Since this wouldn't be a journal without me chronicling the mundane aspects of my life, here it goes:

I noticed lately that either my waistline has been expanding, or my  pants have been shrinking. It's not just in the waist area, either; I noticed the space for my "junk" in my jeans has gotten exceedingly tight. I'd like to leave a little imagination for the ladies of San Diego in that area, so this was obviously a problem that had to be fixed ASAP. In an effort to combat this problem, I woke up today to do my once-a-year shopping.

From the moment I left the door and returned home, in exactly 61 minutes, I managed to:

• Have lunch ($5.05 chicken teriyaki, cheapo bandito!)
• Get a free Jamba juice (my coworker Max gave me this coupon, woot)
• Complete my once-a-year shopping at the Gap

I didn't know whether my pants shrinking was the problem, so I tried on both 31x30 pants and 32x30 pants. The 31x30 pants fit very well at the Gap, but if shrinkage were to be a problem, it's better I go with the safer bet. So loaded up with the knowledge that I wear a 32 waistline, I went nuts. Picked up a pair of khakis, two pairs of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. I've been meaning to pick up polo shirts for the past two years, so also picked up two of those (one in the old MindTouch brown!) as well as three white t-shirts (can never have too many of those).

What's great, though, is the sales associate (who was born in Raleigh, woot!) informed me that I could save 20% by opening a credit card! And it was double points! So what originally turned out to be a $280 spree turned out to be $228, plus I get $40 off my next purchase! o_O

Man, to be covered on clothing for the next year $227... now that's great. And to do it in under an hour ... even better.

P.S. The gap sales associate was uber-cute. Too bad I blew it when I told her that I had to buy all these clothes cause I "ran out of clothes." As if clothes were a perishable good... sighmuffins.