Now Playing: rain, lovely rain
Current Mood : a bit down
Current Image : Why I haven't been in the Lab a lot lately...(DC version)
Not much of a day today - slept in a bit, grabbed a shower, and took Dearest Son on the grocery run. Let him pick out the notebooks I forgot - we needed two, according to the supply list - and his new shoes. We're so proud of him. He wanted lace-up, no cartoon character shoes. Like Daddy's. He found a pair he liked and we got the size he needed.
It's kind of funny, but his last shoes, a Cars pair from Payless, was the most expensive pair he's ever had at $28. They also wore out the fastest, and the damage is pretty extensive. The $20. ones - with Cars, Thomas the Tank Engine, and Transformers all lighting up on them - lasted about five months before they really showed wear, and Dearest said they were getting tight. Payless' lasted about three, but they didn't really get tight until this month. Oddly enough, the next size up in his new shoes was too big, and we ended up getting him the same size, but with that ‘finger width' at the toe to grow on. He proudly showed them to Beloved Hubby, then put them back in the box for next Wednesday.
He traded in his tickets for a new Tonka police car. I could swear, the thing says ‘no warrant, no warrant' after some ‘police radio' gibberish when one of the buttons is pushed. I got m'self a bit of a treat, too. A pretty sparkle tulle remnant in a luscious lavender that'll look great with the starred purple cotton I bought for Jasmine's costume. A little over a half yard, too. I could swear I've never seen that color there before...
And, as you can see from today's image, I went ahead and got the ‘Galactic Heroes' Leia - only $6. and just sooo cute. She came with a ‘drink server' R2-D2, which made Dearest's eyes light up, so he now has three astromech droids. One came with the Millennium Falcon, one with the X-Wing, and now this one. The little drink tray comes right off, and the ‘spigot' type thingie pulls out of the hole it's in easily.
It's easy to tell that Mal-Wart's gearing up for Big Toy Season - i.e., Christmas - already. Shelves that haven't been touched since Valentine's Day now have shelf talkers and plan-o-grams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planogram) attached to ‘em, listing upcoming stuff and placements. Stuff that's been spread out to the point of sprawl is all compressed and lined up like soldiers on the march. I'm not sure where I lost my excitement over this (it's probably under a pile of new-to-me fabric in the Lab !) but it's just not there.
I guess I'm kinda getting my annual ‘fall melancholy' out of the way early this year. We had a bad thunderstorm last night that stripped leaves off trees and scattered them everywhere. Even though they're still green, the fallen leaves put me in mind of autumn. Especially when preparing Dearest for school is added in. I guess I'm just a bit sad that the rush of acquisition is over and the time to stay in and enjoy it all is fast approaching. Don't get me wrong, I acquired a ton of stuff this season, and I don't need more... but I always mourn the end of yard sale season, in my own way.
As is usual after a weekend - and even more so when Beloved's home on Monday - the house is a complete disaster area. About all else I got done today was several days' backlog of dishes. Oh, and I assembled Dearest's school supplies, and together he and I went over the checklist. He's kind of excited, and I sort of am - but I'll miss the time I squandered, just like I do every year, as summer ends.
