Pet Peeve

Posted on March 26, 2005 9 Comments

Today, I intended to purchase one new night heat lamp for my turtle and a box of facial tissue. Two pet stores and one Target trip later, I returned home with:

- New ‘chicken and egg’ flavored box turtle food…I thought it looked appetizing (Betsy’s not touching it)
- A “Bug Catcher” bracelet for my cousin’s daughter (It will make a great birthday gift!)
- 10 lbs. of cat food, because, hey, we won’t have to go to the pet store again next week
- A Target laptop carrier that I saw in “Q” as a bargain buy for $24.99
- 3 Easter cards
- A full bag of Easter candy (We narrowly escaped buying a “Peeps” keychain as a gift but Brian threw it back on the shelf)
- A stomach full of pizza… we got hungry

We did not buy:
- One nighttime heat lamp
- One box of facial tissue

I swear I’m going to start following my own advice sometime soon.

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9 Responses to “Pet Peeve”

  1. ~Dawn
    March 26th, 2005 @ 12:36 am

    whoo! I don’t feel so bad now.. Haha

  2. Richard
    March 26th, 2005 @ 3:56 pm

    I ate Peeps last night. They are gross. By the way, this is one of the few useful blogs out there. Nice work.

  3. savvy saver
    March 26th, 2005 @ 5:12 pm

    That happens to me all the time, especially at Target! I don’t know how they do it, but they have managed to fill that store with cool stuff and make me feel like I NEED to take all of it home with me.

  4. Cap
    March 29th, 2005 @ 9:46 am

    lol its all about discipline I guess. but I’m not one to say, I walked out of Target (yes target too) with a $50 microwave.. when intention of going in just to get some $1 erasers. but the microwave supposely goes for $70 and it was in the clerance section… I couldnt resist! Honestly though, we do need a new microwave, the old one took 2-3x longer to cook than normal.

  5. Red Ladyblog
    March 29th, 2005 @ 3:29 pm

    I wonder if turtles are in fact vegetarians? :) Maybe that’s why Betsy’s not bitin’….

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    March 29th, 2005 @ 7:25 pm

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  7. Anonymous
    March 29th, 2005 @ 8:55 pm

    Stay out of Target! They spritz a secret chemical in the air that makes all women spend at least $100 on extraneous stuff. ;-)

  8. Anonymous
    March 30th, 2005 @ 10:41 pm

    I just went into Rite Aid and did the same thing. I wanted to buy a lipliner that was on sale, but the Dryel sheets I use instead of drycleaning were on sale, too, so I stocked up on that ($30), and for being so good I treated myself to a Sobe Green Tea and some candy.

    I also have that happen when I go to WalMart for a $15 oil change. It seems to cost me at least $80 for some strange reason.

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    March 28th, 2009 @ 6:42 am

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