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3 Things I Must Need to Buy

Lately, I’ve been trying to focus my buying into very specific goal oriented things. This means that I haven’t been buying anything that doesn’t directly equate into accomplishing what’s on my 2009 list. I’ve been controlling my impulse purchasing to the point that I’ve avoided the mall and different shops that I used to visit often. In an effort to make the shopaholic urges controllable I’ve compiled, sorted, prioritized and trimmed the list to 3 absolutely must-have-must-buy items *:

1. Yoyashop Chalkboard Magentic Paint. Since getting married, I’ve been getting my lessons in domestication. With cool chalkboard paint, you can do things like identify your keys and draw cool pictures on the wall. Releasing your inner child.
2. Anything from Voltage Land. How can you go wrong with cute vinyl toys and plush animals of dogs in a cactus body suit? Although, just the thought of a body suit in this heat wave is already making me sweat profusely.
3. Everyone, absolutely everyone needs a custom shirt at some point in time in their lives. Although, I’ve never ordered from this site because my weight has been all over the place; I will.

* I’m hoping that writing about it helps me control the urge to buy these 3 things.

So if you’d like,  you can torture help me and share your impulse shopping list with me in the comments.

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Shopping for Ed Hardy… Nothing

I can’t go insulting a French trailer park douchebag until I actually tried to go in and attempt to buy his clothing. I was hoping to find a piece of clothing that would appeal to me and I would have to write a retract on my blog post (I did it for blog fodder – I’m not ashamed). Since I recently had an opportunity to visit an Ed Hardy store, I thought I’d give a quick browse through and see if I can find something that I like. I took Cheryl with me, since this requires my always reliable fashion consultant (and wife).

Ritchie and Cheryl: [Browsing through the store]
Trying to hard hipster store clerk: Hi there, can I help you guys find something?
Cheryl: Nope, not really we’re just looking around.
THHSC: Well, we have a few pieces here. The popular ones seem to be the patterns with the Dragons, Skulls, Skeltons, Lizards and Tigers.
Cheryl: Oh, ok! How about something less….. flashy and shiny?
THHSC: Ummm….

I never thought I would ever experience a 5 minute “Ummm” until I had this conversation.

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Gooooooo Lions!

Here in Big Beautiful ™ British Columbia our local CFL team is the BC Lions. This blog is definitely is not a sports blog and you shouldn’t be reading any sports related posts from me (unless it’s tennis or swimming). However that being said, the boys took me to go see a game. It was my first time going to BC Place for a sports related event. So it was weird not seeing food booths or show cars or Madonna strutting her stuff.

I wanted to collect and preserve the memory so here are a few random thoughts.

• It is hot in there. It is definitely possible that global warming has some effects on this but man, sweaty sports fans + football + expensive beer = I dunno what, but it isn’t pretty. I heard they’re spending an insane amount to make BC Place’s roof retractable.
• Football fans are definitely a different crowd from tennis fans. The Lions played Calgary and there was a Calgary fan sitting infront of our seats. The kids behind us kept saying “Shutthef*ckupcowboy” or “Yea that’s right! Calgary sucks” and basically taunting him the whole first half. The guy left after the first half. Note to self: don’t wear cowboy hat to BC Lion’s game.
• Football is interesting live, and now that I’ve been to a game. I can honestly say that Madden 2009 looks very close to the real thing. (no I don’t own the game. Archie does.)
• There are a lot of women who go to these games dressed pretty scantily like hookers. I don’t understand this. I don’t think it was because it was hot or if it was to get themselves on TV. If they’re looking for a husband, then there are better places to find one. Might I suggest: prison?
• I always had this expectation of cheerleaders. Beautiful, synchronized, hyped and energetic. I suppose 1/4 isn’t bad (you guys can guess which one).
• Who the heck gets away with charging 4 dollars for a .80 bottle of water? I’ll tell you: David Podmore, prison gang leaders and 3rd world dictators. That’s who!

The Lions lost that night. Meh.

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