But It's a Sale!

Today's theme --besides heavy rain-- has been all about economic activity. More precisely, economic activity about me.

The day began with a dental cleaning. Let's face it: when your day begins with a dental appointment, it can't go anywhere but up. $90 billed to my dental plan... we'll see how much gets covered and how much gets kicked back to me.

At lunchtime, I drove out to the local mall to do some shopping at JC Penney. I love their Stafford brand oxford-style button-down collar shirts: they're flexible business casual and are very serviceable for slogging around home when they're too ratty for the office. I've noted that many of my shirts have slid into ratty territory lately; I haven't worked routinely in a formal office in two years so there was no pressure to replace the shirts and I swore I wouldn't buy myself any new clothes until my credit cards were fully paid off.

I didn't quite make my goal, thanks to a replaced furnace late last year. Still, I should be able to wipe out my remaining balance with my next paycheck. As well, the shirts I wanted were on sale --$14 each instead of $36-- and I wanted something decent for our upcoming convention trip to CALLERLAB in Las Vegas later this month, especially since I'm a panelist this year.

I also bought a new belt. It's stunningly hard to find a belt that is (a) black, (b) non-chrome buckle, (c) fits a 32" waist and (d) is more than 1/2" wide. Again, I got it on sale for $22 although it was still more than I really wanted to spend. My day-to-day jeans belt however is showing its age and may not last much longer so I'll sleep better having a backup in inventory.

While I did break with my original plan, at least I paid for it all with cash rather than adding to my credit card balance. I just won't eat for a while. :-)

Damn, I just remembered: I also need new laces for my dress shoes. I'll worry about that later.

On the way home, I stopped at my preferred barber shop for a quick trim. How quick? I wasn't in the chair more than four minutes. My 'do isn't especially sophisticated or complicated, but I appreciate the speed in which I can get in & out of the shop, especially when there are other tasks to get done today.

But It's a Sale!

Today's theme --besides heavy rain-- has been all about economic activity. More precisely, economic activity about me.

The day began with a dental cleaning. Let's face it: when your day begins with a dental appointment, it can't go anywhere but up. $90 billed to my dental plan... we'll see how much gets covered and how much gets kicked back to me.

At lunchtime, I drove out to the local mall to do some shopping at JC Penney. I love their Stafford brand oxford-style button-down collar shirts: they're flexible business casual and are very serviceable for slogging around home when they're too ratty for the office. I've noted that many of my shirts have slid into ratty territory lately; I haven't worked routinely in a formal office in two years so there was no pressure to replace the shirts and I swore I wouldn't buy myself any new clothes until my credit cards were fully paid off.

I didn't quite make my goal, thanks to a replaced furnace late last year. Still, I should be able to wipe out my remaining balance with my next paycheck. As well, the shirts I wanted were on sale --$14 each instead of $36-- and I wanted something decent for our upcoming convention trip to CALLERLAB in Las Vegas later this month, especially since I'm a panelist this year.

I also bought a new belt. It's stunningly hard to find a belt that is (a) black, (b) non-chrome buckle, (c) fits a 32" waist and (d) is more than 1/2" wide. Again, I got it on sale for $22 although it was still more than I really wanted to spend. My day-to-day jeans belt however is showing its age and may not last much longer so I'll sleep better having a backup in inventory.

While I did break with my original plan, at least I paid for it all with cash rather than adding to my credit card balance. I just won't eat for a while. :-)

Damn, I just remembered: I also need new laces for my dress shoes. I'll worry about that later.

On the way home, I stopped at my preferred barber shop for a quick trim. How quick? I wasn't in the chair more than four minutes. My 'do isn't especially sophisticated or complicated, but I appreciate the speed in which I can get in & out of the shop, especially when there are other tasks to get done today.