totally not helping that they've got rid of those self-checks, either

I'm pretty sure I know exactly which repeated childhood trauma is to blame for the kneejerk expectation that shopkeepers will run me out even when I have money. But it's exhausting to have to wrestle with it afresh every damn time I think about wanting to go in somewhere to buy something.

I think this is about the time of year that I need to settle in to knit under my ott-light for four or five hours a day...