Hot Stuff

Hot Stuff #1: Mommy’s Time Out white wine at Roger’s Liquor Store, 595 Prospect Avenue, Hartford, $9.99

I ventured back to Roger’s Liquor Store on Prospect and Farmington Avenues last night. I kind of hate going there because NO ONE is friendly or even says “hello” when you walk in and they make you feel like an idiot for saying it in the first place to them.

Anyway, “Mommy’s Time Out” Pinot Grigio for $9.99 was worth the trip. Love the illustration on the label:

Hot Stuff #2: Champagne fountain at CVS, 1044 Boulevard Avenue, West Hartford, $11.00 (see below)

I had been eyeing this plastic, multi-tiered beverage fountain in the “weird appliance” section of CVS for weeks, but couldn’t bring myself to buy it because it was $19.99.

Yesterday, it had a sticker on the shelf next to it marked $9.99, so I triumphantly took it to the cashier who promptly informed me that the sticker was misplaced. It was still $19.99.

I whined. I pleaded. I asked her about her employee discount.

In the end, I bought other necessities like coffee, snore gargle and cigarettes and the cashier told me that my receipt coupon had $9.50 CVS bucks on it which meant I got the fountain, after all of that, for $11.00. I think I got the big CVS bonus because I always donate $1 to ALS every time CVS asks me to do it. You should too.

Of course, I didn’t buy any liquor that could actually go through the fountain, but at some point in the night, Billy and Sam thought it would be funny to dump a bottle of red wine into it. It was funny, but I had bad flashbacks to The Golden Voyage of Sinbad when the fountain water turns into blood. That killed me when I was a kid.

And, yes, everyone takes off clothing when they party at my house.