Posted by Tomithey on June 29th, 2009
Friday evening I went home and was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my evening. I didn’t really want to go out, but I wasn’t against it. I started doing some stuff around the house, like taking down the ugly light fixture in my formal dining room, and then made plans with Aaron to have dinner.
Aaron invited his friend along and we went to La Fuente. Kristi and I had seen the billboard for the La Fuente many times while she was here and kept commenting about how we needed to try it. It’s over in my neighborhood, so it seemed like a good idea to give it a shot. I really like the place. It has a great atmosphere, good food and cold beer.
After dinner we went to the Rusty Spur. It was kind of empty and really hot in there. I kept yawning and feeling like I was going to pass out. It was really too hot to dance and there weren’t enough people there to even dance with. I ended up leaving early, just like everyone else and got home around 11:30ish. I was so ready to pass out.
Oh there was a guy that I thought was kind of cute and was trying to see what his deal was. I made David act as my wingman and we were outside talking to this guy when he reached in his pocket, pulled out some dip and stuck it in his mouth. YUCK. That’s when I decided we were done and went back into the club. That’s NASTY.
I had to be up kind of early Saturday because my microwave was getting installed anywhere from 9am to 11am. My alarm woke me up at 8:30 and I laid in bed wondering if I should get up or not. I remembered that they usually call 30 minutes before they arrive, to let you know that they are on the way. I figured I would just stay in bed until they called. I woke up at 9am to the sound of my doorbell.
They didn’t call first and I guess I was the first appointment. Darn my luck! When I want them to come early they come late, so naturally when I want to stay in bed and sleep they come early. It didn’t take them long to install it at all, but we had one problem.
The location of the outside vent in the cabinet above the microwave does not work well with the location of the vent on top of the microwave. They are too close together to find a normal stock vent tube to connect them. The installer realized this right away. I had already opened up the back of the microwave and set it up for venting out the top of the unit through the hold in the cabinet. He suggested changing the fan in the microwave to recirculate the air back into the house and then putting it back once I could get someone to make a custom vent tube for my unit.
I thought it wouldn’t be any issue to have a custom vent made, so I told him to leave it venting the way it was and I wouldn’t use it until I got the vent made. After they left I climbed up on a chair to look at the set up and realize it would be next to impossible to make a vent for there. DAMN. So I needed to take the microwave back down and change the fan to vent inside.
Robert came over and helped me and it was pretty darn easy. If I had known that this was how things were going to play out, I would have just got Robert to help me install it in the first place.
I spent the rest of the day shopping and doing too much of that. I actually didn’t have any intention to go shopping. I was driving WAY UP NORTH to turn in the keys to my old apartment at the office and decided that since I was up that way I might as well stop in at Smith and Hawken. BIG MISTAKE.
They had some great things on clearance and some other things that I felt that I couldn’t live without. Ok I could probably live without them, but it would be a really bad way to live. I ended up buying a bunch of stuff and it was kind of funny because when I was finishing up at the register the cashier came around the corner and handed me two bags and I started to walk away. As I was walking away I noticed her following me with two more bags. I hadn’t realized that I had bought that much. We loaded up the stuff in my truck and as I started to get ready to drive away she came running back out with another bag.
I’m horrible with math; anyone that knows me will tell you that. When she rang me up I was a little surprised at the total, but paid anyway. As I was driving away, and had gotten pretty far away, I started to add it up in my mind and realized she must have made a mistake. When I was shopping I had been putting all of my items on the back counter and started a pile, so I thought maybe someone else’s stuff got too close to my pile (as it grew and grew) and I ended up with someone else’s stuff as well.
I pulled out my receipt and realized that she didn’t charge me the super clearance price on 4 of my items and instead charged me full price. I had to turn back around and fight traffic to get back and have her adjust my receipt. All the while I kept thinking, “it’s only 20 something dollars.” I was tempted to just leave it because it’s such a hassle getting around in that parking lot and I had gotten pretty far away by the time I realized it. Well, my math is REALLY bad because it ended up being a refund of $62.
I dropped off the keys to my apartment and then I had to go buy plants for all the new fun things that I bought at Smith and Hawken. I stopped by my favorite garden shop, Gardens, and got some cute little plants and then went to another called Plant Escapes on S 1st and bought another plant. YAYS for cute new plants! (As if I don’t have enough already)
My friend Lynn met up with me at my place and we went to have drinks (and lots of chips and queso) at La Fuente. We had also made plans to go to dinner and a movie with Aaron later on. Lynn and I stayed at La Fuente for an hour or two and then went back to my place to hang out and wait for Aaron. Once he showed up, we went to dinner at Abuelo’s and then to see “The Proposal.” It was a pretty cute movie. It is super cliché and predictable, but it’s cute.
Sunday I got up late because I didn’t feel well. I’ve been having allergy issues. Xochi came over to help me decide on paint colors, because I’m having second thoughts about everything. I made pork chops and rice and beans for lunch. She hung out for a bit and then I spent the rest of the day watching DVDs and relaxing.
I went to Target to get some food and forced myself to stay on the grocery side of the store. I knew that if I went to the other side I would end up spending more money and I don’t need to be doing that! I did a great job of keeping myself in check. Last time I went to Target I had only gone for ONE LIGHT BULB and ended up leaving with almost $400 worth of stuff… and not the light bulb.
Tonight I have to do laundry. BLECH.
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