More reasons I why I love Amazon.com: Panasonic camera accessories, 5 Hour Energy drinks, and Mountain Dew

One of the reasons I hardly ever drive the car is that Amazon.com is so totally awesome. Not only do they have every product I ever wanted, they also have a bunch of products I never knew I wanted or needed, and they’re cheap. A couple of examples:

A few weeks ago I bought a Panasonic 10x zoom digital camera from Amazon. (Which I really like, by the way… pics taken with the new camera to come later in the post.) One thing about being a blogger with a digital camera is that I occasionally take a LOT of pictures (e.g. BBQ Fest) to the point of running the battery completely down. So I like to have a spare battery. But I forgot to order one with the camera. I realized I forgot and thought to myself, “I’ll get around to it,” but I think that about a lot of things and never get to them. So this morning Amazon sent an e-mail entitled “Accessories for your Panasonic camera.” And there was a link to a a replacement battery for the camera. And it was cheeeeeap ($3.95). I figured I’d have to pay 20-30 bucks for a second battery. So I ordered two of them. With each battery rated at 300 pics/charge, that means I can take 900 pics in a single day.

A second Amazon story: One of the best ways I’ve found to pep myself up is those little two-ounce bottles of 5-Hour Energy they sell at convenience stores.

They’re actually good for you, full of vitamins. They’re like a Vitamin B shot and an espresso shot in little 2-ounce bottles. I can drink one of these and be good to go on a busy weekend night. I don’t tire out near as easily and I’m a lot more alert and talkative.

The drawback is, they’re expensive. After you pay the state of Tennessee’s outrageous sales tax, they’re almost five bucks apiece at most convenience stores. That’s almost as bad as buying cigarettes.

So, one day I was talking to my friend/co-worker Otto, and he told me that Amazon carries them. “You can buy 12-packs of them on Amazon for $20,” he said. “It’s like 5, 6 dollars for shipping, and no sales tax, so you end up paying just over $2 apiece for them.” Less than half what they cost in stores.

I got online and searched, and sure enough, there they were for $20. I ordered a 12-pack of the Lemon Lime 5 Hour Energy drinks. For those who prefer a different flavor, they also come in Orange and Berry. Shipping was $5.99. That works out to $2.17 per bottle. Nice!

This morning, though, I’m drinking the original energy drink, Mountain Dew. Just out of curiosity, I did an Amazon search on “Mountain Dew” and found this book on the history of Mountain Dew. This would fall into the “items you never knew you wanted or needed” category.

But enough about Amazon… it’s June and that means it’s time to talk about tube tops. Last night I went to the Saucer to people-watch the Hank Jr./Skynyrd crowd. My friend Stephanie who puts on the Downtown Alive series for the CCC was there. She had a tube dress on. “Are you going to take a picture of me for your blog?” So I did.

Yes, tube dresses count. So do tube top jumpsuits and rompers… as long as it doesn’t have straps, it counts for Tube Top Month.

Stephanie has had on a tube top or tube dress just about every time I’ve seen her in the past month, except for work-related events. “I think that should put me in the running for BFF of the Month for July!” she said. I’ll admit, that is a strong selling point. I cautioned her, though, that my current BFF Suzy takes the title of BFF of the Month very seriously, and intends to do interviews at the end of June to help me select the July BFF.  Suzy doesn’t want me to ever again have a “tragic BFF,” as she described the original one.

Sorry I didn’t post the “what’s going on” post on Thursday… I had it all ready to go, just needed to look up a couple of things in the Flyer, which I had left at work. So I got there, did the look-ups… and then the Internet was down at work for half the day. By the time it came back up, I was swamped with file imports and simply forgot that I never did the post. I already have my party plans for next Thursday in place though… The Dempseys play the Saucer.

Speaking of the Saucer, will probably be there laptopping this afternoon… my new online store is almost ready to be launched, and it may well happen today. After that’s up I plan to add a strapless bikini top section to the Tube Top Boutique as the Nuh-Uh Sister suggested, then I’ll start work on my next online store idea.  Not sure what I’ll do tonight… Kings of the Delta play the Saucer, and they’re pretty good so I’ll probably start there.  Maybe the Rooster and/or Raiford’s later in the evening.

Happy Saturday everyone… see you later