Goodwill Good Luck

I AM PUTTING TOGETHER A PACKAGE

TO SEND MY FRIEND DAVE AND  I HAVE

BEEN BURNING A BUNCH OF CDS AND DVDS

FOR HIM BUT NOWADAYS THEY NEVER COME

WITH JEWEL CASES OR SLEEVES OR ANYTHING.

WHICH SUCKS.

SO LAST FRIDAY I VENTURED OUT TO FIND A CD CASE.

BUT ON MY WAY TO THE DOLLAR STORE

I REMEMBERED THIS POV DOCUMENTARY

I WATCHED ON PBS WORLD THE OTHER DAY.

IT IS ABOUT WORKERS IN CHINA WHO MAKE

ALL OF THE THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
AND BLOW MONEY ON.

SO I DECIDED TO STOP OFF AT THE

GOODWILL INSTEAD.  SECOND HAND

IS WHERE IT'S AT.  WE ARE SUCH A 

WASTEFUL CULTURE.

OF COURSE, IT IS
A GAMBLE AS TO WHETHER OR
NOT THEY WILL EVEN HAVE A CD
CASE  EVER BUT I DECIDED I HAD THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND OUT.

WHICH OF COURSE OPENS UP

A WHOLE NOTHER CAN OF WORMS:

MY INABILITY TO CONTROL MYSELF

AT GOODWILL.

THRIFT STORES ARE

GREAT BUT YOU'LL END UP SEEING

SOMETHING AND THINK "IF I DON'T GET

IT NOW IT WON'T BE HERE LATER!"

THEN YOU WALK OUT WITH 5,000 MORE

ITEMS THAN YOU HAD COME FOR.

MANY THAT MAY END UP RIGHT BACK

AT THE GOODWILL AS THEY COLLECT

DUST ON YOUR SHELF BECAUSE IT WASN'T

AN ITEM YOU REALLY NEEDED TO BEGIN WITH.

DESPITE THESE CANNED WORMS, I PROCEED
INTO THE GOODWILL.  SURE ENOUGH, THEY
HAVE ONLY ONE CD CASE AND IT'S BROKEN.

AND SURE ENOUGH I FOUND THINGS TO
BUY THAT I DIDN'T NEED.

UMM, WHAT???
THAT'S FUCKING FANTASTIC.
WHO BUYS THIS?
I DO.

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, I HAVE
AN AFFINITY FOR EGG HOLDERS.

(SHOUT OUT TO EMILY AGAIN FOR HER
SUPER CUTE BLOG ON EGG HOLDERS!)

BUT THIS ONE, WHERE YOU ASSEMBLE
YOUR TOAST ARMY AND DUNK THEM
HEAD FIRST INTO THE EGG????

THAT'S NUTS IN THE BUTTS.

I JUST CAN'T DESCRIBE HOW STUPID
MUCH I LOVE THIS FIND.

 AND THEN I ALSO PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED
MY TASTE FOR BOWS RIGHT NOW.

CHECK OUT THIS PIN I FOUND!
AND IT WAS HALF OFF!

SO I'VE HAD THIS PIN CONVERTER THINGY FOR
FOREVER IN MY JEWELRY BOX AND NEVER
USED IT, BUT NOW I THINK I WILL!

SOME OF MY HOARDING PAYS OFF!
YES! SWEET JUSTIFICATION!

GOO, LOOK AT THE DUST ON IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE DUST ACCUMULATED
FROM SINCE IT WAS INSIDE MY JEWELRY BOX.
TUCSON LOVES DUST.


AND THEN I GOT OUT OF GOODWILL AS
FAST AS I COULD BEFORE FINDING ANYTHING
ELSE I DIDN'T SET OUT FOR.

TOTAL SPENT:
$5.49-  NOT TOO BAD!

BUT BOO, I ENDED UP HAVING TO GO TO
THE DOLLAR STORE ANYWAY. AT LEAST
I TRIED NOT TO, AND THAT IS WHAT
I TELL MYSELF TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.

AND OF COURSE THE CD CASES WERE
THERE IN BOUNTY.

BUT THE DOLLAR STORE IS KIND OF
LIKE THE GOODWILL IN THAT IT
 IS EASY TO BUY SHIT YOU DON'T
NEED AT ALL.

AND SURE ENOUGH WHILE I WAS
THERE I ALSO FOUND THIS HEADBAND.

AGAIN WITH THE BOWS.

I DID GOOD THOUGH.
THAT WAS ALL I ALLOWED MYSELF
TO BUY AFTER EYEBALLING SOME
GLOW-IN-THE-DARK SHOELACES
I DON'T NEED.

WHAT AM I?  FIVE YEARS OLD?

USUALLY.
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