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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Adventures with Shopping

I'm probably the worst person on the planet to go shopping with. At least when it comes to clothes. If we go food shopping you will walk away thrilled. I like food.
I also like clothes. The difference between food and clothes is that I can eat the food, and want it now. Clothes are a challenge for me. Typically I wander around. Aimlessly. I look at things that I would never wear, things I want to wear but never could, things that cost way too much, and things I potentially want.
The store clerks ask me an average of 18 times if I'm still doing ok.
Usually I'll find a few items I want.
And then I put them back.
After an hour and having security called on me because no one takes that long unless they're shoplifting, I leave empty-handed.
Usually.
Sometimes there is a rare instant where I actually buy something.
Usually that something is grey. Gray? Grey. I like the letter 'e' more.
Why is it usually grey?
Because this is my thought process:
This is a cute shirt. I like this shirt. I would like to buy this. But what color?
Some part of my brain: Grey. Get grey. you don't have any shirts that are grey.
And so I buy the grey shirt.
Guys, I have 16 grey shirts. It's a problem. And I don't know how to fix it. My brain rejects my reality and substitutes its own. So I have a thousand grey shirts and only keep buying more.

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