I have very few clothing items that fit well enough to wear in public at this point, so if I have to endeavor outdoors for some reason, I want to squeeze in as many errands as possible. I've been putting off going to get my free flu shot because it seemed like a waste of clean pants if they'll be running the retail events for the next several weeks.
I showered, dressed, and went out to vote this morning after doing about five minutes of research on state judicial candidates. Of course, there's a cold rain coming down - the sort that would normally merit carrying an umbrella if you weren't walking such short distances between your vehicle and the buildings you're trying to get to. As my hair was still wet from the shower, having cold droplets fall on my head to replace the shower water that my brain has been keeping lukewarm was less than pleasurable.
Anyway, voted. Then I went out in search of double-sided tape, or at least some close fascimile that would train the cats to stay off the kitchen table. I went to the Food Lion closest to the voting location first. Nope. Then I went to CVS. Nope. Then I figured I'd drive to Petco and see what sorts of furniture repellants they had. Surprisingly, their selection was a lot better than what my normal pet supply superstore carries. I bought a spray bottle of bitter stuff to spray on my chairs so that [that damn cat] will stop chewing the spindles. They also had a special tape that can be attached to fabric to prevent your cat from scratching. It was super-expensive, so I left it be and checked Target.
Target, of course, had double-sided tape, but because I've become incredibly cheap since my "sabbatical," I didn't want to pay $2.59 for the 3/4" name brand stuff. The Target brand, 50 cents cheaper, was sold out. I left the store, annoyed, and resigned to jerry-rigging some booby trap from packaging tape - which we have in spades.
Driving home, I realized that since I'm wearing clothes this would be a good day to go to one of those flu shot events. OF COURSE there isn't one within 10 miles today...the next one close to my zip code is Friday. That's what I get for procrastinating, I guess. I really want to get one before the kid is born so that we'll both have some immunity, but it's so hard to get out the house. There are a couple tomorrow, so we'll see.
On to domestic tasks, I guess.
Posted by Tiffany at November 7, 2006 11:46 AM | TrackBack