May 24, 2008
The Most Exciting Sock Purchase, EverPosted by Bryan
Last night, we finished watching Iron Man (we're going to let the buzz subside over Indiana Jones a bit) and we decided to buy a new family game. So we went to the new Wal-Mart in Highland Village. It's purported to be the fanciest Wal-Mart in all creation (based on entirely non-scientific research undertaken by a crack team of professional moms largely from the Highland Village/Flower Mound area).
As we entered, we were greeted by a young man running out, who lunged outward through the half portal used to restock the shopping carts. He was followed on foot by three scurrying Wal-Mart associates. He ran to his car and got away. We yelled at them to get the license plate numbers, which was apparent they had not been trained to do in their "Fleeing Larcenous Criminals: A Primer" session. I mentioned that his his little red getaway coupe was hubcap-less on the passenger side.
Because I like to help.
We proceeded to enter only to see another team of three blue-poloed associates corralling an alleged accomplice. The accomplice was on his cell phone. I imagine the conversation went something like:
AA: Dude, you took off.
Fleeing Larcenous Criminal: Dude, I thought you were right behind me.
AA: Nope, they've got the Wal-Mart Human Fence keeping me penned in.
FLC: Can you get away?
AA: No, Dude. And when the police come, I'm totally flipping on you.
FLC: Dude...
AA: Sorry, Dude. They're coming for you.
This drama allowed us to once again reinforce to our wide-eyed children to not steal anything ever.
So...as we went to the game section, we had to go through the toy section. I was interested to see that there was no Iron Man action figures. There was, however, a Hulkey-Pokey dancing hulk.
This made me very sad.
We actually settled on two games...both by the creative team behind Cranium. We picked up Whoonu, which should have been subtitled "An Apples to Apples Ripoff Innovation." The kids kids loved it.
The other game is called Cadoo. It's basically a repackaging of Cranium, combined with the frustration of a continual bout of cat's-eye Tic-Tac-Toe.
On the way out the store, we passed by the men's department, and men's undergarments were on clearance. Their inventory of socks, normally $6 a pair, were on sale for $1. And this is their good socks, not on the brands like FraysAlot, Holes4Sur, or Soon2Drop.
Now that we're far enough down that most people either chose to not read or stop read, I'll confess that the one pet peeve I have about socks is when the elastic wears out. I am constantly pulling up socks (only my own, thank you) because few things distract me like loose-topped socks.
So I bought 14 pairs of dress socks. For the first time in years, I have argyle socks (4 pair). I have have grey, black, blue, beige, and forrest. They are all thin socks...I don't like thick socks. And many of them have come with gold, reinforced toes. This sock purchase was so scintillating and such an outstanding value that I was tempted to hoard, and purchase extra socks that I could vacuum seal and store until a future date when more inexpensive, high-quality socks were needed.
But I didn't.
So if you see me on Sunday, don't be shy about asking me to show you my new socks. I'll be pleased to do so, because I've already chosen the pair to wear.
Note: The sock pictured at the start of this post is a creation of Angela from Fluid Pudding, and likely far superior to anything available at Wal-Mart. Perhaps some day, Angela's sock creations will be available for purchase and the general public will be able to coddle its feet in her luxurious creations.
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