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1/7/05
i was shopping for food. someone raced to beat me to the cashier. i mentioned the rudeness and she immediately stepped back several feet and
started helping me out. i spotted something i wanted on a shelf and went over to pick something out, not caring about the others.

the cashier kept adding items and undercharging me. i ended up with a lot of stuff almost for free, including three large boxes of tampons, which is pretty much a $21 value. having no idea why i was getting these deals and this kind of random kindness simply for speaking up...

shift of scene to my new apartment. my boyfriend and his friend came over for dinner. i discovered old platters i had just brought from my grandmother's house as well as a lot of slightly dirty kitchenware which was now mine. mostly serving platters. i had bags of groceries on the counter, the kitchen was a huge mess.

i kept discovering more frozen food and cookware, discovering a ton of frozen pizza. okay, i thought, i have to get a meal together or these boys will leave. i finally found dishes and got some soup together and went out to serve them. my boyfriend had left, angry at not being fed immediately....

7/9/04
Buyers remorse. This dream was all about it. I somehow thought to bid 18k on a 20k tent without ever seeing the thing. On going to pick it up, I found that it was in full operation of a business selling drinks and food, with a full staff.

On seeing this, I understood that it was implicit that I was now the owner of the business. I tried to explain to the manager that I was here to pick up the tent and take it to the East Bay.

It was now in Manhattan. He explained that it wasn't possible but accepted me as the business owner. I got into my car, dropping off a futon at a homeless shelter on the way, at their request. My car had a broken window and I didn't remember how it happened.

On the way I thought about the tax implications of owning this business and felt extremely nervous. I was racking my brain to figure out who to get advice from. And where was this advice when I bought it...I was upset with myself that I hadn't gotten an opinion before I spent 18K on a stupid tent.

I stopped by my friend Carl's place. He seemed to have relocated from his very clean and neat place to a sloppy, unfinished house in a bad neighborhood. He was now living with a woman who seemed to walk around naked 99% of the time. I kept trying to leave his house but either left something behind and had to go back for it - repeatedly - or fell asleep.

The dream wrapped up when I was arguing with a contractor they brought in about a floor finish. He wanted to paint over all the wood and I was arguing for some linseed oil with a tint.

6-28-04
I was shopping in a large department store with very testy,
grumpy assistants. all the most beautiful things were hidden away in trunks.

I went digging through some trunks and found a beautiful purple velvet tapestry to cover my bed with, then i saw some red tapestries on the walls i wanted and brought it down.

the assistants were pissed that i moved the things around, but reluctantly showed me a beautiful two level 'sixties lampshade, exactly like one i own, but smaller. i started making a pile to purchase but woke up before i could complete the transaction.

12-13-03
I was shopping at IKEA, and there was a new section with fabulous lingerie and really great makeup and clothes.

I found a bra I wanted, it had tiny black ribbons across the top and was printed with Boris and Natasha (from Bullwinkle).

I realized that this shopping was too great to last so I'd better hurry but I was still so picky. Waking up I realized that I AM always picky, and won't cram my cart full of anything unless i really do want it.

9-29-03
I was climbing in and out of the roof of a tree house, which became a department store I was shopping in for clothes and jewelry. Then I was standing in front of an old fashioned mirror, trying on clothes. I put on a beautiful, simple wedding gown and veil and pranced about, looking quite wonderful.

I was happy. The girl with me was also trying on clothes and we traded. She had me try on some lingerie and old fashioned bathing suits. Then we put the clothes on a small child and it looked very cute her too.

Then I was swimming/wading down a clear calm river with another older woman. She seemed to be very wise yet youthful. I was carrying a photo with me and since we were already headed down the river, she said I would have to carry it with me. But I found a nice bank to set it down on and when I popped out of the water to set it down, my bottom was showing and she gave it a playful pat. It felt so refreshing to be swimming along the river in my undies. Then I saw an arial view of a beautiful lake and waterfall surrounded by orange spikes of earth, like in Bryce Canyon, Utah. All the landscape reminded me of Utah and the gorge at Zion National Park.

9/14/03
i'm at a friend's wedding reception, or going up to the reception in a fancy, elaborately appointed elevator. there's a woman in the elevator with me, dressed well, with a glimmery wrap thrown over her shoulders. she points at my hand and notices i am wearing two chunky rings made of resin on my ring finger - one blue and one green. she asks, "are you married?" and i say, no, these aren't real wedding rings.

she raises the back of her hand - flat - to my face and i see a modest diamond wedding ring. she says, plainly, "this _is_ real." we face the elevator door as it opens to the crowded banquet room.


5/2/00
my ex was hanging around a house with me. he was lounging in a bedroom. he was pretending nothing was wrong between us but also giving a vibe that he didn't care either way. a friend of his came in and was trying to convince me what a great guy he is.

"when you put different masks on him, he's really great!" she told me. i was like, "yeah, i know, but that's the real problem with him".

i left the room, trying to get away. found myself trying to maneuver a car through a tiny alley with a homeless person camped out in the way, lying on a box with a blanket. i was angry that there was this obstacle, but everyone acted as if it was outrageous for me to ask the homeless person to leave.

i then somehow parked the car and went shopping. for some reason i was scooping tons of things i didn't want into my cart.

a group of employees came and started harassing me that i couldn't take the items out of my cart once i chose them. i was ignoring them and scooping things out onto a basket. i was determined to get rid of the junk i was carrying.


8/5/00
i was visiting my sister who lived in a city i've visited before in dreams, but in this dream resembled a very cosmopolitan version of santa fe. She pulled into the parking lot of some fictional sort of swanky southwestern department store that seemed really familiar to me.

on the racks were clothes, some of which were things i'd always wanted but hadn't bought because they are normally so expensive - they were all marked down to $1 or so. i got a huge pile of clothes, and went to check out. i was in a huge hurry but i don't know why i was rushing because my sister didn't seem stressed and i think i was thinking that at any moment she was going to take control and put a stop to this shopping and i wouldn't get what i wanted.

on impulse i added two COWS to the purchase. i got out to the parking lot and realized i hadn't gotten a receipt and that maybe without a receipt i couldn't return the cows, plus i was visiting and how could i deal with these cows?

i thought about how my father needed money and food and maybe i could give him a cow to eat. But it seemed like an overwhelming responsibility so i went back up to return the cows.

they assured me that i could return them without a receipt. so i went back to the store floor and got distracted by racks of clothes NOT on sale that were even more spectacular....just exactly what i have always wanted.

i started shopping again and i told my sister we could leave. now i got stressed again because i didn't believe that i could really return cows without a receipt. At this point the stress level was hitting a high point, and i got a wake up call.

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