I want to buy my Tori tickets.

[valis2]

The blasted Tori ticket site is telling me there aren't any.

I was e-mailed, you see, by the Tori mailing list people that there would be a special pre-sale for mailing list people. It would open at 1 pm "local time".

Okay, I was there at 1:01. It keeps telling me that they're out. At first the tickets were listed as RSVD and $37.50; now they're reserved and $42.50. Very crazy. I don't think they could have sold out in a minute, though. Either they meant California 1 pm and I'm a few hours late or there is some misunderstanding.

But I can't buy tickets from ticketmaster until Saturday, and I might not have time on Saturday, I'll be working in WI. Boo-hoo.

Anyway...

Since I worked at a department/grocery store years ago, I have always watched to see what people buy, especially if it is only a few items, and then I wonder if anyone else has ever purchased that exact combination, especially if it's rather bizarre. It all started because I was waiting to have my check cashed and the guy in front of me was buying duct tape and strawberries.

So my weird sale recently? I bought a neon "Open" sign, a space heater, and a twenty-five pound bag of rice.

At Best Buy yesterday I purchased "Robin Hood: PoT", "Beekeeper" by Tori Amos, and "Thirteenth Step" by perfect circle.

Mainstream, eclectic, and angsty. That's me. *giggles*

I'd love to hear about any other odd groups of items purchased in a single sale by you. Always a source of amusement for me.

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Ohhhhhhh yeeeaaaaaah...

[bob-the-mighty.livejournal.com]

Three plastic dropcloths, two half-gallons of McMaster's Canadian whiskey, 50 feet of nylon rope, a jar of Vaseline and a box of Altoids "The curiously strong mints".

That was one hell of a weekend...

>;-D

Re: Ohhhhhhh yeeeaaaaaah...

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the nail clippers or the box of fondue chocolate.

Re: Ohhhhhhh yeeeaaaaaah...

[bob-the-mighty.livejournal.com]

Well YOU brought those.

I was just tallying up what I was buying to bring.

>;-D

[aerynstales.livejournal.com]

Yea! She got the Sheriff!!! Now...go enjoy him heartily...with much relish!

Um...last purchase...several tanks at old navy, 4 cds at Best Buy and a store we have here called Bull Moose Music (Linkin Park - Meteroa, Finger Eleven, Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone, and Green Day - Dookie)...and of course...Robin Hood: Prince of Theives...the Extended edition!!!!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Breaking Benjamin is awesome. At first I didn't like their sound...a bit too upbeat...but now I find that I love that CD a lot. I have their first one too, but haven't tried getting into it just yet.

I will be watching the Sheriff today, as a matter of fact, and drooling copiously.

[pen-and-umbra.livejournal.com]

Just this week, in one supermarket stop: baby oil, motor oil, pantyhose, Mulan DVD, a floorball stick, two eggplants. The cashier joked about getting the two oils mixed up.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

"Wow, when did the baby get so tanned?

And imagine accidentally putting an eggplant in the DVD player instead of Mulan.

[pen-and-umbra.livejournal.com]

Or worse, going to play floorball armed only with an eggplant.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

You could put the eggplant in the toe of the pantyhouse, and use it as some sort of swinging weapon of doom...

[pen-and-umbra.livejournal.com]

I'm having a hard time deciding whether that would be a waste of a good eggplant or of good pantyhose.

Swinging Eggplant of DOOM! *giggle* Oh god, I should get more sleep...

[absurdwords.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. I have desperately wanted to see Tori Amos in concert for ages, but she's always coming to Belgium when I have exams. The same problem with Nick Cave.

When I go CD shopping, I quite often come out of the store with some loud rock and some jazz cds.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I saw her last year for the very first time, and it was amazing! I was so hoping to see her again. I will have to figure out how I can. Maybe my sister will be nice and try to purchase the tickets online for me.

[superbunny3000.livejournal.com]

bottle of red wine, superglue, toothpaste and toothbrush

i hope you get your tori tickets!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

That is a good sale. Heh!

I hope I get those tickets as well. *sigh*

[julian-black.livejournal.com]

Since I worked at a department/grocery store years ago, I have always watched to see what people buy, especially if it is only a few items, and then I wonder if anyone else has ever purchased that exact combination, especially if it's rather bizarre.

I bought Drano and Margarita mix together, once. And I've bought condoms, motor oil, and a box of thumbtacks all at once, too. Actually, I can find something weird about most combinations of stuff I buy.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, once you begin the bizarre combination thoughts, you can't stop. It's best when you're only purchasing a few items at once, because then it can be really random. I used to love the department/grocery store place because then there would be all of these weird food/item combinations.

[gillieweed.livejournal.com]

Well now that every store has to be a "superstore!" you get some real good combos.

We just had a new SuperHadesWalmart open right nearby a couple of weeks ago. I hadn't had a chance to scope the place out (not that I really wanted to but, you know, we have to look at car crashes and train wrecks too, don't we?) so I decided on Saturday to take my little list with me and see how much of it I could get accomplished under one roof.

I did manage various grocery items including fresh meat and baked goods which were rung up along with a pair of gym shorts and an air filter for the lawnmower.

(Embarrassing admission: their bakery smells wonderful like a real bakery not the back of a supermarket AND they sell a variety of dried chiles by weight! I shall be returning for those if for nothing else.)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yes, the best combos come from those places that sell groceries and everything else.

Ha! Buns and shorts.

I love good grocery stores. We have this terrific one that is about forty-five minutes away, but completely worth it. They have heirloom tomatoes, a fabulous array of mushrooms, an incredible dessert counter, a separate Godiva counter, a huge cheese section, a bakery that makes the absolute best ciabatta bread ever (not the awful American version but the Italian roll style ciabatta), and they carry lovely butters, though they've stopped carrying goat's milk butter, which makes me sad.

Are you ever on AIM, by the way? I added you and haven't seen you on yet.

[gillieweed.livejournal.com]

Well let me tell you about my favorite market.



*Not really, I have AIM but rarely use it. I use Yahoo IM more often.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh, yum! I want some fresh handmade pasta!!

[pandora-nervosa.livejournal.com]

Let's see: tampons, a bucket of plastic letter tiles to teach Alex spelling, a bag of chicken strips and some paint thinner. And that was just last week. ~g~

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Ha! Chicken strips and paint thinner...classic.

[gypsyjolie.livejournal.com]

OMG when I was a cashier at Meijer's I used to always work the express lanes because a) you were so busy that time flew, and b) for the bizarre things people "just popped in to get". Like a 20 lb frozen turkey, queen sized pantyhose, red lipstick, and a box of those little umbrellas you put in drinks. LOL! "... too bad that turkey is a TRAMP..."

Last week I bought jewel tone colored little mice cat toys, a clear shower curtain liner, two kinds of mustard, dental floss, and motor oil. Such a "student in her first apartment" shopping trip.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

That's where I worked, too! Funny, that. I worked in the toy department.

Love your last week shopping trip! Which kind of mustard did the cat end up preferring with the cat toys? ;)

[gypsyjolie.livejournal.com]

She prefers mayonnaise, actually.

And apparently the green mice don't taste as good as the fuschia, orange, or teal ones.