That's MR. BEER to you!

Really, my plan was to stop in at Bed, Bath and Beyond on my way home from work to buy a back scratcher to help me cope with the dry itchy skin I suffer from during the winter months. Both Kathy and I have our own back scratchers on the headboard of our bed but I was looking for something to use in the car. I have an hour long commute to and from work each day and when I'm wrapped up in my winter coat and my back starts itching I need the relief that can only come from a good scratching.

Of course while I was at the mall I decided to check out FYE again to see if I'd missed anything and also to pick up another copy (for $1.88) of Widespread Panic's Ball CD. They had moved the clearance tables around so instead of grabbing the Panic disk from where I'd scene it last, I had to look through everything again which wasn't a major chore for me.

While giving everything a second glance I did come up with another half dozen disks that I'd either over looked last time or had put back in favor of some other treasure. On top of the a fore mentioned Panic CD I picked up:

Robert Palmer-Don't Explain
The FieryFurnaces-Blueberryboat
Django Reinhardt-The art of the Jazz Guitar
Henry "Red" Allen- The classic Year
An audio book copy of Fanny Hill
plus 2 Disks that I already have but couldn't pass up for .50 each:

Pete Droge-Spacey and Shakin
Johnny Society- Clairovance
(if anyone out there needs a copy of either of the last two just say the word.)

Still no back scratcher. I made for Bed Bath and Beyond and hunted around and even asked if they carried such a thing but unfortunately for me that was a big NO. Not being someone who can pass up a clearance section I scanned a whole assortment of marked down Chistmas, Thanksgiving and Halloween stuff discounted as much as 70% off.

I don't have a whole lot of use for wrapping paper, bows and the like but I did come across A Mr. Beer brewing kit which includes everything you need to make 2 gallons of homemade beer for only $14.99. How could I resist? Needless to say, my back itched all the way home but in the big picture, fighting dry skin starts with forcing fluids and I know of 2 gallons I can start with. In as little as 14 days.