Don't make fun of my princess bed.

I hate shopping.  Well... kinda.  I would love shopping if I could afford it, but I can't.  What I really love is getting a really awesome deal on something.  I'm going to need some supplies to take with me up to goatland, but I don't have much money to spend, so I've been bargain hunting.

I have to sleep in a tent for 3 months.  That's just how it is.  They don't have enough rooms for everyone, no big.  Though everyone in my family seems very concerned, I have decided to prepare myself.

On Sunday I ventured to Portland to go to my favorite store Andy & Bax.  It's an army surplus store that has really awesome hats and the best camping gear.  I really needed to get a good sleeping pad for my tent.  But they were closed!  Sad.  So I mosied to Deek & Bryan's!  The biggest camping pad they had was $90!  That's just crazy.  Defeated, I went home to look on craigslist.  I really wish I had a picture of what I found... But it looks very similar to this!

Awesome!  $30.  Not $90 for a thin, foam pad!  I'm going to be so comfy.  And I fully intend to dress my Queen-sized air mattress cot with my pretty duvet cover I made and my down pillows my mom got me for Christmas.  I love craigslist.  A lot.

I'm not sure I want the other WWOOFers to see my princess bed, though.  I will get teased.  They'll think I'm a wussy girl.  But I don't care, because I will be sleeping on a cloud.


Did you know that I own only 1 pair of jeans?  Now you do.  They have holes in them, too.  I patched the holes and now I have patches on my only pair of jeans.  And they don't even really fit me.  I definitely wouldn't want to be bending over to tend to cute goats all the time in them.  My boyfriend aspires to look like a handyman.  He has the mustache and everything.  A staple to this style are his Carhartt overalls.  What a brilliant idea for farm-living!  So I looked on craigslist and voila!  I'm the proud owner of a pair of insulated Carhartt bibs.  Value: $85  Craigslist Price: $40

Today, I still wanted to go to Andy & Bax, just to see if there was anything I was missing.  I needed a raincoat and a pair of gloves, which I bought for only $22.  And Bob gave me his work boots.  This is what it looks like...

I'm a smart shopper.


I'm not sure what else I need to bring!  3 months is a long time and I just want to make sure I have everything I need before I even start.

I also stopped at The Herb Shoppe on Hawthorne, which is so cool, so I could get a bunch of herbs to calm the crazy PMS I get.  I need to be able to tame it, because it has the power to freak me out and send me home.  I won't let it win!  I bought Vervain, Comfrey, Lemonbalm, Cramp Bark, Wood Betony, and something else I can't remember right now... Some other calming, sedativey thing for lady parts.  My PMS won't know what hit it.

So far I have:
Tent
Bed
Clothes - boots, pants, coat, gloves, etc...
Vitamins and healing herbs
Typical things for everyday....
Bedding

Can anyone think of anything else?

I need a hat.