my grown up shopping list

• tupperware, the fancy costco kind

• tupperware, the impractical but adorable kind from asian markets

• brown rice, but no one to eat it with

• quinioa, i can't spell it, nonetheless cook it. what is that. just know its healthy, so i should

• chia seeds--nother grown up lingo, thing. this one i just put in water though, the white kind? should be easier

• mason jars. i love them, though i am not hipster enough for them

• glasses--my four year old ones may not be very practical anymore, though i still like the red

• work pants that are the right length, i had no idea "p" was a secret size for midgets and twas exactly what i needed 

• work flats, so i can get away without wearing heels. i decline that challenge, life. i decline.

• whiteboards, for my to-do lists on my bedroom door and my grocery list for the kitchen

• CSA box, this is more of a someday thing. i read the fine print and cant yet commit

• costco membership? this might be dangerous in my hands. or in my love life's hands. all my dates would from then on consist of churros and free samples

• a cheat sheet for asian veggies, so i can start eating the veggies i try at ray's house at home

• collared shirts, for hipster, office, and otherwise. it just seems like the time for it. or some sort of declaration that i tried

• a STEAMER--omgsh, a STEAMER. i did NOT know you could STEAM your clothes and AVOID IRONING all together. my mind was blown and my horrendous ironing skills can be put to rest

• ipod, just something cheaper like a shuffle. i think mine stopped working, but i havent jogged in so long that i dont know for sure

• yoga. can i put that on a list?

• costco pack of toilet paper. this and chocolate soymilk may be the only two things i actually purchase at costco besides churros. lots and lots of churros.

• a haircut. something that convinces people i tried, and hides the fact that im mostly too lazy to

• a secret folder of wedding-related items. i have found that a lot of girls apparently have one of these. i just want to fit in

• an instrument im willing to learn. hah. but something easy, please. grown up list means i must be running out of time

• spanish class. to make me more hire-able. so far, in emergency situations, i can only repeatedly ask them where the bathroom is and tell them their sandwich is beautiful

• swimming class. it would be an "i-told-you-so" way to go. and i just want want to give other people the pleasure of that

• a ridiculously ongoing tv series i watch--wait, does BSG count? way to welcome me into the adult world, raymond. one frantic cylon accusation at a time

• people i have breakfast with--ok, so i already have this and i dont know how grown up it is. but it really does sound like a grown up thing to do. have brunch or something with friends? someday we will have these brunches while wearing sunhats and petticoat dresses, talking about how rambuncious our cats have been (this is my assuming that the only people who will at that point still have time to hang out with me might be the fellow single ladies who do not yet have children and families taking up their time. i hope not though. im allergic to cats)

• a hobby. to make me look more interesting. instagram just doesn't cut it anymore. it's like a myspace kind of hobby compared to a facebook or linked in kind of oil painting or golfing

• a recipe book. wait. why doesn't the internet count? dang curve setters

• some sort of living potted plant indoors. inspired by a friend's recent house present. i highly doubt i could keep one alive myself, so if anything, at least a really convincing fake plant will do

• a membership at a professional organization. admittedly was just being peer pressured into this by all of my professors--but it's a terrible cycle. membership means more formal events where i pretend to be a grown up which means more officey clothes disguises. 

• some comprehensive mini make up set. ideally, id just have unfoldable sheets like from a mini portable tissue packet that i can unfold and smack into my face like the last lady here

kaaay,
i think that's a pretty good both practical and feminine note to end on.

i'm feeling more grown up already.