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yesterday I bought a husband (don't worry, not online)
| Posted on December 29, 2007 at 2:52 PM |
yesterday I bought a husband (don?t worry - not online)
I was actually only looking online because I thought that would be easier...that I could at least discover if a nearby store (such as Target, to which I received a gift certificate for Christmas) might carry them. My internet search was mostly fruitless, however, at least partially due to terminology.
What I was looking for, you see, I have always just heard referred to simply as a "husband." Well, one can hardly google "where to buy a husband," can one? Although I will say such a search will yield oh-so-interesting results such as the following:
"I don't think we Western women will have achieved equality until we can buy some hopelessly mismatched man from an economically depressed nation."
Now that's not something that pops up in your general run of the mill Google search, is it?
Anyway, what I wanted, really, was a pillow. So I put "husband pillow," which was a slightly more accurate search, but still only turned up sports-themed husbands - are high school and college age boys really the target market for husbands? Weird. Anyway, I learned, through this search, that what I was looking for are also called "bedrests" and "boyfriend pillows."
Now, speaking of an interesting search, try "boyfriend pillow" and "japan," and check this out:
Which then led to this male version:
interesting, huh?
Anyway, I found my husband at Target. He is brown and fuzzy and only cost $15, in contrast to the cheapest ones I found online, made by Pottery Barn Kids and dubbed "boyfriend pillows" (but of course without the hand) - which were $75 plus shipping. In case you still don't know what I'm talking about, here's a portrait of the new man in my life:
I also found the most...well, the most green...chest of drawers yesterday at the Goodwill in Woodland, and by an amazing stroke of good luck, had just a few minutes earlier run into the one person I know who has a truck, who just happened to also have driven it to Woodland...so I bought a giant green chest of drawers for $25, and it has come home with me to solve all my problems. Well, at least all my small room storage problems.
And yes, it really is that color.
It's funny, because in the morning before going to Woodland, I'd rearranged my whole room, and had ended up leaving a chest of drawers sized space on one wall (ok, it was not a complete whim to buy a chest of drawers, but I wasn't expecting to get one so quickly). I should be clear that with a room the size of my room, and having made the decision to bring my great grandmother's sewing machine and table to California, I don't have a lot of options in arrangement. I was determined to make a change, though, and spent the morning dragging things around and trying to figure out a way to get a more home-y and pleasant vibe in my room. I think I did well because I slept very well last night and that's always the real test of feng shui, right? Well, it works for me. I am a very casual practicer of fung shui, and by that I mean that I buy into the idea that how you arrange spaces matters for how you feel, and can't be bothered in figuring all the rest of it out. I prefer feng shui by trail and error. Probably any actual practicer of fung shui would have a heart attack upon entering my newly arranged room, but for me it works.
Anyway, just wanted to share the successes and bizarre discoveries of Shosha's first full day back in California. Hope everyone had a Christmas as beautiful as mine, and that we can all manage to look to the new year with hope. (one has to say something cheesy about the new year, right? and at least I am sincere in mine...=)
s
Currently listening :
The Con
By Tegan and Sara
Release date: 24 July, 2007
I was actually only looking online because I thought that would be easier...that I could at least discover if a nearby store (such as Target, to which I received a gift certificate for Christmas) might carry them. My internet search was mostly fruitless, however, at least partially due to terminology.
What I was looking for, you see, I have always just heard referred to simply as a "husband." Well, one can hardly google "where to buy a husband," can one? Although I will say such a search will yield oh-so-interesting results such as the following:
"I don't think we Western women will have achieved equality until we can buy some hopelessly mismatched man from an economically depressed nation."
Now that's not something that pops up in your general run of the mill Google search, is it?
Anyway, what I wanted, really, was a pillow. So I put "husband pillow," which was a slightly more accurate search, but still only turned up sports-themed husbands - are high school and college age boys really the target market for husbands? Weird. Anyway, I learned, through this search, that what I was looking for are also called "bedrests" and "boyfriend pillows."
Now, speaking of an interesting search, try "boyfriend pillow" and "japan," and check this out:
Which then led to this male version:
interesting, huh?
Anyway, I found my husband at Target. He is brown and fuzzy and only cost $15, in contrast to the cheapest ones I found online, made by Pottery Barn Kids and dubbed "boyfriend pillows" (but of course without the hand) - which were $75 plus shipping. In case you still don't know what I'm talking about, here's a portrait of the new man in my life:
I also found the most...well, the most green...chest of drawers yesterday at the Goodwill in Woodland, and by an amazing stroke of good luck, had just a few minutes earlier run into the one person I know who has a truck, who just happened to also have driven it to Woodland...so I bought a giant green chest of drawers for $25, and it has come home with me to solve all my problems. Well, at least all my small room storage problems.
And yes, it really is that color.
It's funny, because in the morning before going to Woodland, I'd rearranged my whole room, and had ended up leaving a chest of drawers sized space on one wall (ok, it was not a complete whim to buy a chest of drawers, but I wasn't expecting to get one so quickly). I should be clear that with a room the size of my room, and having made the decision to bring my great grandmother's sewing machine and table to California, I don't have a lot of options in arrangement. I was determined to make a change, though, and spent the morning dragging things around and trying to figure out a way to get a more home-y and pleasant vibe in my room. I think I did well because I slept very well last night and that's always the real test of feng shui, right? Well, it works for me. I am a very casual practicer of fung shui, and by that I mean that I buy into the idea that how you arrange spaces matters for how you feel, and can't be bothered in figuring all the rest of it out. I prefer feng shui by trail and error. Probably any actual practicer of fung shui would have a heart attack upon entering my newly arranged room, but for me it works.
Anyway, just wanted to share the successes and bizarre discoveries of Shosha's first full day back in California. Hope everyone had a Christmas as beautiful as mine, and that we can all manage to look to the new year with hope. (one has to say something cheesy about the new year, right? and at least I am sincere in mine...=)
s
Currently listening :
The Con
By Tegan and Sara
Release date: 24 July, 2007
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