To avoid the moving chaos of yesterday (see the previous two posts), I decided it would be best to just get as far from the house as I could possibly be. I made a run (nearly) for the border to the big outlet mall near Kenosha to buy things with money that I don’t have. The plan was to stop at a Goodwill store on the way there to get rid of the trunk full of clothes from my roommates and myself as well as the two crappy tvs and computer monitor. I would then drive down I-94 to the mall, shop for a few hours, and drive back home, stopping at a Famous Dave’s for delicious BBQ on the way back.

Not surprisingly, the failing started early. I decided to stop at the Goodwill marked as point I on the map but it was amazingly difficult to find. Circling and failing I finally had to call my roommate to guide me there but when I arrived I found it was just the Goodwill corporate offices, not a store which accepts donations. Awesome. I called my roommate again to guide me to another location and he gave me directions to the second spot marked on the map, you know, the one where Google Maps doesn’t claim there is a Goodwill. I got there but then found out they don’t accept tvs and monitors so the rest of the day was spent with a 19″ CRT monitor slamming into my back every time I stopped.

The shopping actually went well. I found a pretty nice knife set for pretty cheap, found some good clothes and generally enjoyed myself. I was really looking forward to some food on the way back though I had neglected to lookup the exact location. Eyes peeled the entire hour-long drive back home, I managed to not see either of the two Famous Dave’s I drove immediately past according to the map. I did see way more Arby’s than could ever be necessary, however.

Yet another lesson in the frivolity of trying.