Thrift Hunting & Coffee

I've been up for hours, since seven o'clock this morning to be exact. And, I've been on the go all day long, which makes me feel accomplished and busy, which I love feeling both. So far today I've been to the hospital, out for tea, shopping, errand running and thrift hunting, and I've done alot of chores around the house so far and it's only 3 in the afternoon.

Thrift hunting. Otherwise known as Frenchy Shopping, and for those of you unfamiliar with Frenchy Shopping, this is a phenomenon of bargain hunting at used clothing shops, where you used to be able to buy a killer GAP or Old Navy sweater for only $1.25. Granted, not all the clothes are brands and certainly not all of them are in tip top shape. But, the days of paying less than a buck-fifty for a good looking and comfortable used sweater seems to be over, dead and buried. I bought three sweaters two Old Navy's and one LL Bean, oh and a mega size JC Penney plum colored pillow sham. In total, normally this would have cost me roughly $199.98 if I had gone to the department stores, in old thrift hunting days it would have worked out to be $4.25. Instead, today it cost me $10.70. I was appalled!! Sure, $10.70 is great compared to paying nearly two-hundred bucks, but, still it was surprising when the owner gave me that total. Soon enough, you wont be able to call it thrift shopping. It's still a bargain, but almost not.

Coffee: a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans. Some would call this beverage a 'drug of choice', because it is highly addictive. Caffeine always is, trust me, I know this (*cough*pepsi nut*cough*). I don't, however, understand why people become mad and obsessed with it and will stand in 20 minute lineups for a hot mug of java or the paper cup to go. People wont leave early from home if the weather is bad, to get to work, but they will leave early to get to their favorite coffee spot. Drive thru's, these are bad! Bad, I say! In the morning, lets say, before nine o'clock, people get so vile. Honking and rude gestures, all for a cup of coffee. You know, manufacturers make and sell coffee makers for a reason much the same as your local favorite coffee shop sells packets and containers of coffee for you to brew at home. Why are people ready to throw away courtesy and politeness out the window for this beverage? Coffee should be sipped with a friend on a cold evening, it should be an element of making friends not something you're miserable and cranky about until you have some.

Anyway, just had to get that off my chest. I'm feeling much better :)