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Nov. 26th, 2001 05:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
verbminxLest you all think that I am being starved, I must report that the momster apologized almost immediately after my last entry. We toddled off to Denny's, where I was fed, and to WalMart, where we bought more groceries than you can shake a stick at. Unfortunately I am now pretty ill, but that's unrelated to either. My stomach actually HURTS. I was sick in the bathroom at WalMart.
In a related (to being ill) incident, I got my other dress that I bought on ebay recently and it also didn't fit AT ALL, and it was in even grosser condition than the last. Hey sellers, if you are picking up stuff in thrift stores or whatever, GET IT DRYCLEANED FIRST. The last one had a heavy perfume smell (which made me totally nauseous), but was clean. This one had crusty old deodorant in the underarms and a musty attic smell, both of which are making my already upset stomach turn and twist at lightning speed. And the prices I paid for them were more "consignment" than "thrift".
Meanwhile, WalMart has these really pretty velvet and brocade dresses, jackets, skirts, etc. Viscose, made in India. I picked up a gorgeous cherry colored dress with a velvet top, ribbon drawstring waist, and brocade broomstick skirt for $20, and a matching patchwork embroidered velvet jacket with black brocade ribbon trim for the same price. They're both the wrong size, so I'll have to address that... but seriously, when I can pick up better girly velvet stuff at WalMart than on ebay, the ebay clothes market is in trouble.
I also bought Beyond Balderdash. Which you should own (or original Balderdash), if you don't already. It's great.
Oh - related: I did a total geek thing this morning and wrote to Games Workshop begging them to rerelease Talisman and its expansion sets. Words cannot express how much I love that game; it's my favorite. They wrote back saying they'd love to but they don't have the license anymore. But I want a Talisman set soooooooo bad, I just can't bring myself to shell out the $300+ that it sells for on the aforementioned evil auction site.
In a related (to being ill) incident, I got my other dress that I bought on ebay recently and it also didn't fit AT ALL, and it was in even grosser condition than the last. Hey sellers, if you are picking up stuff in thrift stores or whatever, GET IT DRYCLEANED FIRST. The last one had a heavy perfume smell (which made me totally nauseous), but was clean. This one had crusty old deodorant in the underarms and a musty attic smell, both of which are making my already upset stomach turn and twist at lightning speed. And the prices I paid for them were more "consignment" than "thrift".
Meanwhile, WalMart has these really pretty velvet and brocade dresses, jackets, skirts, etc. Viscose, made in India. I picked up a gorgeous cherry colored dress with a velvet top, ribbon drawstring waist, and brocade broomstick skirt for $20, and a matching patchwork embroidered velvet jacket with black brocade ribbon trim for the same price. They're both the wrong size, so I'll have to address that... but seriously, when I can pick up better girly velvet stuff at WalMart than on ebay, the ebay clothes market is in trouble.
I also bought Beyond Balderdash. Which you should own (or original Balderdash), if you don't already. It's great.
Oh - related: I did a total geek thing this morning and wrote to Games Workshop begging them to rerelease Talisman and its expansion sets. Words cannot express how much I love that game; it's my favorite. They wrote back saying they'd love to but they don't have the license anymore. But I want a Talisman set soooooooo bad, I just can't bring myself to shell out the $300+ that it sells for on the aforementioned evil auction site.
