C(consumer) V(variety)S(store)

don't get me wrong-Haiti and world relief are still my top concern but to my one and only dedicated follower I feel like I have an obligation to blog on. Please send a donation to the Red Cross or some other organization that you think is honest and reputable.
Now let's play a word association game ok? Peanut. (peanut butter, peanut allergy, peanut brittle, circus peanuts, clowns, clown shoes). Shoes. (shoe shine, shoe horn, shoe store, odor eater, orthotics,arch suppports) Supportive parents. (dance recitals, pinewood derbies, trips to the zoo, trips to the museum, hiking trips, camping trips, science fairs) Camera. ( camera bag, batteries, memory card, photoshop, photo album, one hour photo, CVS) CVS. (prescription medications, blood pressure cuffs, insuline monitors, band aids, hearing aids, sewing kits, dog food, cat food, brillo pads, fake crocs, birthday cards, hair dye, condoms, gummy worms, dry erase markers, toilet paper, drug testing kits, KY jelly, pepperoni combos, People magazine, hemmoroid creme, vitamin D, vitamin, B, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin Z?, popcorn,lunch boxes, tupperware, picture frames, eye liner, lip gloss, blush, pacifiers, formula, candied yams, and yoga pants)
Yes, it's true-you can buy yoga pants at CVS..they are in the front of the store two aisles down from the Pringles display. I can imagine a situation where I would be stopping off at CVS to get my probiotic yogurt drink (in the refrigerator next to the YooHoo) and my organic energy bar (top shelf, same aisle as the vitamins) and then suddenly I would realize that I can't go to my pilates,yoga,ninja,karate,kick boxing class because I had forgotten my gym bag at home-but wait!! This is not a problem anymore. My local drug store can meet all of my needs. I can take care of my lip sores and get athletic clothing. This is almost as miraculous as being able to buy wicker furniture at the Price Chopper. How great is our country when we can go to grocery store and have a list that says: chicken stock, laundry detergent, green peppers and chairs for the front porch? Now I that I am on my arrogant self deprivation program I feel like an alcoholic that has to sit through the Super Bowl ads. I just need to get my medicines refilled and maybe some tic-tacs because curried chicken for lunch isn't still curried chicken on your breath at 4pm-but here I am standing in line at CVS, waiting for the guy in front of me to figure out if he can afford a pack of Newport Lights and he's counting out his Canadian coins...and I am soooo tempted to buy the yoga pants. I'm going away for the weekend with my best friends, we will be running, we will be drinking, we will be eating and talking and laughing and farting and we might even do some yoga-it would make sense to buy the yoga pants..but I didn't. I left them there. I got my medicine and the tic tacs and I left without even a People magazine. It was easy to do because I already had 3 pair of yoga pants in my weekend getaway bag. I own 3 pair of yoga pants because I live in elastic waist pants now that I have gained 15 pounds... but I didn't set out this year to lose weight, I only set out to have less clutter in my life on December 31st 2010 and so far I am doing great!!