Date: April 19th, 2010
Its day two of "oh right, I'm in law school" week. I spent most of the day studying, but did manage to take a five minute break to enjoy the sweet satisfaction of a new experience. I bought "something". I've never done that before. I know what you're thinking.
You: "But Kristen, you own clothes and movies and knick-knacks. If you didn't buy them, then how did you get them?"
Well, my upstanding friend, I did buy them. The difference between those things and the thing I bought yesterday is that I knew what those were when I bought them. I found a shop online called The Something Store. They sell, umm, things. In other words, a package is coming in the mail for me sometime in the next few days and I have no idea what it will be. I imagine this is what expectant mothers feel like before finding out the sex of their child.
That might be a slight exaggeration.
The point is, I'm excited. My OCD kicked in a little bit and I found myself lamenting my lack of control over what my something would be. I mean, they could have girl somethings and boy somethings and unisex somethings. What about small, medium and large somethings? Maybe sets of somethings or individual somethings. At no point in that thought process did it hit me that the whole point is that you don't get those choices. I had that realization when I woke up this morning and checked the front porch for a package. Wishful thinking since I ordered it last night around 10pm.
I would recommend everyone buy one something from The Something Store in their life. Its a surprise you give to yourself. I know that's silly, but its a pretty small indulgence and those can be good for you sometimes. My only hope is that my something isn't so cool that it distracts from finals. I may be leaving it in the package until early May.
Who are we kidding? No one has that kind of self control.
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