the bachelor pad store
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the bachelor pad store Thursday December 19
i went out again with the new cost plus world market store on prospect avenue. our first date was last week when charlotte and i went to the nearby damon's; she suggested i check it out. i did, but i wasn't sure if it was my thing yet.
so, today again, driven by capitalism, materialistic greed, and the forty bucks burning in my back pocket, i dropped in for a more intimate visit. this store will, without a doubt, be where i buy my pimp furninshings for todd and i's bachelor-pad-to-be next year. that is, if the mug ever starts being a bachelor again. let's not discuss that currently.
first, we've got the pillow and bedding selection. everything's just stacked up against the wall, so you have got a real clear-cut view of which colors are available. also note that there are framed mirrors for sale, one of which i used to take this picture. when i get my bachelor pad next year, i'm planning on buying one for over my bed.
ooh, the candles. chicks go crazy for that scented stuff; set a few of them up in different corners of your bedroom, and you're set from the moment they walk in. as for getting them that far, well, the store can't help you there, my friend.
you can pretend to be all cultured with neat chinese-style lamps, or just decorate your psuedo-avant-garde-chinese-meets-mediterranean-high-priced-cliche-chain restaurant with lamps like these.
and they sell rubber duckies. not that anyone buys them, but they sell them. and that's the point.the duckies were most likely made in thailand by some peasant, and that means it falls under the category of "world market"; therefore, they can be sold to me as a cheap bathtime trinket in champaign, illinois for a price that would pay the salary of the worker who made it for two weeks.
conclusion: god bless a strong dollar, and world market is the new place to go to outfit your bachelor pad. feed the poor of the world, get neat, officially-authentic goods, and if you can lure them that far, impress women who enter your bedroom. not a bad start for a pier-one knock-off.
my chic new candle and votive. all i need is to do now is to get them through the threshold of the bedroom.
