does anyone want to get me a subscription to real simple for my birthday? if you order now with your credit card, i’ll get it by my birthday…

oooh, or what about one of these bad boys

…is in about a month. i definitely want to spend some time in vegas, and coincidentally, jnb3 will be going as well. i’m almost certain that salty will be joining us for the ride. the question is, what would i like to spend my birthday money to myself on? i’d like to go outlet shopping, but i’m going to hold off on buying new clothes until i get my “skinny bitch” body back (you hear that fat, you’re leaving me!). the main question is, do i want to blow my wad on jewelry from my gemologist cousin’s shop (where i get things at cost), or do i want me one of these? i know it’s a refurb, but there’s no way i can justify a factory fresh one for myself.

rain, rain, go away, come again after i’ve fixed my car door.

so, salty and i were driving on the silverlake/echo park end of sunset, and found a little antique shop that had bookshelf that matched mine. i’m thinking i can get a super duper deal for it (i.e. 40 bucks), being that a new one at ikea will cost about $100. i walk in, ask her how much it’ll cost. she says, “$200.” i’m floored. i explain to her that it’s an ikea bookshelf where i can get it for half the price. she drops it to $150. i’m still flabergasted. she says that she needs to recoup the costs of having it delivered to her store. that’s absolutely rediculous.

i talked to antonin about it. he reasoned that being silverlake, and the hipsters around (my brother likes to call them “human dander”) are probably willing to pay for it to be shipped and assembled. unlike the hipsters in my neighborhood, i’m broke, and not.