Monday, September 06, 2004
Kevin's parents are what we call Consumers. They buy. And buy. And buy. Silly things. Things they don't need. Example: Kevin's mom just bought a brand spanking new Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer Edition with all the bells and whistles. It seats seven. Seven! There are rarely more than two people in her car. Why does she need a car that big? The Ford Explorer that she had been driving had, what, 50 thousand miles? Anyway...
They are consumers. They buy. And buy. And buy. They just bought new furniture for the family room. Now they are buying new furniture. Again. Already. This weekend they took Kevin, me, and Kevin's brother (Tim) and sister (Colleen) to Nebraska Furniture Mart, which is the Walmart of furniture stores and Kevin and I refuse to shop there, and they wanted our approval of the new furniture they had picked out. Well, it was ugly. Kevin, being the decorating diva that he is (shut up, this one is NOT gay. How many times can that happen to one girl?), told them no, they couldn't buy that, it would look horrible, they had to think before they bought, blah blah blah. After hearing his arguments, Kevin's mom said that she thought he might be right. Kevin's dad, however, stomped off grumbling about how Kevin was not right and that none of us knew what we were talking about. He gets a little grumpy when contradicted.
The next day, we did pretty much the same thing. Fun holiday weekend, huh?
They are consumers. They buy. And buy. And buy. They just bought new furniture for the family room. Now they are buying new furniture. Again. Already. This weekend they took Kevin, me, and Kevin's brother (Tim) and sister (Colleen) to Nebraska Furniture Mart, which is the Walmart of furniture stores and Kevin and I refuse to shop there, and they wanted our approval of the new furniture they had picked out. Well, it was ugly. Kevin, being the decorating diva that he is (shut up, this one is NOT gay. How many times can that happen to one girl?), told them no, they couldn't buy that, it would look horrible, they had to think before they bought, blah blah blah. After hearing his arguments, Kevin's mom said that she thought he might be right. Kevin's dad, however, stomped off grumbling about how Kevin was not right and that none of us knew what we were talking about. He gets a little grumpy when contradicted.
The next day, we did pretty much the same thing. Fun holiday weekend, huh?
