blowing a wad...

Of money. What did you think I was going to say? Get your mind out of the gutter. I spent a lot of money that I don't have today.

Favorite purchases of the day:

-a box of Whoppers
-a Pizza
-a Swiffer WetJet

Yes. My brand new Swiffer. I have been dreaming of one since the day I looked at the apartment in which I now reside. It has hardwood floors throughout, no carpet. Thank god, I hate carpet. It just always looks dirty and those high-traffic areas are a bitch to keep up with. Plus I hate to vacuum.

My shiny, new little Swiffer is so cute, and when I opened the box, all I could do was inhale; the whole plastic-wrapped purple and silverness of the thing was scented in, no, not that nasty China-plastic-y and styrofoamy smell, but sweet... purpleness. I don't even know how to describe the smell but it just smells... yummy.

Anyway, I just finished swiffering (I wonder if that word is in the dictionary yet?) my entire apartment. I even moved furniture, which is more than I can say from my days of vacuuming my old apartment (which always felt like a chore). I was opting for a regular Swiffer, and then looked at the Swiffer vacuum, but the former seemed too cheap for my needs, the latter way too expensive. I enjoy the WetJet. Its perfect for sweeping up dust, as well as scrubbing away all that Taco Bell mild sauce and Burger King ketchup that always seems to end up splattered on the floor.

I mentioned to a friend that I had bought one today and how much I love it. His response? "I personally want a Filipina maid." Classy.

The only gripe I have about the Swiffer WetJet is that I kept accidentally hitting the button on the handle, prematurely ejaculating the cleaning solution on things that I didn't mean to, or on a section of the floor that was already done, making me have to redo sections. It also says that one of the pads will go for 8 large rooms, but after 3 rooms and a small hallway (which is all I have) I had to throw the thing out. I guess one pad a week on cleaning day will do the trick with some light sweeping during the week to take care of those pesky renegade dustbunnies.

So yeah. I was having so much fun swiffering and pressing the button and squirting the stuff all over the place that I didn't even realize I had broken a sweat until I sat down to admire my work.


4 out of 4 stars for the WetJet yay!