1.) The fact that supermarkets only put Snapple on sale in the summer. The weather gets chilly and I have to pay full price for iced tea? Why? People drink cold refreshing beverages all year. Drinking Snapple in December is no more incongruous than drinking Coke, beer, or, for that matter, ice water.
2.) That something like a Jockey-for-Her cami, made of probably $1.50 worth of synthetic material, but essential for wearing under my sweaters, costs over twenty bucks. I have come to terms with fifty+ dollar bras, being as I am a weird size, and god bless Wacoal for making 'em. There's some structural engineering going on there, as well as some aesthetics. But a little rectangular bit of Tactel with straps attached? Highway robbery.
3.) Friggin' iPod earbuds. I'm sure they stay put in somebody's ears, but I would not be that somebody. Thing is, I knew this before I broke down and bought the iPod and yet I hoped against hope it would miraculously not be true.
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Does it have to be Snapple? The Veryfine outlet in Littleton has cases upon cases of cold refreshing stuff all year round, and for cheap cheap cheap. Put in an order with me and I'll trade it for a working demonstration of why the Wacoal bras are so necessary and unique. ;-)
As for the earbuds, I hear ya. Or not, depending on whether you're podcasting the rant or not. I sprang for the molded/insertable versions, and except when I'm chewing, they don't do so poorly. But, basically, they still suck.
Yeah, unfortunately, it does have to be Snapple. I like the diet peach iced tea, which is just a sea of artificially flavored and sweetened, slightly caffeinated goodness. (I like the diet lime green tea even better, but that doesn't come by the case. Bastards!)
You do know that the Veryfine folks make all sorts of these sorts of things too, right? You can't predict what'll be in the overstocks, (my brother once bought a truckload of pink lemonade packaged in iced tea cans to serve at his wedding reception, but he's an over-the-top cheap yankee, as opposed to a merely cheap yankee like myself), and spinning the cold drinks roulette wheel is half the fun of shopping there. That and the bargains. Can't beat the bargains...
About snapple I don't know, cause I just don't like sweet tea, pre-packages or otherwise.
About earbuds, you need to get some that have different sized ear inserts you can switch out. Most of the better ones have them--like most $40 up, I think. And they sound better, too, cause they're better coupled with the ear. And a tighter fit also helps them act as noise blockers, for help in ignoring the crazy people on the bus and such.
I never much liked the cheap ones packed with my iPods: they neither fit too well nor sounded too good.
If you were *really* serious you can get some that are molded just to your ear... which will cost more than your iPod itself!
P.S. Apparently I can't spell after midnitgh... :p
Wait. Is it really beverage roulette in that you could buy a case of iced tea and then find out it's mislabelled lemonaide when you crack one open? Or do they tell you before you purchase?
Because option A? Weirdly appealing. Grocery shopping as an extreme sport. haha
Both! The lemonade/tea happened to come with a warning, but your inner thrill-seeker will be happy to hear about the occasional pallets of caveat emptor. It's amazing how wired taste is to expectation, and it can take a surprising number of sips sometimes before you realize what you're drinking. Kinda like when a certain kind of music hits your ear, and maybe it's not quite loud enough to start, and then all of a sudden you connect with the rhythm and you finally realize what it is. We could start a whole new podcasted game show called "name that beverage".
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