Post is dated Sunday the 20th, but I’m posting at 1:37 AM and haven’t been to bed yet.\u00a0 Therefore, I still consider it Saturday and “today” refers to Saturday in this post.<\/p>\n
Today I spent a LOT of money, but at least I did it somewhat wisely.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Paying more than a hundred bucks for one shirt makes me sick, and these shirts are WAY over a hundred.\u00a0 But this morning I woke up with a game plan.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
Then, knowing what size I wear for each maker, I came home and got on eBay.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I selected the “Buy it Now” option for each shirt, and paid 20-30% of the retail price for each.\u00a0 eBay rules.\u00a0 Sure was nice to pay two-digit prices instead of three-digit.\u00a0 Still, altogether I spent over $500 on shirts today.\u00a0 Ouch.<\/p>\n
I was done with my shopping by noon, and my plan after that was to have a productive afternoon getting chores done at home.\u00a0 So what happened?\u00a0 I went to the Saucer.\u00a0 Once at the Saucer my plan was to only have one beer.\u00a0 So what happened?\u00a0 I had six beers and stayed until almost 5:00.\u00a0 Yay.\u00a0 Request from one of the waitresses:\u00a0 “You need to write about me in your blog and say how awesome I am.”\u00a0 Yeah, I’ll get to that in a little over two months when I do my April Fool’s Day post.<\/p>\n
Got to-go food from Roma, ate, came home, took a nap, decided it was too cold to go back out.\u00a0 Therefore I’m blogging.<\/p>\n
Second Street Shoppers, which recently added a deli and is now serving sandwiches, salads and wraps, sent me a menu.\u00a0 My top picks from the menu:\u00a0 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).\u00a0 Hopefully I’ll get in there and get one of those to-go for lunch.<\/p>\n
There will be a fundraiser for Barack Obama Friday, February 1 at the Hi-Tone in Midtown.\u00a0 Admission fee is a $5 donation, or more if you feel like giving more.<\/p>\n
That reminds me… early voting started last week.\u00a0 Don’t forget to early vote and avoid the long lines the day of the primary!\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
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:<\/p>\n
Congrats to the Maryland Terrapins, who knocked off #1 North Carolina tonight.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
I’m working on some stuff to make this blog more useful as a Downtown information source.\u00a0 You’ll see the results in about a week.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow:\u00a0 Brunch at the Majestic at 11, followed by a full day of drinking beer and whooping Pete’s ass at pool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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