A Retelling of Escapades

The past few nights have had me busier than normal. Mom's weaned herself off her medications enough to be awake and conscious. As such, she went on a 3-hour cleaning spree and made up grocery lists. Mm. Anyway.

So the other night, my little sister needed to return an item to a store on the other side of town. (It was hilarious when she opened the package and found absolutely NOTHING in it. After her initial "awww," we laughed our heads off. We joke about it now.) We made the 25-minute trip and found the package she was looking for (and made sure it actually had stuff in it this time!), we wound up cruising the store and left with all kinds of things. I left with two dog figurines that resemble two of my dogs. My sister, however, came out with a gnome, Buddha head, and a wind chime.

My sister is very artistic and into Buddha statues, incense burners, and the like. Her room is always fun to be in. While I'm artistic, too, I don't have a collection of weird and random things in my room. Such is life.

We took our new treasures home, then my sister asked if we could go to Wal-Mart. (Ten minutes away with all kinds of creatures called "people" there. I hate this place.)

Mom says, "Oh! Since you're going..." (Mind you I didn't say yes to my sister...) She comes back with this list of stuff and her debit card. So now I'm forced to go. So we go.

After we run Mom's errands, we finally decide to hit our errands. We roamed the store for a good two hours. I always seem to have such a good time with my little sister when it's just her and me. If anyone was to ask me who my best friend was, I'd definitely say her. We left with allllll kinds of new treasures... and for the first time, I actually spent more than her! By $9, but you know.

Amongst my new treasures was a new hat (yes, I'm actually a hat person), three plants, a collection of new T-shirts, and some picture frames. I have two cactus and a bamboo plant. I named them, too. (Don't give me that look. People name things inanimate objects all the time! At least I named a living thing.)

The tall cactus is named Luigi. He was hiding in the back of the plants, and he's tall and awkward. He's in a stone pot that looks really old, surrounded by matching dirt and pebbles. He's my favorite.

The short cactus is named Toad. He was hiding on the bottom of the shelves and is very short and stout. At first I wasn't gonna get him, but my sister told me he wouldn't get a home, so I had to. (I'm a sucker.) He's in a large, square pot with lots of dirt and a fish statue.

My bamboo plant is named... Boo. Honestly? I couldn't think of a better name, and I remembered that Boo kept in with the Mario naming motif. He's in a ceramic pot beside my alarm clock where it's nice and shady. He and Luigi don't get along. (Gotta love the humor.)

Sometime soon, I'll be dying my hair a new shade of red, and we'll see how much fun that'll be.

Hmm. I guess that's really all I can think to babble on about right now. Maybe I'll ramble more later... or maybe I'll find a way to post pictures of my treasures and my plants. Do expect to hear more about Luigi, Toad, and Boo in the coming weeks. I'm a little strange like that, you know.