Sunday Shopping - Part II

Sunday Shopping

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Forgot "Paper Towels"

“My new hobby is making creepy shopping lists and dropping them in random peoples’ baskets at Costco.”

Source: TDW

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David's Favorite Things - Shopping Edition

It's that time once again - time for another edition of "David's Ultimate Favorite Things". This time I'm going to focus on my favorites while out shopping...

My Favorite Shopping Center 

Favorite Department at TJ Maxx 

My Favorite Shoe Store (natch) 

 Favorite Aisle at the Supermarket

My Favorite Store at the Mall

Favorite Christmas Gift EVAH

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A Biatch Gotta Shop

Shopping For A Light Snack

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A Girl's Gotta Shop

Due to the recent rioting in Toronto, the Eaton Centre shopping mall (above) was forced to close to the public on at least one occasion - which infuriated the man in the video below.

Please keep in mind this one thing - NEVER get between a crazy queen with a credit card and the merchandise Miss Thang wishes to purchase.

Favorite line:  "We are the Toronto public, and we want to SHOP!!".  Via Joe.My.God...

JCPenney - Four Shirts for $19.92!

I have blogged before about how happy I was for JCPenney to come to Manhattan - especially since they carry "Big Boy Sizes" at reasonable prices.

Yesterday I wandered through the store to see if anything was on sale, and lo and behold I found golf-style, short-sleeved polo shirts (which I can wear to work) for $4.98 each!!! I couldn't believe my eyes when I went over to the price scanner to check the final sale price. I immediately went back to the "Big Boy Department" and picked up three more. Total cost = $19.92 for FOUR SHIRTS!!!


Now I don't have to do laundry until the weekend. Yeah, me!!

JCPenney Opens In Manhattan

Manhattan's first JCPenney opened on Friday, and I stopped by to see what I could see.

I became a JCPenney's shopper through Mama Bunny. There was a JCPenney store in my town - and Mom always took me there to buy school clothes (she even worked in the Catalog Department during a few Christmas seasons). I liked that Penney's didn't have a "Husky" Department for boys per se, like that evil horrible OTHER store of my childhood - Montgomery Ward. I always HATED when Mom dragged me into "Wards" for husky-size pants and those cheap-ass sneakers they sold. JCPenney's always seemed like a better shopping experience for me as a child - so I've remained loyal.

Anywhore, the Manhattan branch of JCP was crowded on the first day - despite torrential downpours outside. They have taken over the lower two floors of the Manhattan Mall - completely erasing all remnants of the Food Court (and of Manhattan's only Arby's). Sniff ... sniff ... I promised myself I wouldn't cry ...

JCPenney's doesn't have delicious roast beef, but they DO have ...


... a men's "Big and Tall" section. Believe it or not, no other department store in Manhattan has a section for Fat Boy clothes (not Bloomindales, not Lord & Taylor, and not even the gigantic flagship Macy's one block away). I guess it's not cool to cater to lard asses.

I found this other section ....


... which also made me feel right at home. :)

My Weekend

This weekend was supposed to be all about me cleaning my apartment and getting stuff done. It didn't go quite as expected.

On Friday I decided to shave my head (instead of spending $16.00 at the Barber). I've never done this before, and I mistakenly used the clipper attachment which gives you the shortest cut (I should have used the next one up). Now I look like I just entered Army Basic Training Camp - but I did manage to do a better job than Britney...


On Saturday I got called into work for an "emergency" which I had to handle. Afterwards, I decided to take a trip to lovely Secaucus, New Jersey - home to the nearest Walmart. Every year my dear Dad gives me a gift card to "The Walmart," which I save until I'm really broke. Well, I'm officially broke - so I got on the bus at the Port Authority Bus Terminal for some inter-state shopping.


There are no Walmarts in the five boroughs of NYC, because of the company's anti-union policies. Every time Walmart tries to build a store in NYC, the (pro-union) city-council shoots them down. Now I am as Progressive and pro-union as anyone, but I'm also poor, and would prefer to spend $2.29 for Lean Cuisine Cheese Ravioli - as opposed to $5.00 at the Food Emporium. But we'll save that for another blog post.

I returned to the bus station in Manhattan and walked the 10 blocks to my apartment (carrying 8 Walmart bags). Then I called Kayce - and we ended up talking for two hours. After hanging up with her, my throat felt really scratchy - which I thought was just from me yelling for two hours (I speak REALLY loudly). Now I think I've actually caught my roommate's cold - and I'm feeling crappy today. And I have basically gotten NO cleaning done.


Thank God I bought underwear at Walmart - otherwise I wouldn't have any clean man-panties for work tomorrow. I guess I'll have to do my cleaning/laundry during the week.


What did YOU do this weekend?

DavidDust Shopping Guide: Pearl River Mart

Pearl River Mart is the Wal-Mart of Chinatown - featuring everything you can imagine (and some stuff you can't imagine) under one roof. For years it stood at the epicenter of Chinatown - the corner of Broadway and Canal Street - and you had to walk up a narrow stairway to get to the 2nd floor where Pearl River began. In keeping with New York tradition of 'upgrading' everything, that dusty second floor is now a Sleepy's Mattress Store, and Pearl River Mart has moved to a shiny new store on Broadway between Broome & Grand Streets.

If you can't make it to New York City, you can always order from their website HERE. Happy Holidays!