MYSTERY ITEMS

So I do have to say… one thing that maybe has come from this coronavirus deal is that perHAPS I have saved money. I haven’t been out enough to spend what I think would be my normal amount. Yet of course... since I would never consider living with a budget, let alone living within one, I can’t be REALLY sure, but I do have to think I’m ahead of the game moneywise. I kinda like to just buy whatever the hell I want and worry about the cost of it later. And so far, it's worked out pretty well for me, actually. 

Regardless… given I began spending a huge bunch of money in February on Amazon, in preparation for this pandemic, monies during the first three months were no longer high on my American Express card but instead on my Discover card. So maybe it all washed out in the end. Well, maybe not but who cares. Besides… by now, all my pandemic supplies are pretty much accumulated so I hope I’m good to go for a while.

Which means: my spending these past 5 months has basically been online but now it has been for mere pleasure. Like the sandals I bought in black and in white. Or the sheet sets I love because of their fantastic soft bamboo blend for summer. Or loads of downloaded books for my Kindle. The list goes on and on. Naturally, I have a record of everything I bought and receipts showing me from where I bought the item and it’s exact cost. With that in mind...

I can’t even TELL you how often an item reaches my door and I have NO CLUE WHATSOEVER what it could possibly be since I never remember what I’ve even ordered. It’s a major surprise when I open the package and then think to myself YIPPEE. NOW I REMEMBER. I AM SO HAPPY THIS ARRIVED. I'M GOING TO LOVE IT. YAY PACKAGES. It’s totally like having Xmas all year long. In the meantime…

See those two item up above??? TALK ABOUT A MYSTERY BOX. These two items arrived in the same box, but without a price receipt nor any info whatsoever about from what company it came. Nor had I any memory at all that I even ordered it, but almost kinda, sorta, maybe thought I did. But the mystery didn’t stop there.

I also had absolutely no idea what the fuck these items were FOR. I was soooo stymied, it was ridiculous! I looked and looked at them, and could NOT figure out for what or how these were to be used. No wonder it’s never a good idea to shop online at 3:00 in the morning. In the meantime…

One of the items I suddenly sooort of remembered what it could be for, but couldn’t be sure. So I took a guess and Googled what I thought the possibility might be. BINGO. I hit the jackpot and when I saw a picture… IT CAME BACK TO ME. EXACTLY WHY I ORDERED IT AND EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED. Duh. I couldn’t beLIEVE I had forgotten what this was all about. Anyway… one item down. One to go.

The OTHER item was simply beyond my attempting to guess what it was. I couldn’t even Google it given I had no clue what the hell words I could even enter to put in the search bar, SOOOO…

I wound up bringing it to my Breakfast Club of about a dozen women whereby we now have a local place where we can eat outdoors, bring our own food and chairs for distancing, and safely visit for a couple of hours each Saturday. In the old days we dined in a restaurant. Then for a couple of months we all Zoomed. Then eventually, we just got together outdoors. Regardless… I decided to do a show and tell and ask everyone WHAT THE F COULD THIS BE??

Boom!!!! Frieda guessed it’s purpose right off the bat! Seriously… how she came up with this, I have no idea. It was amazing. I still didn’t remember ordering it for that but… as soon as I got home, I Googled once more and SHE WAS RIGHT. More importantly.., I LOVE IT AND IT’S EXACTLY WHY I WANTED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. Yay!! Second mystery solved. Talk about thank God for small favors. Trying to figure it out would have driven me crazy for the rest of my life, believe me. So now…

You ready for the reveal??? Sitting down?? Here are the two items. YOU guess what they’re for! And no cheating.

Item number one:

Item number two:

Give up???

Well... guess what? The first picture is a fantastic cooking utensil... it makes poached eggs perfectly!! And easily! No fuss. No muss. You simply put your cracked egg into the colored cup, place it in a little bit of boiling water for about 5 minutes maybe, cover the pot and WHAMMO. In no time at all YOU HAVE EXCELLENT POACHED EGGS WHICH SLIDE OUT ONTO YOUR ENGLISH MUFFIN, OR WHATEVER, LIKE A BREEZE... AND BINGO, YOU EAT!! Omg. This was incredible. Okay... so the next item??

The second item is also fantastic... a major help in easily preparing... ready???... minced garlic!! Can you believe it? You just put your cloves onto a surface, move the handle back and forth over the garlic and next thing you know... perfect garlic for adding to your pot or pan. I LOVE THIS TOOL. No chopping. No pressing. No nothing. Just move back and forth. Totally a great cooking tool! Who could ask for more? Well... I guess asking for a decent memory would help, but apparently that's going out the window, but fast. In the meantime...

Oh man. All I can say is: I can't believe 1.) I had no idea what the hell I ordered 2.) I had no idea how to use these kitchen items or 3). that I was actually able to solve the mystery! Seriously... I would NEVER have known what to do with these unless I searched it out. What an idiot I am. On the other hand... I'm not all THAT dumb since in the end... I DID buy two great kitchen tools. 

Which by the way, I think you should, too!