October 10, 2004

gettin' down and cleanin' up

I’ve got yoga pants and a wife-beater on my bod, Aretha Franklin’s “Think” on the stereo and I’m gettin’ down with a broom and dustpan.

It is day two of Get it Together Heather, and I’m closing in on clean n’ tidy.

Yesterday, I got up early, sorted and dropped off thirty-six pounds of laundry downstairs at the cleaners. Grace (the girl behind the counter) laughed at me. I shrugged. It was necessary. Towels, duvet covers, summer paraphernalia to get ready for storage.

Ready for some relaxation after moving furniture all morning, I met Kate in the afternoon for coffee (x2), shopping and some un-shopping. I finally returned an errant shoe purchase and contemplated returning the Dress to Bloomingdale’s. It remains hanging on my closet door. I just couldn’t part with it. Back home with my Target purchase (Hanes wife-beaters, which the label insists on calling A Shirts), I finally succeeded in dragging Goldner out to Shaun of the Dead. Belly full of sushi and Twizzlers, I laughed and gagged myself through one fucking hilarious zombie movie. Warning: there are plenty of un-funny parts to that flick, too. I was not totally prepared to be saddened by the killing of the undead.

Aretha’s onto Eleanor Rigby by now… I gotta scoot. I’m meeting Kate and Mike for some park time. And maybe some more un-shopping. Sigh. I’ve got to get a handle on this sporadic buying thing.

Posted by This Fish at October 10, 2004 11:32 AM
Comments

I think Hanes calls it that cause it's probably not really advisable, from a marketing standpoint, to advertise the "Hanes Wife Beater-- Now in Black to hide those messy stains". No. Probably wouldn't do. But I always always think of Marlon Brando in his hottie days in Streetcare Named Desire..... STELLLLLLLLAAA!

Enjoy your park day. You should store them away for use in the winter when there will be less sun to soak up. :)

Posted by: Kim at October 10, 2004 12:07 PM

StreetCAR named desire... StreetcarE named desire would have been an entirely different movie. Darn those typos! :)

Posted by: Kim at October 10, 2004 12:08 PM

I hear ya on the unshopping thing - I just discovered the joy of returning impule buys and getting your money back! Yay for bank accounts that have more than $2.37 in them!

Posted by: Alison at October 10, 2004 03:20 PM

Shaun of the Dead is a surprisingly awesome movie. A send-up of the conventional zombie film that still manages to tug the right heart-strings.

There's also a distinct lack of plot holes.

Posted by: Jack at October 10, 2004 04:41 PM

You sound so productive. And fun!!

Posted by: DeAnn at October 10, 2004 07:20 PM