… for errands. That's all I do. Well, I'm still in a fight with my storage unit, but I'm making progress. So far I've managed to take a lot of the junk out of there and put it in my room. That'll teach him. What?
Seriously though, I have managed to throw out a lot of stuff, donate a bunch and clean up a bunch. Cool. I've also managed to sell some of this. No, not in the time-honored, down South yardsale way. In the modern, take it to the exchange store and hope they give you a dollar for each item. This theoretically takes less time and saves some dignity.
It does neither. I did manage to do some of this before Christmas near campus. I actually got some good pocket change for these items. But now I had even more items - mostly old movies - that those stores wouldn't take. So I needed new stores. But where to go?
Yeah, straight to hell would have been easier. Instead, I had to go up Capital Blvd. Seriously, how many stoplights could you put on a road. Nonetheless, I was determined (read, anal). I got there, unloaded my wares, and asked for my money. Turns out it doesn't work that fast. Something about having to take stock, write things down and whatnot. Helloooo, it's crap we're talking about here - Just look in the boxes and take you're best guess. Damn, it's not like this is going to add up to much.
But I didn't argue. After all, I hadn't eaten in the few hours it took me to get up there so I figured I'd go get some fast food. I drove out and low and behold, there it was. I hadn't had that in a long time. So I drove up, parked and went in. I was seated and served. Proudly I said, " Yes, I would like a Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity!"
Perhaps too exuberantly, but who cares. I was taken aback when the waitress informed me there was a better alternative. Right, next she'll be telling me there's something better than oral sex. But to my surprise, she was correct. About the food, not the sex.
I could get the lunch special, which was basically the same thing, for $2 less. AAAaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh, it was almost too good.
Turns out not actually. First, those weren't hash rounds. For it to be a hash round, something should be round, not stringy. Next, it rang up as only $1 less. Finally, this is food I just shouldn't eat, what with all my stomach issues. But I can say I liked the strawberry topped pancakes.
Of course, those weren't real strawberries. Real strawberries don't actually have that much strawberry flavor. No, these were obviously pieces of dishwashing sponges soaked in strawberry syrup. Which is actually fine with me as I usually like my fruits and vegetables in synthetic form anyway.
Now back to "we got crap n stuff" for my cash. My good pocket change. I got all cash except this voucher for $2.50 to be used in the store only. I walked around for half and hour and couldn't find anything worth spending it on. So of course I'm going to give this away to someone. Perhaps as a 'Dirty Santa' present next year.
But what's the use of a day off and pocket full of cash if you can't spend it? Exactly, so I headed up to the new mall. Stress the 'up' part. The new mall is located somewhere between my house and Canada on Capital, which is US 1. Good thing I just got new tires last week.
Tune in tomorrow for Clay's "New Mall Review"