we all have flaws

[lauralh]

When I was a kid I was obsessed with office supply stores. Going to them, reading the catalogs... you know that scene in Fight Club in the bathroom? Yeah, about that bad. I'm pretty much over it, if only because the Staples and Office Depots of America are nowhere near as charming as the local outlet stores of my youth were.

I do have a slight IKEA obsession, but it's far enough away that it's hardly a danger. My real problem is Williams Sonoma. Before this I was basically the kind of person who bought all her kitchen gear at Target, but from the first time I stepped into a W&S it was - well, I don't believe in love at first sight with people, but I believe in it for stores. I've had it happen a few more times since - including IKEA - but I still get chills every time I go to Williams Sonoma. Because, well, there are almost no local small kitchen supply shops. I've been to others since but it's just not the same kind of situation. You can find a furniture store anywhere in America that isn't a chain, not so with kitchen supply stores.

A few months ago jette linked to her citrus press, and I've been meaning to get one ever since. Because it's really difficult to make lemon drops or daiquiris just using your hands. Unless you buy nearly-rotten fruit, that is. So I walk in, and kind of linger. I mean you don't want to just go WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA'AM, and I don't even mean just to be polite. I mean that I can in no way walk into this store and just pick up what I want. But eventually I found it, asked the help to get one for me, and that was that.

Except that they have these cocktail mixers in a bottle. And I'm only human. How can I resist the call of Key Lime Mojito?

And that, my friends, is why I'm kicking it with a mojito in hand and you are not.

Comments

[kickadee.livejournal.com]

I was totally obsessed with office supplies as a kid too. That and pet supplies.

[ashlin519.livejournal.com]

I wanted to have a mojito in hand but people are selfish and won't drive me to ballard

[scarlett723.livejournal.com]

I love love love williams sonoma. I have a registry there with like 5 things on it, but I couldn't *not* have a registry there. I want the fancy mixer. And I love their fancy cake pans.

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

COME NOW!

[toastednut.livejournal.com]

tip for lemon and lime juicing: microwave the fruit whole for a few seconds, then roll the fruit on the counter like a ball of clay, pressing it to get the juices out. then cut the fruit in half at its "equator".

[ashlin519.livejournal.com]

You demanding my presence does not make ballard any closer to capitol hill

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

and now i am making soup

[ashlin519.livejournal.com]

What kind of soup?

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

I made chili instead.

[mxtx.livejournal.com]

oh NOW you tell her