Yay new couch! Couches are good.
Loki is doing his best to cathair my work laptop sleeve. At least he isn't barfing on it like Devi did the one I got for xmas. Laptop sleeves do not wash and dry (my biggest mistake) well.
You two carried me through that war. Now I need you to carry me just a little bit further. If you can.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Feb 04, 2010 8:04:21 pm PST #6337 of 30001
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2010 8:07:36 pm PST #6338 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How does the weekend look for you, ita?
Uh, uncertain? My current plan is Sunday am ER, which means I can't drive Sunday and I might not be publically salvageable Saturday. If you could pick me up Sunday? Oy.
bon bon - Feb 04, 2010 8:12:00 pm PST #6339 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Just making a joke since in my head those are my top three reasons for Costco. (and my cats like their cheap kitty litter, and fiber one bars!) Also? I got dried mango and berries there this weekend, made instant oatmeal from beth's recipe, and it was delicious!
javachik - Feb 04, 2010 8:14:10 pm PST #6340 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, Costco rocks. And it definitely accounts for my dvd purchases. And wine. And gallon of crushed garlic (what was I thinking?!). And I do have to say that I thought the little quiches and veggie meatballs and crabcakes I bought there were surprisingly tasty.
Burrell - Feb 04, 2010 8:16:19 pm PST #6341 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Picking you up is no problem, ita. You really do live close by. But we can play it by ear, let me know how you feel on the day.
TJs has these crispy seawead strips... oh ho ho sooo gooood. But they have yet to work out the kinks in the supply chain, so they only have them like once every couple of months.
sarameg - Feb 04, 2010 8:17:06 pm PST #6342 of 30001
I swear I've set my work laptop's backdrop to a personal porn that makes me not want to work: Everest, Paro, Himalayas, random Bhutanese prayer flags. Whenever I open a new screen absent of crap, I just sigh and miss it.
It was a good summer.
Burrell - Feb 04, 2010 8:17:48 pm PST #6343 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Costco has these flour tortillas that you cook yourself. Yummy.
javachik - Feb 04, 2010 8:20:04 pm PST #6344 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
From what I understand from my friend who used to work at Costco, it isn't a supply chain issue. It's that CostCo only buys items when it will be a deal for the customer. And product price waxes and wanes, hence the availability issues. Rather than the squeezing Wal-Mart approach, it's more of an opportunity approach.
Calli - Feb 05, 2010 1:10:02 am PST #6345 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The nearest Costco to me is more than a half-hour drive away. Eh, I'm a single person in an apartment, and storage is always an issue, so buying in bulk isn't necessarily a plus for me. One of the reasons I'm glad Trader Joes moved in near me is that I can buy cheap stuff in sizes I can use.
My sister uses the Costco near her all the time. But she has a house and a family of four, and her daughter has a boyfriend who could eat a shopping cart full of groceries in one sitting. So the Costco fee is a good investment for her.
Sparky1 - Feb 05, 2010 1:15:39 am PST #6346 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
It looks like the federal government is closing early in anticipation of the snow (my DH's office follows the feds). I note, however, that my neighbor who is pretty high up there in the Obama administration is not up this morning so it looks like maybe Rahm isn't having his 7:30 meeting.
Stay safe, fellow storm shut ins!