Things I'll do for $20

Things I'll do for $20

There are lots of things that I won't do - drink pee, eat bugs, clean the bathroom, participate in anything involving my naked body and the public eye. But, I received an offer from the chi-chi grocery in this area, offering me a $20 gift card if I transferred a prescription. Since we pretty much single-family-dedly (get it? singlehandedly? I suck when I make up my own words, I know) support the pharmaceutical world, I was certain that I could take advantage of this offer. I don't shop in this store too often, maybe once every few months, although I really like it. They have a ton of foods that I really like, and an extensive selection of organics/health food stuff.

I needed to get a few things that I wasn't able to get on my Wal-Mart trip, one of them being a jar of sundried tomatoes and another,a jar of artichokes. When I went to WM, I noticed that the section of tomaotes and mushrooms had been rearranged again. I couldn't find the sundried tomatoes, so I asked the incredibly unhelpful clerk restocking the shelves, at 10 on a Wednesday morning. That's just when I would recommned stocking the shelves, that's for sure. She had no idea what I was talking about, but if I could tell her the bar code, she'd be glad to look it up for me. Sorry to say, but my brain was simply unable to pull that certain set of numbers out of the recesses of my brain. I asked up at the customer non-service area, and they informed me that sundried tomaotes were now considered a seasonal item, and would no longer be carried in the store. And neither would artichokes. Or frozen squash - two other items that I couldn't find and requested.

So, at the chi-chi store, I dropped off my prescription, and was told to be back in 20 minutes. I roamed the store, picking up the tomatoes, artichokes, lightbulbs, and a magazine. After 30 minutes, I returned to the pharmacy, to find that my medication hadn't even been started. Apparently, the man who dropped off a prescription before me, had no medical coverage, which was news to him. He argued, quite loudly, with the pharmacist for quite a while, forcing the clerk to ask me to please give him a few more minutes to finish with him and fill my prescription.

I realized that I probably could use some shampoo, and some conditioner. I ended up with "Sexed up" shampoo, "Curly sexy hair" conditioner, and another bottle of shampoo, this one entitled "Big sexy hair". Well, at least my hair will have fun. They were the same brands that I usually buy at the salon, but, hey, I'm saving $20, so it's all good. What else did I need, while I'm busy saving money? Olay regenerist cream, guaranteed to make my skin look younger. Hmm, sounds good to me - better add the eye cream, the one that will lighten the dark circles.

My little foray to the store, to save $20, ended up costing me $80. It could have cost $100, though, so I guess it's not all bad........