Today I almost didn't make the 10AM cut off because 1) I was lazy getting out the door and 2) Traffic Traffic Traffic. I don't know how people drive to work everyday. It's just so slow. I mean it's nice to be comfy in your car, to listen to some morning shows, and to drink your coffee (I don't), but when all you do is go, STOP, go, STOP, go, GO, stop, stop, STOP!...it gets really annoying.
Today, was more exciting than usual as I kept looking at the clock to make sure I made the 10AM cut-off. I rolled in at 9:55 but not without some last minute drama as I couldn't find the parking lot attendant who prints and gives me my ticket.
In those 10 seconds I was thinking "if I do not make the 10AM cut off because this schmuck of attendant is not here, I will open up a can of whoop ass on the attendant so big, that it will send him back in time to the beginning of this week." Fortunately for the attendant, 1) he arrived back in time and 2) my can of whoop ass is more like a thimble of whoop ass.
In other news, the last button on my Express winter coat fell off steps away from my EMI building. And when I say last button, I mean there is now officially no way for me to close up my coat(unless I use my arms to hug myself or stick my hands in my pockets in such a way that it brings the flaps of my coat together).
But with the poppin' of that button, it looks like this may be the final winter season for my coat. I bought the coat for $15 at an Express........5 years ago.
It was on sale on some rack during the start of spring. It looked like a girl's coat but it was a size small and it fit me just fine. Somehow my female friends managed to assuage my fears that it was a girl's coat (it has that little strap thing on the back!) and I just bought it.
If it wasn't a girl's coat, it was really an effeminate man's coat. The design was kind of unique. Like one of those "foo-foo" runway show kind of designs. I mean nowadays I think a lot of guys' coats have this kind of cut, but this was like 5 years ago. I tell you I was playing with "fashion fire"--which was dangerous considering I have little fashion sense anyway.
In any case, the buttons that've popped off my coat are still on my coat...they're just jangling around in my coat pocket. One day in the future I might sew them back on, but to be honest, I think this is the end. It was a good solid coat, but I think I have to retire it. 5 years--that is almost (*open up MS Calculator*)--1,825 days worth of rain, snow, sun, subway cars, coat racks, girls' shoulders (okay only like one or two), swings, grass, chairs, cigarette smoke, sweat, dirt, spit, vomit (not mine), drool (yes, mine), and every restaurant smell imaginable. Yes good times...good times.
So yeah, I'll be on the look out for a new winter coat. Because every store is selling them now that it's Spring. Great.
Speaking of shopping, I took some time during lunch to do some window shopping around my area. I'm a pretty straightforward shopper. I go to the sale racks. Do some digging and if I can't find anything in 30 minutes (max) I just up and leave.
Even if I don't have anything to buy, I like walking in and out of stores just to see what the manequinns are wearing and get a sense of what's "in".
I am no fashionista or metrosexual but I have to say I was quite disappointed with GAP. They used to have some decent stuff. Now they're just kind of all of over the place with the identity of their inventory. Not as trendy as other places and in a way a little cheaper. They think by having a marketing campaign where actors and stars wear their stuff that, that will make me want to wear GAP stuff? I don't know. Perhaps I am getting to be a fashion snot (a weak one nonetheless).
And I've been a little bothered by this "Made in China" clothing tag that I'm seeing in GAP, Express, BR, etc. I think during the last 10 years, I've been programmed to think (with regards to clothing especially) "Made in China = Cheap Quality" and "Made in Anywhere Else = Good Quality". Nowadays, I see something I like and I'm like "COOL" but when I flip the tag and I see "Made in China" I then stop a little and put it back.
Which is mean. I know. I mean why should that "Made In..." tag be the major deciding factor in my purchase? Perhaps it's this instintctive economic concious in me that says..."Dude, this shirt costs $30 dollars and it was Made in China. It probably only costs them a fraction of $30 to produce that shirt. <
And that's somewhat silly reasoning. But I think what I'm feeling is that it just sucks that the cost savings isn't being passed on to me, the customer.
I think I just have to train myself to rely 90% on my senses of look and feel when purchasing something instead of checking the "Made In..." tag.
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