Indiana

A Tale of Two Purchases

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Editor’s note: The following post has absolutely nothing to do with government or politics, but the next one will.  

I made the crucial mistake of going to the mall the day after Thanksgiving.  It was not by choice.  My lovely girlfriend wanted to and being the good boyfriend I did what I was told.

Now please note, I do not celebrate Christmas because I am not a Christian.  I’m not even a very good Muslim for that matter.

Going to the mall the day after Thanksgiving has no appeal to me what-so-ever. However, I went.

And after dealing with crowds and clueless clerks we walked out with two items: a set of towels and a light bulb that will last 3 years.  

My girlfriend bought the bamboo towels, which are for guests and I am not allowed to touch.  No one will use them and they will sit in her bathroom along with carved soap sculptures that may as well be the Holy Grail.  

I will never understand the psyche of women when it comes to these kinds of purchases.  A friend told me a story of his wife buying a $150 glass bowl that sat on the coffee table and was filled with pot pourri.  

I am a firm believer that the only thing you should buy to look at is art.  Everything else has to serve a purpose otherwise, what good is it.

And for the record, I bought the light bulb.  Because unlike the bamboo towels, I actually get to touch it, albeit twice (putting it in and taking it out) but I still get to touch it.   Of course after writing this, that will probably be all I get touch for a while.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on December 01, 2008 (boomark / email).