Current Mood : Bitter
Had the best lunch – I’m
gonna hafta try that again sometime ! We’re out of bread, but have flour
tortillas, and I had some markdown going-fast pastrami to use up, plus a dozen
and a half eggs… Gave the tortilla a light buttering, and crisped it up a bit,
then fried an egg and warmed up the pastrami. Tucked inside the tortilla, which
got another round of grilling, they made a great sandwich. Made me a little sad
we’re now out of pastrami !
For whatever reason, I just
wasn’t in much of a mood to craft today. Plus, it was Beloved Hubby’s last day
of class, so we were both up late. I had to finish up with those books I had
from his school library, he had two finals today, and one tomorrow. I can tell
you this, I absolutely hated Not Buying
It : My Year of Not Shopping. If I ever finish it, my first book will be
titled I’m Gonna Slap the Taste Out of
Judith Levine’s Mouth. I love reading how over-privileged, over-paid,
over-indulged Ms. Perfect makes the supreme sacrifice of not buying green buns
and yet another pair of boots in between shuttling between their NYC home and
his acreage in Vermont. It was thrilling to learn of her relating her supreme
disappointment to an unfortunate volunteer that the library didn’t meet her
needs, although she’s a childless free-lance writer, in either hours or
supplies of books on how to make silk roses as a gift for a
just-graduated-college boyfriend’s relative. She ended up regifting a repaired
necklace she admitted that she never wore.
I can’t really state my
favorite part of the book. She compared herself favorably with the Amish, and
enjoyed breaking her own rules for her little experimental year of not buying,
by using her friends and just doing what she wanted. Then she had no clue why
Saintly Boyfriend, who kept all her rules, although he wasn’t at all required
to, got annoyed with her. She mentioned all her free time, since she wasn’t
shopping – did it occur to her to volunteer with the elections (yes, you get
her skewed view of politics, too) or the library, or anywhere ? Of course not !
I just hope I can forget
this book soon…
So... your favorite part of the book could be closing it? ;D
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