we went shopping again.
there are plenty of blogs that talk about the many sales that goes on in stores like walgreens, rite aid, cvs, target, etc.. but cvs really IS a great store to buy items. who came up with the idea of extracare bucks? brilliant. on 7/5, we bought a half gallon of OJ, two bottles of dawn dish soap, 2 rolls of tape, cvs ----- liners, and 2 sticks of deodorant. total came out to be $12.95, with all the items having some sort of sale (boooo retail price). after coupons and $7 ECBs, we paid $3.88 (tax included) and earned back $7.50 ECBs. hehehehehe...
i think being clumsy has its benefits. you learn to avoid buying [unnecessary] expensive items.
cellphones: i don't really care what type of phone i have as long as it's able to receive and make calls. big? small? orange? white? ain't no matter.. i'd PREFER certain aspects but don't mind what i get. after all those time i've dropped, stepped/sat on, and/or spilled liquid on my phone, i'm surprised it still works! hm.. maybe that's why it freezes so much.
laptops: i've been using this laptop for 4+ years. it's relatively small/light, nothing fancy but it works efficiently, and some of the money spent went to charity (and it was already on sale!). i am illiterate with purchasing computers, so i was happy with anything that wouldn't break my back if i brought it to class. needless to say, this laptop started dying (it's all my fault) after a year or 2. there was a huge crack on the back of the screen, but i continued to use it until one day, the monitor didn't work.. don't ask me how that happened (idk) but i refused to get a new laptop. what's the point? everything else was still working. instead, the handy dandy andy craftily removed the screen and connected it to an external monitor and now my laptop is a desktop. it looks pretty ghetto with wires sticking out from the top, but i'm satisfied. =)
massage wands: many people know i have a bad back. last december, my mom bought me a pretty pricey massage wand. i never remembered to use it until one day, about 6 months later, my mom scolded me for not putting it to use. to make her happy, i pulled it out and started connecting the pieces. i thought i knew what i was doing because my mom has another one at home, which i've used before.. but i guess not. even before it's initial use, i broke off the essential vibrating piece. opps.. sorry mom! guess i'll resort back to using my miniature medicine ball for back rubs! heh heh..
there are more examples, but i think i'll stop here so people will still allow me use their stuff... if not, to even touch them.
