I already have the "Science Is Real" t-shirt* from They Might Be Giants, so why not get the mask? My credit card has been getting a workout over the last 48 hours, though — I dropped almost $200 on clothes** yesterday and then donated $250 as part of OU's Giving Day*** this afternoon.
Hmm. Just reread the description and realized that I can get 2 for $20. Do I give the second mask to my sister? She and I were just texting about the possibility of seeing each other in person in a few weeks. She had the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine a few weeks ago, so she's all set, but I haven't had my second dose**** of the Moderna vaccine yet. She's also a TMBG fan, so this might be a fun gift for her when I do see her.
Eh, why not? Impulse buy completed!
* Like this one, but in blue:
** As part of my seasonal wardrobe rotation about a week ago (after the mercury shot up to the 70s for a few days but before it snowed three inches last night/this morning), after I transferred all the spring/summer t-shirts/cardigans (including my blue Science Is Real shirt!) from the under-the-bed boxes to my dresser drawers and the fall/winter t-shirts from the dresser drawers to the under-the-bed boxes, I tried on all of my pants. Everything I tried on was too baggy — !!!!! — so I was in the market for some new stuff. I went to Macy's when I was at Summit Mall for my eye exam last week, but I didn't like the super-skinny-leg style that seemed to be the only thing they had in stock. After I picked up my new glasses (my first pair of "progressive" lenses, ugh) yesterday, I went down to the other end of the mall to look at Dillard's, where I found two pairs of Levi's that I could tolerate. I also splurged on a striped button-down shirt and a white tee at Talbots, even though I needed those like a hole in the head. However, I do have a few situations coming up where I need to look presentable — I'm working at a friend's shop this weekend, and I'm going to be a poll worker for the primary election in about two weeks — so having something to wear that is not flannel pajama pants and a slightly grubby OU basketball t-shirt (i.e., the lounging-around-the-house outfit I'm wearing right now) is probably a good thing.
*** This "giving day" concept seems to be going around, and OU scheduled theirs for 4/21. The gimmick is that you can donate any amount and direct it to a specific program that you want to support, and there are different challenges and matching gifts and power hours and social media sharing blah blah blah. I usually donate to the scholarship funds sponsored by my local alumnae chapters on a regular basis, but those groups haven't been able to host their usual in-person fundraisers. (Thanks, COVID!) I wrote a check to one group in the fall anyway, since that's when we usually have that fundraiser. So today I donated the same amount to the other group's scholarship fund online and threw in some bucks for the band, the newspaper, the library, and the college of communication.
**** Scheduled for May 5, meaning I should be fully protected on May 19. Yay!
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