Shopping notes, Spring 2008 edition
Feb. 9th, 2008 04:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellarienThere's a definite trend towards packaging more DVDs in less space, which makes a lot of sense if storage space is a constraint on purchases. A whole season of many shows can now be had in about the space that used to occupied by a VHS cassette with a couple of episodes.
I thought I had alleviated the Summer Jacket Problem, but I realized when I brought my purchase home that it fails the Pockets criterion, though nicely meeting the Lightweight, Washable, Long Sleeeved, and Light Brown requirements. (I don't like to expose my bare arms to the searing summer sun, so I walk around in 100-degree weather with a lightweight blazer over my dress. As far as I can tell, I may be the only person in Tucson who does this, so suitable garments are hard to find. The extant ones are all looking rather tired, and the one I bought last year fell apart on the third washing.)
It's just as well I stocked up on brown and beige and olive over the last couple of summers, because this spring's fashions seem to be all pink and black or turquoise and black, with a bit of grey for variety.
The Waldenbooks at the mall is gone, closed up and stripped bare. This came as a bit of a shock; it didn't show any particular signs of imminent closure the last time I was in there, which I think was just after Christmas. The B. Dalton closed down years ago, so the mall is now entirely bookstore-less.
I thought I had alleviated the Summer Jacket Problem, but I realized when I brought my purchase home that it fails the Pockets criterion, though nicely meeting the Lightweight, Washable, Long Sleeeved, and Light Brown requirements. (I don't like to expose my bare arms to the searing summer sun, so I walk around in 100-degree weather with a lightweight blazer over my dress. As far as I can tell, I may be the only person in Tucson who does this, so suitable garments are hard to find. The extant ones are all looking rather tired, and the one I bought last year fell apart on the third washing.)
It's just as well I stocked up on brown and beige and olive over the last couple of summers, because this spring's fashions seem to be all pink and black or turquoise and black, with a bit of grey for variety.
The Waldenbooks at the mall is gone, closed up and stripped bare. This came as a bit of a shock; it didn't show any particular signs of imminent closure the last time I was in there, which I think was just after Christmas. The B. Dalton closed down years ago, so the mall is now entirely bookstore-less.
