Craig, one of the drivers Russell works with at UPS, made the comment awhile back that he was working some overtime because "Mama needs tires". This struck me funny and it's become a joke between us (Russell and I have agreed that we will NEVER call each other mother and dad like some couples do). So several weeks ago when I had my car aligned (I was going to say I had my rear-end aligned...but that sounds bad), they told me I needed tires...so of course, I came home and told Russell: "Mama needs tires."
Who knew that tires...not fancy ones with expensive rims...just regular black tires...could cost so much? We ended up ordering them online from Costco, which is a good thing and a bad thing. They email you when they are in and you go in and have them installed...however, what you don't know is that Costco Tire Centers don't take appointments...you take your car in and wait. What a great way to spend a couple of hours...sitting on a hard plastic chair on an 85 degree day smelling tires (ewww) and listening to a family of Russians talking...have you ever noticed that the women always wear scarves and they seem to wear an excessive amount of cologne or perfume...so add that into the tire smell and it was almost nauseating.
Amazing how expensive four pieces of rubber cost...there goes several hundred dollars...sigh. Last week, Craig (at UPS) told Russell he's working overtime because "Mama wants a Cadillac"...hmmm...not this Mama. I'm still in shock over how much insurance will be once Shanna gets her license (good thing she's not a boy!), which won't be until AFTER she finishes her drivers education class, which starts tomorrow. Did I mention that it's every Saturday morning until December 6.
Speaking of December, did you know that Costco already has four aisles of Christmas stuff for sale (since the last week in August!)? I remember when Christmas didn't start until the day after Thanksgiving...those were the days when no-one was open for holidays, and the night of Thanksgiving either the Wizard of Oz or Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (with Leslie Anne Warren) would be on TV...those were also the days with only three TV channels and one TV per family...your TV was either one of those with rabbit ears (which only worked part of the time) or it was in a huge maple or oak console (with a Hi-Fi) that took up half of one wall and weighed about 800 pounds. Am I the only one who is old enough to remember those days and think fondly of them?
Happy Friday!
Who ever thought we would now hang our tv's on the wall! Too funny.
Posted by: Amy | September 27, 2008 at 04:47 PM