Is That $18.00 Wholesale or Retail?

It's going to be a nicely busy weekend.  Breakfast club with several friends with whom I taught, grand daughter's 11th birthday party, and on Sunday we finally get to see youngest child in her Virginia horse country new digs.  Equipped with a care package for her from the natural food store, 4 pounds of carrots for the horses, and a box of treats for the dogs, we'll roll south.

Today, I shopped for a b-day gift for our older grand daughter at the Apple Store, a crazy interesting place to be; I could spend hours there.  A troupe of about 25 Girl Scouts were there for a field day trying out the new IPADs and emitting that squealing energy only pre-pubescent girls emit, people were being tutored on Apple computers; the place just reeks with technical stuff -- I find it invigorating.  The new Nano IPOD comes in 8 gigabytes or 16 (4000 or 8000 songs respectively) and is only an inch?  Amazing!  And now one doesn't even have to go to a register to check out -- the sales associate swiped my credit card and I 'signed' the little machine with my finger! 

I  walked around Sephora (I'm a skin product junkie) and Williams Sonoma (love that place) and realized that my favorite cookware can second in free-weight training or be used as lethal weapons.  At any rate, in picking up stuff to look at, I somehow attached a price tag to my left boob.  Here I am walking through the mall thinking I'm looking all that (or at least cleaned up) and my left boob is advertising itself for $18.00.  A veritable bargain.

And now I'm off to the gym -- w/o the price tag.

Roses and Nano-Nano

We're experiencing gorgeous weather here in Maryland.  The temperatures have been in the 60s and 70s, the humidity low, and the skies that cerulean blue.  Makes me want to make apple pies and apple butter!

My youngest stopped by this morning.  She shops here :) -- today she went home with a bag full of goodies:  fresh sage, cat nip, and oregano to dry; frozen chicken tenderloins, green beans,fresh cauliflower, parm cheese; Jennifer Weiner's lastest book; a Botanicus green tea diffuser (check this out); and a bag of samples from Sephora.  We offer a one-stop, shopping experience with no membership fees.

My garden looks better now than it did during August.  It's having its last hurrah before our first frost which should be within the month.  I cut these roses on Saturday.  This new, fragrant rose, Pink Promise, was named in honor of the hope we have for a breast cancer cure.  I think it fitting that the most beautiful roses were available to me in October. 

Two weeks ago my IPOD bit the dust -- the only time I really missed it was during my workouts which seemed lugubriously and tediously long without the music.  On Saturday night, Richard and I went to the Apple Store and looked around for a while.  I had considered getting the new ITouch, but I really don't need all the bells and whistles on the thing, although it was tempting.  I decided on this sleak Nano model

 

-- with eight gigabytes-- probably more than I'll ever use -- a capacity to listen to radio, view videos, and download photos.  And, I got 10% off for trading in my old Nano!  Sweet, huh?  All of these devices have a learning curve, and I figure we'll be well into the New Year, before I accomplish this one.  One thing I didn't realize is that with the new Nano, one can listen without earphones  -- not that I will out in public (I imagine that could be REALLY annoying).