Gonna Shop Til I Drop

 it is 7:00 p.m.  i am exhausted.  i went to a local bargain store yesterday to get some toys and treats for the kids.  they may be coming for shabbat.  i spent a small fortune.  i thought about putting some of the loot away for chanukah.  i keep hearing that there may be another lockdown for  chanukah.  i was thinking about travelling to jerusalem to visit during the holiday.  who knows what will be.  it is scary thinking about travelling on a public bus these days but my grandson will turn one on chanukah and my granddaughter will have her ninth birthday a couple of weeks before.

i might just buy their gifts this week and have the kids schlepp them back to jerusalem.  i can't carry anything heavy.  i have been shopping for a couple of days.  i got a bit of money from the government for disability and i have been enjoying; 'blowing' it.  otherwise; i am broke.  today i went to a an american second hand clothing store in the artist colony.  i have been wanting to do this for months.  i adore good used designer clothing.  i seldom buy israeli made clothes.

i used to work in a second hand clothing store and had the perks of the first picks.  in this store; almost every item was eight dollars.  i got a couple of very cozy hoodies, a jeans skirt, a corduroy skirt and a fancy dress skirt. i also got a fake leather black jacket and a very thin oversized sweater.  my friend said it didn't do anything for me.  she doesn't get how comfy and cozy it is to lie around in this sweater over my sweat pants in bed.  i wasn't planning on wearing it out but i might just do that under a coat.   i spent about seventy five dollars at this store.  it was really a room in a converted yehiva.  it once was a bedroom.

we spent three hours going through every single item on every rack.  we were the only ladies there.  we were elated as we found: Isaac mizrachi, old navy, jones of new york, h&m and other designer labels.  my friend did better than me.  she is also thinner and could fit into more things than i.  she also used to work in retail and she knows her clothes.  we schlepped our packages back to town and caught a bus home.  my packages were really heavy.  i wanted to take a taxi home but it was easier getting to the bus.  i was starving when i got home.  i had left the house after eating an avocado and a hand full of walnuts.  i had a cup of chai tea and ran out. 

i had planned o walk to town but it was too hot.  i wanted to check out another store to buy a few more chactchkas for the kids.  we didn't know if the second hand clothing store was open yet.  we went into a skirt store; first.  we then called the clothes store and found out that they were open.  we were so excited.  i got a bit lost and totally forgot where the yeshiva had been located.   we eventually found our way.  i can't believe that we stayed for three hours.  the lady made her day's rent on us.  between the two of us we spent about 127 dollars.  not bad for a used clothing store.