Me, Myself, and Ice Cream

I had an epiphane today. As I was runnning around doing boring grown up errands and meeting up with various peoples and being all sorts of efficient, I realized that you can pretty well determine whether or not I will like a place by whether or not it has Ice Cream.

The epiphane started as I was driving back to my house after lunch with an old roomie. I had that Saturday afternoon drowsy feeling, that I always get around 2 pm on a saturday because I got up early and did lots of things and then ate a nice big lunch and then it is quite naturally time for a nap. And I was driving along, enjoying my Saturday afternoon drowsy feeling and thinking about how it would only be 10 minutes until I collapsed on my bed in the sunny spot for my saturday afternoon nap, when I drove past a grocery store, and I thought "I need to stop".

No I don't. I have groceries enough for the next three days and nobody should ever go to a grocery store on Saturday afternoon in Utah.

Yes, I do need to go to the grocery store, because yesterday was payday, and I like the grocery store.

What would you buy at a grocery store that you don't already have in your cupboards?

Ice Cream.

You don't need Ice Cream.

But I like Ice Cream. And I like the grocery store because they have Ice Cream.

Huh?

That's right, I like the grocery store simply because they have Ice Cream there. So I began to question myself. What are my two favorite fast food joints? Dairy Queen and Wendys. Because I always get a blizzard or a frosty with my meal. And even if I don't get them, I prefer those places because I can get Ice Cream there.

Hmmm. Let's investigate further.

Where are the places I like to go? Anthropologie at the Gateway? Ben and Jerry's upstairs. Target? Best Prices for Ice Cream in the valley. Barnes and Noble? One located next to the Maggie Moo's or one located next to ColdStone. Cafe Rio? Well the thing is, I never go there unless I can afford to, and if I can afford to, then there is probably already Ice Cream in my freezer. Paris? Really really really good Ice Cream.

Don't get me wrong. It's not like I actually buy Ice Cream whenever I go to these places. I just feel better knowing that Ice Cream is always close by.