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[bedlamsbard]

Today I went to the mall and got the following:

One (1) tea infuser from Teavana. The salespeople were very nice, but very aggressive, and I kind of got turned off at the register when I asked if they had kukicha, gave two different Japanese names for the tea, the English name, and then what the tea is made of, and then the cashier showed me sencha. Dude, no. But I am curious about the infuser; I drank a lot more loose leaf tea when I was using the infuser in my tea tumbler, but I switched to a mug, and the tea ball is just so much trouble I'd rather use bag tea! And it was 30% off, too, so it wasn't too much of an investment.

Two (2) bras from Victoria's Secret. I have a bunch of bras that I need to throw out, since the wires are horribly misshapen and I'm not wearing them anymore because I'm kind of afraid of them. So, new bras!

One (1) sundress from Macy's. It is pretty! And I need a casual dress, anyway; I have two that are kind of business-formal that I don't feel comfortable wearing for every day, a floral dress that I wore for graduation and that I could technically wear for every day, but, you know, and the dress that sometimes threatens to fall off and is a party dress.

Two (2) stuffed animals from the Disney Store. AS ONE DOES. Simba and Timon, of course; I looked for Nala, but there was no Nala, and I felt bad at breaking up Timon and Pumbaa, but the other option was Zazu (ADORABLE) and I have less of an attachment to Zazu and Pumbaa than I do Timon and Simba. I was kind of cuddling them both when I was waiting in line at the cashier, with a bunch of mothers and their little pre-school age kids, and the cashier and I kind of looked at each other and I went, "Reliving my childhood!" and we both laughed. They are so soft, y'all, I just keep cuddling Simba. Timon is less cuddly, but just as soft. (Also, I pretty much have the weirdest predator-prey relationship among my stuffed animals ever: I have a polar bear, a rabbit, a lion, and a meerkat. YES I HAVE FOUR STUFFED ANIMALS IN MY COLLEGE DORM ROOM; Y'ALL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT?)

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[damned_colonial]

Ooh, that tea infuser looks good! I have one that's made of a fine mesh, but it's annoying because I have to have a second mug, or a little plate, or something, to put the dripping infuser on when I take it out of my cup. So, I have ordered one! And a bunch of tea. Yum.

[bedlamsbard]

I have gone through so many infusers this year. *sighs* I had (and still have) this tea tumbler, which worked great, except it's slightly too small to be able to clean by hand and I don't have a dishwasher in my dorm room, so it's now horribly stained and the different teas I drink have sort of run together, so I can't taste anything new at all. So I don't use that anymore; I will attempt to clean it when I go home for the summer. And I have gone through two separate tea balls, which are horrible to clean, argh; the infuser is just easier to deal with.

I haven't tried out the Teavana infuser yet, but my only warning is that it's really big; I have one of those huge half-litre mugs, so it works fine, but I'm not sure how it matches up to a regular coffee mug or a smaller teapot.

I have, in my very serious postrgraduate bedroom...

[highlyeccentric]

*counts*
At LEAST six stuffed toys (Brown Bear, nearly as old as I am; Imhrahil aka Squishy, a snow leopard; Wulfstan puppy, my honours thesis comfort toy; Yvain the Thesis Lion; MonkeyBear; Unexpectedly Gay Beanie*; Purple Angel Bear; and possibly some others that I've forgotten about) and a porcelain doll (recently retrieved from my parents' house). Oh, wait, and I forgot Augustine Teddy, Origen Teddy (who is tiny), AElfric the Tiger, and Isidore of Seville (a graduation bear). So, um, that's eleven stuffed toys and a doll.

STUFFED TOYS MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER.

~

* Officially named, by the beanie bear company, "Pinkie the Triangle Bear". It's purple, with a giant pink triangle on its chest. I bought it when I was about fourteen, and only recently realised that the pink triangle is a gay symbol. YAY UNEXPECTEDLY GAY BEANIE.

Re: I have, in my very serious postrgraduate bedroom...

[bedlamsbard]

My suite has an abundance of stuffed animals. Besides my four, my roommate has a black cat beanie baby (Scaredy, I think) and Louis the Alligator from The Princess and the Frog, my suitemate has Beau the Tiger and W.G. Snuffy Walden (a.k.a. Waddles) the Penguin, and my other suitemate has...a little stuffed dog whose name I don't remember. Meanwhile, I have Gatorade the Polar Bear (there is a long story behind the name; the short version is that I was sure he had bright blue eyes and, well...he doesn't), Pierre the Mardi Gras Rabbit (he is an extremely relaxed animal! and for some reason I cannot find him online, so maybe the rabbit is discontinued. But I caught him in a Mardi Gras parade, and thus he was FREE and also the best throw ever), and now Simba and Timon.

...I have more at home, of course. (My friend Chicago has a lifesize stuffed penguin her gentleman friend gave her for her birthday. He said he didn't think it was that large! Also mail operations lost it, how do you lose a box with a giant stuffed penguin in it?)

Re: I have, in my very serious postrgraduate bedroom...

[highlyeccentric]

... lost a GIANT STUFFED PENGUIN. *cackles*

This amuses me. Clearly mail operations have many skills!

Re: I have, in my very serious postrgraduate bedroom...

[bedlamsbard]

They also lost my roommate's birth control medication, so keeping things is not one of their skills. :(

[harpers_child]

i'm 26 and still have my childhood quilt and a giant stuffed bear in my bed. currently residing on my couch for cuddles are albino!eeyore and my new figment dragon. i've got a couple more in my closet for emergency cuddles and an entire rubbermaid bin at my mom's house full of old friends.

don't feel bad about having stuffies in your dorm room.

[bedlamsbard]

Oh, I don't feel bad. *cuddles stuffed animals* Cheaper than therapy! Softer, too. (This was my excuse to my mother on the phone last night. *grins*)