Then, undoubtedly, there will be a row of at least 20 checkouts, but in our Tarboro store, there will be only maybe 4 cashiers! what’s that about? maybe to give me a chance to spy something on the impulse-isle and make yet another purchase? they are marketing geniuses, for sure!

and, Tori – was that an actual pic that you took there! EEEWwwwwww.
..that was good for today’s inspiration to stay on my “diet”! thanx!
and, as for my weird thang – my daughter hates it, but i LOVE the Disney channel! I LOVE PHINEAS & FERB! They are the neatest little cartoon characters! Maybe I am trying to hold on the speck of youthfulness left in me at the age of 46, but i just love Disney channel!

GRITS -was gettin a little worried about ya! Good to hear from ya! love you all! peace!

It IS relaxing to leave the turmoil and unfinished jobs at home and wander around that store. I find the “as seen on TV” isle to be just fascinating! It’s like meeting a “celebrity” you’ve only seen on TV. I have to look it over and try to decide if it really does what they say it does and then—–should I actually buy it! And that takes time! To heck with laundry! I’ve made two purchases that worked great! One was the “Pedi-Paws”, that files the dog’s nails down to size. And the other was the “over the shoulder bag”——which I LOVE! And I could have never found these fabulous buys at Macy’s or Norstrom’s, I betchya! Of course, I don’t know for sure because I don’t go to those places—–they’re fifty miles away! See…….Walmart loves us and came to where we live! And THEY NEVER CLOSE!!!! They’re open 24/7!

Another thing I love about Walmart——I can buy those little tiny containers of Haagen Dazs for $1! If I bought a whole pint, I’d eat it all before you could say Jack Sprat! But if I think I’ve been pretty good and deserve a treat when I get home from Walmart, I get one of those little coffee flavored ice cream dreams! And eat it all myself.

As for “guilty pleasures”—–well, at my age, if I can do it without some body part causing me extreme pain, and I can’t get arrested for it, I will do it and feel no guilt whatsoever! (But the list is short.)

Tori, I just love you more knowing you like to spend some time at my favorite store! We could be shopping buddies! Come to our Clio store and we could take pictures like the one you posted! Really. Not kidding.

rockin’ robyn– An auction in Amish country? That totally sounds like my idea of heaven!

johnboyFL– I am a candle/body products sniffer, too! In fact, I can’t buy anything without smelling it first– and that even includes the various kinds of Mr. Clean!

chillybean– I just bought some discounted GUM from one of Target’s sale shelves and everyone I have offered it to makes the same face and then says, “What the heck IS this flavor?” They’re not surprised it was on clearance!

rachelbaker– I remember when the girls were that little, and I learned to save the grocery shopping for 9:00 p.m., too! And I agree, there’s nothing like an old bookstore to wander around in…

themema– ‘Touch and Go’ is the perfect description! And you’re so right about the hunt– it is more fun than the purchase!

I have 3 kids under 5 and shopping usually consists of rushing about, getting everything off my list before the baby starts screaming or one of the girls goes walkabout. However about 3 months after my second daughter was born, I rediscovered the therapeutic joy of visiting a supermarket. I went at about 9 O’Clock in the evening, after the kids were in bed, and I browsed and I pottered and I bought something random just because. Now, sometimes, after ‘one of those days’ I just pop down to the supermarket and unwind. If we had a proper US style Walmart I might be gone for a very long time.

sammifredenburg – if US bookshops are on an equivalent scale to your supermarkets, then its probably just as well I don’t live there. If I went in I might never come out again. There’s a bookshop in the north east of England which sells second hand and antique books. Its in an old railway station and has such a great atmosphere, and smell. I could quite happily stay in there all day. However, because of the aforementioned children, I don’t think I’ll have a chance for a while!

My other guilty timewasting pleasure is computer games. Not the fancy kinds the kids these days are playing, but the mom kinds like Bejeweled, Book Worm, Solitaire, Farkle on facebook. I get so sucked in. Especially that Farkle as my fb friend’s scores pop up and we are ranked. Is there something wrong with me that I find pure joy in constantly remaining in first place? (and playing enlessly until I do?)

funky food in the fridge. do what i do just order a new fridge and throw the old one away.

wait thats if i ever put anything in the fridge.

i do walmart and i can get lost in there myself. but im usually a 3am walmart shopper. the only thing you have to dodge then is the stockers that have every aisle cluttered and full of crap. and lots of weirdos

well my weakness and deep secret is that i love to go to yankee candle or bath n body works and i can spend the day in there smelling everything they have like 5 times and maybe buying 2 or 3 things..LOL

im glancing over across the table at a yankee candle catalogue and its not the same effect. they felt that i needed one though.

but ya know what tori…you dont really have to clean. i can get ya the number to merry maids..LOL just lock up and fine jewelry ya might wanna keep

My sister just loves going to “Wally World”… If we can’t find Mandy she’s at the “mother ship”!!! I guess I just go there when I would feel guilty the most, for buying something elsewhere and paying more for it. Sadly, I don’t think that way all the time.

I have family in, visiting from Colorado and we took them to an Amish Auction today and boy was that fun. I have tons of yard work that needs done but I was walking around the outdoors in the mountains of Pennsylvania on a gorgeous day and looking at old PA culture up for sale and then bidding on something, (I’ve never been to an auction before – is that sad? does that earn a Tori snicker?) and just observing the Amish culture like I was in another country or something. It was just really relaxing! Great Day!

Never liked Target. I guess it’s an age thing…their clothes and accessories are just not geared to old ladies.

My biggest guilty pleasure is this computer. Something was wrong with it this morning and I couldn’t access Internet Explorer. E-mail was okay, but couldn’t get on the net. I worked with it till I was a nervous wreck…having serious withdrawal…and fear of never getting online again. I decided it was God’s way of telling me to quit wasting so much time…I’ve been promising Him for weeks that I was gonna cut back and spend more time with Him, but I’m SO undisciplined.

Another guilty pleasure…NASCAR…I’m off to watch the race>>>>>>>>>>>

sammifredenburg– OK, I’m totally with you on the bookstore thing, not to mention the Cherry Garcia thing. Hey, here’s a thought: wonder if they’d let us wander around Barnes and Noble WITH a pint of Cherry Garcia! My sister Liz taught herself to crochet recently, just in time for her first grandchild. She has made incredible things for that baby!

Bloomfield Farm– Ok, honestly? It is really hard for me to picture you frittering! You are one of the most accomplished women I have ever met, and that doesn’t go with frittering! (And blog reading can kill 2 hours faster than anything in my life!)

auburn60–God bless you for stepping up to the plate for ‘reality’ trash TV! My favorite is the “Real Housewives of ____”– I love to hate them so much!

mine? bookstores. even the big box ones, like Barnes & Nobel, or Borders, or Half-Price Books here, where we can return books for cash. and yarn. i collect yarn, even from thrift stores, with the intent of baby hats for developing nations, blankets for premies, etc, i love to crochet and i’ve been learning to knit for years. i have probably enough yarn to use the our planet as a core and make a good-sized yarn ball for the Lord’s kitty to play with! is it true she who dies with the most yarn wins? i’m in the running for sure!

prayers for your daddy. you rest easy. me, i’m going after a pint of Cherry Garcia. =/

stay close,

sammi =)

I waste time working puzzles on the computer. Moraff Jongg, Pandora’s Box and Bejeweled get my mind off work. I do it to keep my mind sharp….that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Guess we all need some guilty pleasures.