Me, I was up because I had a repairman scheduled to arrive between eight and noon to replace my faucet. They called me about eight fifteen to say he was on his way - and I guess he arrived about quarter to ten.
Not the same guy as before but still a very nice and competent plumber. He really liked my house and the neighborhood - seems he'd lived across the river back in the eighties, so he knew a lot about the area. But like most people, he didn't know this street existed.
He appreciated company as he liked to chat while he worked, and although I probably could have saved money and replaced the faucet myself - considering it took an expert about an hour to get it all finished - most of that time spent rather contorted under the sink -I'm just as glad I splurged and paid to have it done.
The repairman left about 11 am, and I decided to go see if my hairdresser was working. For some reason my hair is growing really fast, and so even just six weeks between appointments is too long. Although I had to park at the far end of the lot, all the shoppers were at Best Buy - the Hair Cuttery wasn't busy at all.
While she worked on me she told me about how for the first time she'd gone shopping at midnight at Walmart where she broke a nail struggling over bargain towel. At least I "think" that's what she said - her english isn't the greatest and my vietnamese is nonexistent.
If I was to come into a lot of money, I think the first thing I'd do is hire her to blowdry my hair every morning, because I always leave there feeling good.
So then I had to head over to the liquor store because I was out of rum....and that just cannot happen.
The winetasting wasn't anything exciting, but of course I took a few samples anyhow....which must be what gave me the idea to try a bit of shopping.....that, and the fact that I found a prime parking space right in front of Target.
Athough the store wasn't very crowded - it looked as if a bomb had gone off in a couple of departments, so I imagine it must have been quite an experience a few hours earlier. I was really only in there to pick up some shoe inserts (I'd read an article suggesting they might help with my knee pain) and a loaf of bread.....but as I was wandering through the grocery section (ours has fresh fruit and vegetables and meats)...I came across a nice sirloin steak already on sale for 4 dollars a lb and then marked an additional 3 dollars off because it was close to the sell by date. It ended up costing me 1.63.
So I guess I did end up finding a Black Friday bargain after all.
Hope all of you had a great day......and even if you didn't - the good news is that we get two more shots at it before it's Monday again :)
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