Adult in Training

Every girl I know believes in the value of a little retail therapy.  How can you deny the scientific data?  Everyone knows that when you are having a bad day, giving yourself a present is a great way to feel better.  Unless you are having a bad day because you are overdrawn, in which case buying anything is likely a bad idea.

I love the mall as much as the next person. Well, that’s actually a lie, I don’t really like most malls, because I have a fear of large crowds, and at the mall near my house it’s full of like slutty teenage girls and crazy Asian moms with like toddlers running willy-nilly.  Its hellish for me.  There are stores that I much prefer.

The Home Depot.  I love the HD. Which, might seem odd because I don’t really have any skills that pertain to building or painting or anything that involves tools… or really any useful skills at all.  But I do know how to jump a car now, thanks to George, the resident Athletic Department Handy-Man.  Now, if only I knew how to hot-wire a car, I would consider myself set.  But I love the HD because inside there exists such possibilities.  If a person had skills, there are so many choices!  You could make almost anything. Fix almost anything. Be prepared for almost anything.  And, if you don’t have skills, they are willing to teach you.  How can you not be impressed with that?  It feels almost magical at the HD.

The other stores I am a sucker for are the Target/Zellers/Wal-Mart-types.  The stores that sell everything you could ever want. And at a reasonable price.  I love the feelings that no matter what I need, it’s likely that these stores will have it.  And each of these stores have certain other perks.  For example the Wal-Mart near my school has a high concentration of mullets and/or NASCAR fans.  And assorted other weirdos.  The Target near my school has the best cards, t-shirts and some pretty cool furniture.  And Zellers is Canadian.  Enough said.

Unfortunately, the only thing I feel like I’ll be buying in the near future is gas for my car.  Because I am that cool.