I got 9 things listed last night (11 the night before) and felt pretty tired so I went to bed a bit earlier than I've been.
I woke up around 11AM maybe 11:30, which is early for me. It's warmed all the way up to the 50's outside so I'm tempted to go somewhere ... but ... the thing is, I've spent all I can allow myself to spend for this week.
I'd really like to go to TAP Plastics to buy a thing or two for an ongoing project and go to Whole Foods as I now remember the thing I really wanted to get from there: A Whole Foods cloth bag. They're the best bags around because the handles that are sewn on extend all the way to the bottom, making them extra strong. They're only about $2 too.
And I'd like to walk over to Target to pick up a couple of inexpensive things, some Scotch tape refills and some index cards (the ones they sell there are particularly nice). Again, inexpensive things. And maybe go to Michael's art supplies for, again, some inexpensive craft bits and bobs that might preclude my going to TAP so maybe I'd go to Target first.
Again, these are all cheapo things.
In the end, I went. I rounded up books and my DVDs which I've not been watching since I realized it was my computer that was making me see videos on YouTube as a herky-jerky succession of stills with screwed up sound. I counted up the bills and change I had and had $8, and the used book store gave me $13 for the books and DVDs that they took.
I went into TAP Plastics and didn't find exactly what I wanted but found something good enough and cheap, only a bit more than $2.
I went to Whole Foods and for some reason it was quite busy. Although there was a cold wind blowing, around the middle of the day it was rather nice and I probably could have done well busking there with the trumpet. I got some pinto beans with little scraps and bits of fat from the carnitas, since the buffet was really wiped out and that was the only thing like a meal I could put together from it. And an Anchor Steam beer. That came to $11.
I sat and ate and had to remind myself to get a cloth bag. The bag was only something like 79c because they're bringing in some new ones that don't have the straps extending down to the bottom, which makes for a very sturdy, dependable, bag. Instead the new ones have the straps only sewn for an inch or so. So the old ones are on sale and I think I'm going to go back and buy about 10 of them.
As I left, a couple had set up where I used to busk there. Their act was, he's overweight and looks pretty non-able to make it in the workforce, and sits in a wheelchair that looks like its was "borrowed" from the state hospital. She also looks unable to make it in the workforce. They just sit there. That's their act. They. Just. Sit. There. I asked them if they wanted a bag of books (to save myself the hassle of taking them to the 7th street little free library/pantry) and they didn't want 'em.
If I were going to busk, I thought, I'd set up a bit up the sidewalk, closer to the entryway to Whole Foods. I'd be well separated from the begging couple.
I took my books over to the 7th street pantry and put 'em in, then went to the Amazon place for bubble mailers (got a lot of 'em too) and then meandered my way home. There was a bunch of stuff put out by one street and I stopped to "shop". I got a good coat hanger, an AR-15 work mat to clean up and give to Ken, wall anchors (at least the plastic parts) and a bunch of other neat little things. And a gym bag to put everything in. When I'd checked it all and taken what I wanted, I started working on the computer left there. Someone else had already taken the RAM but I helped myself to the wireless card, the video card that looks like a gaming type, and the CPU.
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