Eaten by alligators...
OK, does swimwear only comes in lame-ass colors and patterns? If I wanted to look like a an old oilcloth tablecloth I'd go to Goodwill and buy and old oilcloth tablecloth. Hrmph.
Why, you ask, am I subjecting myself to this, in February, in Wisconsin? Because my fab sisters-in-law invited me to go with them to Miami the first weekend in March, and my even more fabulous TallBoy got me the airfare as my birthday gift.
"Go and get some BTUs," he says. Heh. With my straw hat and my SPF 50...
So, there you go. Swimsuit shopping notwithstanding, I am looking forward to the trip. We'll be spending a day in Little Havana, and a day at a music festival in Hollywood (FL), and I'm supposed to pick something to do for the third day. I have no ideas whatsoever. Fortunately my sister-in-law T. actually likes to drive and find things, compared to my other sister-in-law C., and myself, who aren't so great with the directions and what-have-you.
Another shopping fiasco: I also tried to purchase a digital camera on eBay. Normally, I've had good luck with the sellers on eBay. TallBoy's even purchased a car through an eBay listing with no problems.
But this person listed the item as including "everything but the box," and once I won the auction, and paid for the camera, THEN he e-mailed me saying there had been some "confusion" and that the memory disk was not included. What's confusing about "everything but the box"? Not to mention that the camera won't WORK without the damn memory card, and that even the smallest memory card would cost me an additional $30 to purchase. Granted, I'd have to plunk down at least $100 for a decent memory card, since the piddly little 16MB things they ship with the cameras are not all that useful. But still.
I'll tell you who's confused, buddy... but at least the guy refunded my money.
Why, you ask, am I subjecting myself to this, in February, in Wisconsin? Because my fab sisters-in-law invited me to go with them to Miami the first weekend in March, and my even more fabulous TallBoy got me the airfare as my birthday gift.
"Go and get some BTUs," he says. Heh. With my straw hat and my SPF 50...
So, there you go. Swimsuit shopping notwithstanding, I am looking forward to the trip. We'll be spending a day in Little Havana, and a day at a music festival in Hollywood (FL), and I'm supposed to pick something to do for the third day. I have no ideas whatsoever. Fortunately my sister-in-law T. actually likes to drive and find things, compared to my other sister-in-law C., and myself, who aren't so great with the directions and what-have-you.
Another shopping fiasco: I also tried to purchase a digital camera on eBay. Normally, I've had good luck with the sellers on eBay. TallBoy's even purchased a car through an eBay listing with no problems.
But this person listed the item as including "everything but the box," and once I won the auction, and paid for the camera, THEN he e-mailed me saying there had been some "confusion" and that the memory disk was not included. What's confusing about "everything but the box"? Not to mention that the camera won't WORK without the damn memory card, and that even the smallest memory card would cost me an additional $30 to purchase. Granted, I'd have to plunk down at least $100 for a decent memory card, since the piddly little 16MB things they ship with the cameras are not all that useful. But still.
I'll tell you who's confused, buddy... but at least the guy refunded my money.