Where Did You Go?

Yesterday I received the final package I’ll ever get from what used to be one of my favorite stationers.  They have decided to take their business in a whole other direction and were offering leftover stationery items like memo books and pens and even cute coasters at bargain prices wrapped up in “grab bags.”  Ugh!  Why???  Why???  I’ve mentioned before that I have eclectic tastes so I find that more often than not my favorite items get discontinued just when I’m at my peak of adoring them.

Lipstick colors, nail polish colors, perfume scents, Starbucks offerings, etc. get thrown out to us like delicious teasers and then just when we’re really hooked, we’re told we have to go search the bargain bin for the remaining lot of what’s left.  Thank goodness for ebay and places like Replacements.com (replacement pieces for hard to find, discontinued dinnerware) who have made a business out of people desperate to find crumbs of what is still available of their former favorites.  These businesses know that when something is rare and hard to find, you want it even more.  We always want what we can’t have.  The irony of it all, is that you end up paying five times what you used to pay for the item, now that the company has deemed the product passe and past its prime.

When I get past my hunt frenzy, looking desperately for remnants of former favorites, I started getting a complex.  Why do I like things that no one else likes?  Why didn’t anyone else think that this cream was God’s answer to skincare?  Why didn’t anyone else like this exotic flavor of potato chips?  I pride myself for my unique tastes and then I disdain myself at the same time for the same reason.

So, this was just my Saturday morning rant.  Thanks for reading and possibly commiserating.  Storms made for bad sleep last night.  I’ll try to be a little bit more positive tomorrow.