I'm sorry to everyone that I don't comment more than I do, I read every entry on my friends list (though I sometimes missed locked ones if I don't realize I'm not logged in when I'm checking livejournal). I just never know what to say.
But no, that evil store sucked us in. We stopped by to look at storm/screen doors for the front door. We need one for several reasons, not the least of which is that hopefully it will help with our cat trying to bolt out the door. We just stoped by to LOOK. Evil store. $300 later, some time this week they are going to come out and measure for a screen door.
I had mentioned in a previous post just breaking down and buying some stuff, and this is the kind of stuff I was refering too. I justified it by saying it was our Christmas present to each other. I have this really bad habit of doing that, breaking down, buying some expesive thing and justifying it by saying its a present, only to later resent that I didn't get a 'real' present.
I've told Jim that if he gets a raise, he can spend $2,000 on a computer. I'd really rather it was closer to $1,000, but he absolutely claims he can not build an acceptable machine for less then 2k. I think I'll end up with his hand me down computer. I get that he wants the latest and greatest, but there isn't anything wrong with his computer either, he just wants all the new bells and whistles. Granted he'll likely take advantage of them, but still.
Ok this post is turning into something other than I orginally intended it to be. Sorry for the lenght.
At one Jim had discussed automating the house as my christmas present. Its a hard thing to describe, but its putting all the lights on remotes and timers. We had the apartment particially set up, and we always talked about all the extra cool things we could do with it over a whole house. But Jims like if I was going to do that I'd have to tell you before hand because I couldn't surprise you.
I was going to go into a side track here about Jim not surprising me, but I suddenly don't feel like it.
On another note: I'm sorry to everyone that I don't comment more than I do, I read every entry on my friends list (though I sometimes missed locked ones if I don't realize I'm not logged in when I'm checking livejournal). I just never know what to say.