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dragonlady7So today we bought... a roaming plan for the iPhone... and a power adapter for the Mac... plugs right into the power brick and works anywhere in the world. Amazingly painless. Amazingly, it also works for my camera battery recharger, which is likewise a dual-voltage device. (Everything seems to be, nowadays.) Brilliant! We can only charge one thing at once, ever, but that should be pretty much fine, since we won't have Internet so we won't have our usual wrestling-over-the-power-adapter Issues.
Also bought a bunch of Richard Scarry books and assorted Sarcastic Baby Things because OMG baby, you have to get it obnoxious presents. With any luck the Richard Scarry books will permanently confuse it with The Wrong Words For Everything, and we'll have successfully warped a coming generation.
Z and I both feel utterly gypped, however, having read the entirety of all the books we bought and discovered that... Lowly Worm does not appear in any of them. !!! I thought Lowly was in every book! What the hell book is Lowly in? Help me out, flist. Where is Lowly freaking Worm? I thought he was in Cars & Trucks & Things That Go, but no, it's Goldbug. Who has no personality whatsoever...
This makes me realize that I have not bought any Richard Scarry for my nephew. But he is still too young, so, there is time. Also he may already have it. I have to find out what stuff he has, so I can get him more stuff later. Semi-related: why is everyone giving birth this year? Global warming? I'm going to go inspect the contents of my bedside table's contraceptive drawer just to make sure.
Anyhow. So we didn't get you presents, Ush, but we got presents for The Fetus Not Named Beyoncé. (Bummer about the name, incidentally. I think you could still name a boy that if you really wanted. Smash those gender roles! I almost bought him a "Daddy Loves Me" bib just to be a tit, but I didn't.)
But only sarcastic presents.
I restrained myself from buying the baby t-shirt that said "ALL-AMERICAN" in red sequins. Because seriously, what? (It was this big display right as you walked into Babies R Us. It was the Extra Super Obnoxious Rack, made the more puzzling because the majority of cars in the parking lot had Ontario plates due to the current exchange rate madness meaning Buffalo's economy runs on The Loonie in mass quantities. Seriously, folks.)
Speaking of which, I just switched to a brand new wallet and found that I had a bunch of loonies in my change purse. How amusing. The new wallet lacks a change purse, and I don't know what I'll do. I'm Crazy Change Lady! This ain't right. More worryingly, the new wallet lacked a compartment that neatly fit business cards, which actually bothers me for the first time in my life because I have some, from the rollergirls, that I had actually been planning to have on hand in case anyone wondered.
Anyhow.
We also bought plane tickets, which cost exactly the same as they did when we first started looking at them in December: Not great, but not as much as I'd been prepared to pay.
And we've started to book rooms at a B&B type place right on the Victoria Line, but the thing is, it's the middle of the night there. So, we'll see. Thing is, if we can't get rooms there, there are lots of places, and there's always the EasyHotel with the bedroom the size of a desk drawer, toilet right next to the bed, no shower curtain just a hose, costs extra if you want a window, etc.
So I'd been feeling so awful and guilty for leaving it all to the last minute, but so far there are absolutely no consequences for doing so.
Also bought a bunch of Richard Scarry books and assorted Sarcastic Baby Things because OMG baby, you have to get it obnoxious presents. With any luck the Richard Scarry books will permanently confuse it with The Wrong Words For Everything, and we'll have successfully warped a coming generation.
Z and I both feel utterly gypped, however, having read the entirety of all the books we bought and discovered that... Lowly Worm does not appear in any of them. !!! I thought Lowly was in every book! What the hell book is Lowly in? Help me out, flist. Where is Lowly freaking Worm? I thought he was in Cars & Trucks & Things That Go, but no, it's Goldbug. Who has no personality whatsoever...
This makes me realize that I have not bought any Richard Scarry for my nephew. But he is still too young, so, there is time. Also he may already have it. I have to find out what stuff he has, so I can get him more stuff later. Semi-related: why is everyone giving birth this year? Global warming? I'm going to go inspect the contents of my bedside table's contraceptive drawer just to make sure.
Anyhow. So we didn't get you presents, Ush, but we got presents for The Fetus Not Named Beyoncé. (Bummer about the name, incidentally. I think you could still name a boy that if you really wanted. Smash those gender roles! I almost bought him a "Daddy Loves Me" bib just to be a tit, but I didn't.)
But only sarcastic presents.
I restrained myself from buying the baby t-shirt that said "ALL-AMERICAN" in red sequins. Because seriously, what? (It was this big display right as you walked into Babies R Us. It was the Extra Super Obnoxious Rack, made the more puzzling because the majority of cars in the parking lot had Ontario plates due to the current exchange rate madness meaning Buffalo's economy runs on The Loonie in mass quantities. Seriously, folks.)
Speaking of which, I just switched to a brand new wallet and found that I had a bunch of loonies in my change purse. How amusing. The new wallet lacks a change purse, and I don't know what I'll do. I'm Crazy Change Lady! This ain't right. More worryingly, the new wallet lacked a compartment that neatly fit business cards, which actually bothers me for the first time in my life because I have some, from the rollergirls, that I had actually been planning to have on hand in case anyone wondered.
Anyhow.
We also bought plane tickets, which cost exactly the same as they did when we first started looking at them in December: Not great, but not as much as I'd been prepared to pay.
And we've started to book rooms at a B&B type place right on the Victoria Line, but the thing is, it's the middle of the night there. So, we'll see. Thing is, if we can't get rooms there, there are lots of places, and there's always the EasyHotel with the bedroom the size of a desk drawer, toilet right next to the bed, no shower curtain just a hose, costs extra if you want a window, etc.
So I'd been feeling so awful and guilty for leaving it all to the last minute, but so far there are absolutely no consequences for doing so.
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Date: 2008-04-20 04:32 am (UTC)Yes, it does seem like most electronic thinggies come with dual voltage power sources these days. it sure makes travelling a lot simpler. (It's even better when they all use the same battery type, so you can get by with only one charger, but that happens far less often, alas.)
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Date: 2008-04-20 09:17 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-04-20 11:17 pm (UTC)Wait, you mean Sheila's not the father!!!!????
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Date: 2008-04-21 11:22 am (UTC)