Quiz: What Color Do You Paint the World?

You Should Paint the World with Rainbow Colors

If there's anything you think the world needs more of, it's diversity and variety. You hate the idea of conformity. We should all celebrate differences and respect on another. Besides, it's fun to mix it up and explore new things! You never like to be stuck in a rut. You encourage others to reach outside their comfort zones. Life is all about trying things you aren't sure of.

What Color Do You Paint the World?

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20 years ago today...

Can you believe it's been 20 years since the premiere of Friends on NBC in 1994?  Today marks that anniversary. The show became of the longest-running and most favorite sitcoms of all time. Most of tis stars had previously been in short-lived series.  I watched nearly every season until the show ended in 2004.  I own three of the seasons on DVD.  The show still airs in reruns on TBS.  Certainly one of the best shows of all time.

Say It Isn't So!

I saw this today at Kmart.  It's just the same thing they always do at this time of year. I've said it before and I will say it again--it's too early for Christmas stuff at the end of September.  But what I saw today is definitely appalling.

Just not right.  You have to wonder if this was a prank done by a customer.  For an employee to do it, it would constitute laziness. The Christmas stuff can wait another month.   A true nightmare before Christmas, and it's not even Halloween yet.  They just barely put out the Halloween and are doing Christmas now. Sheesh. 

And on a side note, the citizens of our town  have to wonder how Kmart is going to do against the Spirit Halloween store.  Out town got one of those stores for the first time in about 15 years.  This may be a small town, but Spirit has Goodwill, Kmart and Target to compete with.   Though Target has fewer costume options--mostly ones for kids and dogs.  And the Spirit selection seems a little better than that at Kmart. I've already visited the Spirit store at least four times since it opened almost two weeks ago.  Still haven't bought anything, but there is still time. 

Please, don't make us worry about Christmas yet.  And no ore pranks like this one.

Quiz: The Autumn Leaves Color Test

You Are Dreamy and Easygoing

You have a well honed sixth sense. Your intuition is a gift, and you use it wisely. You are the ultimate escapist. If you can't escape physically, you escape with your thoughts. You are easygoing and easy to please. You are mild-mannered and apt to get along with just about anyone. You find it easy to give to others selflessly. It makes you happy to make others happy.

The Autumn Leaves Color Test

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Quiz: The Changing Leaves Test

You Are Wise

You are a prudent and rational person. You try not to do anything you regret, and if you do, you learn form your mistake. You are educated or at the very least knowledgable. You have a perception that most people lack. You've learned to be vigilant in your life. You are pretty much always on guard. No matter how old you actually are, you are quite seasoned. You are experienced and worldly.

The Changing Leaves Test

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Quiz: What Part of Fall Are You?

You Are Apple Cider

Smooth and comforting. But downright nasty when cold.

What Part of Fall Are You?

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You Know Summer is Dying Down When...

...when you see school supplies getting reduced down to 60 cents each.  Today is the last day before most of the kids in my town go back to school.  I certainly am glad to have gone to school when I did because I cannot imagine going back to school in mid-August.   For me back in the day, mid-August was the end of summer and school began either before or after Labor Day.  And once school gets underway, the supplies will be reduced even more and it will be time for the Halloween merchandise to be stocked.  

Which reminds me.  I recently applied [but did not hear from ;( ] the temporary Halloween retailer Spirit Halloween. Many of you know that these are the temporary Halloween stores that take over some storefront that's been empty for some time.  I have the misfortune of living in a town that usually does not get one of these stores.  We had one in 1999, but it did not return thereafter.  So imagine my surprise when I went to their online application and saw a listing for Spirit Halloween in my hometown, a town with very little to do, something any resident will attest to, including myself.   I had to wonder if this was for real.  At the end of June,  Staples (which came to Hollister in 2000) closed down its store in our little town.  The Spirit store website said it would be opening in the building where  Staples had been.  I seemed hard to believe that we would be getting a Spirit store and I wondered if it was really going to happen.  Last weekend, however, I drove past the building and saw the Spirit "coming soon" signs in the building's windows.




It may only be temporary, but this will give this building some use for a while, until something permanent can be found.  Any amount of use is better than none at all.  And it will be good for our town to have this store. I love going to these stores and in the past when I worked in the next town over, I'd always be going to the store in that town since I was already there.  I no longer work in Gilroy as of June 2013, so last year I trekked over to yet another nearby town, Salinas, to see their Spirit store. I'm so glad I won't have to do that this year!  It'll be right in my hometown.  I've been so excited since hearing that we would be getting this store and will be going as early as possible when it opens in September.   This will be great.  I hope to find a great costume here.  I have no idea yet what to be and have only done some browsing for ideas. But there is still time.

As I said, my town hasn't had one of these stores since 1999.  Spirit will have some competition in this small town, however.   But  I know the selection will be better here than at Target, which only gets a small number of costumes.  I've bough costumes at Kmart in the past. They get a lot more than Target does. Every week, the prices on costumes at Kmart get reduced as the witching hour approaches.  Last year, they had several prisoner costumes for sale that no one seemed to be buying. Rite Aid has very few costumes for sale, most of which aren't very good.  Walgreens came to our town last year, but did not open until mid-November, so this year will be their first Halloween sale.  Don't yet know what they will have.  I expect to see all this merchandise arriving during Labor Day week.

Can't wait to see the store open and will be blogging about it more when it does.