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May 09, 2005
Stoopid
For months I belabored the point that I had no "spring" jacket--one that looked nicer than my windbreaker (which has seen some hard months since I purchased it last October). So when I went to Austria with Mandy, buying a new jacket was top on my priority list.
Fast forward to today, when I was packing for my overnight camping trip. As it still gets to freezing at night, I was rummaging in the front hallway, where we have a jumble of outdoor gear stashed by the door. I grabbed my green plaid mittens (which recently fell out of my pocket, but then were miraculously discovered on the bike ride home), my blue wool hat (bought in Lithuania to replace the other blue wool hat I lost on the bus), and my fleece vest (with no particulary story attached to it). As I grabbed the fleece vest, I saw it:
My spring coat.
Not the one I purchased in Graz, but the one I bought last August in a fit of post-break up spending. In fact, I chronicled that shopping spree in my very first blog entry. Ahh, nostalgia.
But still, it makes me very irritated that I spent good money on a new jacket, when I had a perfectly nice one hanging in the hallway the entire time. Harumph.
Anyway, I now have TWO spring outerwear garments to choose from. So, of course, I'll be wearing my ratty windbreaker for camping. It's supposed to rain, and I don't want to be biking back in a torrent without some protection.
On the other hand, this is a good opportunity to take some last pictures of Sweden. The camera is charged up and ready to go.
Comments
How can you possibly forget that you have a jacket? I can not fathom such a thing... Sure, we don't think about it every day, but the second you think "I need a jacket" do you not remember? I mean, it's not like forgeting if you have any eggs left in the fridge... it's something that is impossible to forget. I have lost all respect for your photographic memory.
Posted by: kevin at May 11, 2005 08:37 PM
