Mild-mannered gelto scooper by day...

...Dumperster diver by night!!

Yes, it's true, I have joined the ranks of countless homeless people and extreme bargain shoppers across the nation, pawing through commercial garbage cans, looking for free stuff to recycle to my own ends. Tonight I scored big time, all thanks to Restoration Hardware. I picked up a sweet brown blanket, and also an attractive floor lamp. The quilt has some tears in the top layer of it, but aside from that there doesn't seem to be much wrong with it. It just now struck me that perhaps it is grosser than gross to get a blanket out of a trash recepticle? Like, somethign that you will put on your body and will touch your face? I think Christy is right on that one--probably should spring for dry cleaning, jsut to be sure. After that I'll just bust out the old sewing machine, and none will be the wiser. I haven't tested the floor lamp yet, so maybe it was being thrown away because it doesn't work, in which case um crap. But you know, better safe than sorry. It isn't the style of lamp I would have chosen myself--it's very square and rather oddly proportioned. Regardless, it is worth it for no money and a fun story.

The most random tangent imaginable: Isn't it annoying when people say "irregardless"? It is very much NOT a real word, and also it's a freaking double negative! When people say it, I want to punch them in the face.

So, if you are a person who says 'irregardless,' you'd better watch out, because I'm comign for you, and probably I'll find some really nasty weapons in a garbage can to beat you up with.