We had dinner and hit the rest of the mall, and I managed to avoid purchasing so much as one practical item the entire night. If we needed four more mugs. But the mugs looked so cool that they stopped me dead in my tracks as I passed the Museum Company, and that was pretty much my criteria for buying stuff. I stopped there on the way to my real destination, Nordstrom's. And I've found that when I'm feeling down, buying makeup and facial stuff I'll probably use twice chases those Giant Clouds O'Gloom away like nothing else.
Some people drink.
Some people eat chocolate. I do those things too, but if you wanna make me really happy, give me some cash and point me in the direction of counters selling La Creme Formule Jeunesse Bioactif Tres Expensif SPF 30 . On Friday I went to work feeling genuinely cheerful and upbeat for the first time since the big diagnosis last Wednesday. It helped that I had my own peppy mental soundtrack going. Detective Munch ends up as the primary detective for a case involving the murder of his high-school crush.