Showing posts with label Buying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buying. Show all posts

Sunday, March 24, 2013

My Freezer Is Running

So I'd better go catch it... har har har...

I tried to find a picture of a freezer.
One with legs.
Running.
They don't exist.
So I figured Tiny Dancer was a good substitute.
You're welcome.

But no, really.  Our chest freezer.  The one that sat in our carport for months, before moving to our kitchen for more months, before finally being removed to the laundry room where it rightfully belongs.  It's finally running.  We were given this freezer many many moons ago, but never had cause to use it.

Until last week.

What happened last week, you ask?  A moment of temporary insanity, I believe.  Or perhaps it was a moment that payed homage to American ingenuity and the almighty sales pitch.  Either way.  We bought meat from a guy who drove up to our house with a chest freezer in the back of his pickup and a mouthful of promises.  "Best meat [we'll] ever eat" and "This should last you 9-12 months" and "If you don't like it, I'll come back and get it from you".  

I'm not telling you how much we bought, because I reserve the right to hide my shame from the public.  But let's just say it was enough to fire up the freezer in the basement.  I've tried some of the chicken, and it really is quite good...  But alas, the jury is still out on this one until we (a) see how long it lasts us and (b) try the fillets.  Because you never really know until you try the fillet.  That's what I'm telling myself.  

What about you?  What's the strangest thing you've bought while standing on your front stoop?  Or is this just me?
<3 M.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Call me? Call you?

I've never been a phancy phone type of gal.

Them peoples at Vee-rizon, they don't love it when they see me coming.  They don't get excited and there are no fist pumps.  I walk into the store, pull my number, and then wait patiently.  Because I'm a sweet heart like that.  Then the smiling sales person comes up to me, and ask how they can help me.  Then in this dance we do, I tell them exactly what I'm looking for, and wait for them to provide it.  I'm a little demanding, so they're not always able to accommodate me.

Here's what I ask for:

  • Something that makes calls, and maybe texts.  
  • Pictures are okay, but not necessary.  
  • Free is best.
This has been my modus operandi for the past... 5, 6 years?  Something like that.  And its worked for me.  They're not phancy phones, which is good since it takes me, on average, 27 hours from purchase to first time dropped on pavement.  The phones I end up with generally last for the entire 2-year contract time (although sometimes I get a wild hair and renew my contract early!).  

The phone before the previous phone.
Its small.
Mine had less buttons that this.

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