Post is dated Sunday the 20th, but I’m posting at 1:37 AM and haven’t been to bed yet. Therefore, I still consider it Saturday and “today” refers to Saturday in this post.
Today I spent a LOT of money, but at least I did it somewhat wisely. Went to a men’s clothing store in Downtown Memphis whose shirts I’ve been admiring for a while, but haven’t bought any because they’re just massively expensive. Paying more than a hundred bucks for one shirt makes me sick, and these shirts are WAY over a hundred. But this morning I woke up with a game plan. I went to the store, tried on shirts from two different makers who seemed to have quality stuff, found out what size I wear for each, then bought one shirt from each maker at full price, shuddering as I signed the debit card receipt.
Then, knowing what size I wear for each maker, I came home and got on eBay. Found several other of the shirts I wanted, from sellers who had sold hundreds or thousands of items and who had 99% or better positive feedback. I selected the “Buy it Now” option for each shirt, and paid 20-30% of the retail price for each. eBay rules. Sure was nice to pay two-digit prices instead of three-digit. Still, altogether I spent over $500 on shirts today. Ouch.
I was done with my shopping by noon, and my plan after that was to have a productive afternoon getting chores done at home. So what happened? I went to the Saucer. Once at the Saucer my plan was to only have one beer. So what happened? I had six beers and stayed until almost 5:00. Yay. Request from one of the waitresses: “You need to write about me in your blog and say how awesome I am.” Yeah, I’ll get to that in a little over two months when I do my April Fool’s Day post.
Got to-go food from Roma, ate, came home, took a nap, decided it was too cold to go back out. Therefore I’m blogging.
Second Street Shoppers, which recently added a deli and is now serving sandwiches, salads and wraps, sent me a menu. My top picks from the menu: the Chicken Alfredo sandwich (chicken, bacon, mushroom, Swiss, alfredo sauce) and the Santa Fe Chicken sandwich (chicken, bacon, Swiss, chipotle sauce, lettuce, tomato, banana peppers). Hopefully I’ll get in there and get one of those to-go for lunch.
There will be a fundraiser for Barack Obama Friday, February 1 at the Hi-Tone in Midtown. Admission fee is a $5 donation, or more if you feel like giving more.
That reminds me… early voting started last week. Don’t forget to early vote and avoid the long lines the day of the primary! I’ll have to get to the Election Commission one day next week and cast my vote, now that I’ve decided that Senator Obama is my choice.
It’s a safe bet that I’ll be at the Flying Saucer pretty much any day, but here are three days this month when you can definitely expect to see me there:
- Friday, January 25: Aquanet plays at 9:30. Kickass ’80s hair band music.
- Saturday, January 26: Memphis Tigers vs. Gonzaga at the FedExForum at 11 AM. I need to find out if the Saucer plans to open early like they did for the last game. Regardless, I’ll be there no later than 11 to catch the game on TV.
- Thursday, January 31: The Dempseys play at 9:30.
Congrats to the Maryland Terrapins, who knocked off #1 North Carolina tonight. Meanwhile, #2 Memphis squashed Southern Miss 83-47, paving the way for a probable move into the #1 spot in this coming week’s polls.
I’m working on some stuff to make this blog more useful as a Downtown information source. You’ll see the results in about a week.
Tomorrow: Brunch at the Majestic at 11, followed by a full day of drinking beer and whooping Pete’s ass at pool.