SHOPPING AND SEEING ACCOUNT DROP
I woke up and did some printing of the pictures of the Drive costume I've set my heart on. I think it may have gone a little out of control, but that tends to happen when I focus in on something. I get somewhat obsessed by it and can get a little crazy trying to achieve my goal. That's happened with online poker and now I kind of felt it with this costume.
After lunch, I headed to my tailor in Brea. Sadly, her store is closing, but on the good side of things, that meant all her suits had to go. The ones I was looking at were a brown suit and a tux that would probably need to be tailored. They went for $65 and that's pretty cheap for a suit and probably worth it.
I showed Saida my pictures on the iPad to give her an idea on what the jacket should look like. I gave her all the material I purchased from the fabric store as well as the print out of the pictures of Ryan Gosling's Driver character. I'm saddened to hear that her shop is closing down, but I guess that's just the nature of the economy. I'd always wondered how a tailor shop could stay open as a stand alone shop. She charged me $40 and I wonder if that's a good price but it's probably fair considering all the work she's doing. She needs to put the cuffs on the arms, a collar and the ribbing on the bottom of the jacket. It all made me realize that I need to learn how to do this shit.
Then I headed to Community Tire to see if Kevin could hook me up with the tire stem caps. He did and even added some chrome stems so that the whole thing looked cool. I was happy, but still a little bummed out that the original stem caps had been thrown out with my old tires.
Next was a stop at the Sears outlet store. I actually wanted to go to Sears, but saw the outlet store was right in the same complex as Walmart. I was hoping to find my gloves and glasses, but instead, all I found were some dri-fit shirts and tank tops that were cheap, I couldn't resist purchasing them. When I tried to use a Sears cash card, it turned out it was expired. Thank goodness they decided to give me a new card when I complained when calling them.
Then it was off to Walmart where I bought some snacks and found some glasses that should work for Driver. I couldn't find any gloves, but I did buy some microfiber cloths.
At the end of the day, I was surprised I'd spent over a hundred dollars. It's not a lot of money, but at my relative salary, it's not cheap for me. I'm not sure how long I can sustain living on the cheap, but I sure don't want it to last too long. As much as I hate our society based on consumption, I too am subject to the desire of want.
After lunch, I headed to my tailor in Brea. Sadly, her store is closing, but on the good side of things, that meant all her suits had to go. The ones I was looking at were a brown suit and a tux that would probably need to be tailored. They went for $65 and that's pretty cheap for a suit and probably worth it.
I showed Saida my pictures on the iPad to give her an idea on what the jacket should look like. I gave her all the material I purchased from the fabric store as well as the print out of the pictures of Ryan Gosling's Driver character. I'm saddened to hear that her shop is closing down, but I guess that's just the nature of the economy. I'd always wondered how a tailor shop could stay open as a stand alone shop. She charged me $40 and I wonder if that's a good price but it's probably fair considering all the work she's doing. She needs to put the cuffs on the arms, a collar and the ribbing on the bottom of the jacket. It all made me realize that I need to learn how to do this shit.
Then I headed to Community Tire to see if Kevin could hook me up with the tire stem caps. He did and even added some chrome stems so that the whole thing looked cool. I was happy, but still a little bummed out that the original stem caps had been thrown out with my old tires.
Next was a stop at the Sears outlet store. I actually wanted to go to Sears, but saw the outlet store was right in the same complex as Walmart. I was hoping to find my gloves and glasses, but instead, all I found were some dri-fit shirts and tank tops that were cheap, I couldn't resist purchasing them. When I tried to use a Sears cash card, it turned out it was expired. Thank goodness they decided to give me a new card when I complained when calling them.
Then it was off to Walmart where I bought some snacks and found some glasses that should work for Driver. I couldn't find any gloves, but I did buy some microfiber cloths.
At the end of the day, I was surprised I'd spent over a hundred dollars. It's not a lot of money, but at my relative salary, it's not cheap for me. I'm not sure how long I can sustain living on the cheap, but I sure don't want it to last too long. As much as I hate our society based on consumption, I too am subject to the desire of want.
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