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cuties
03.10.05 (8:11 pm)   [edit]

This past weekend, Aaron and I scourged? a thrift shop to find good costumes for going out w/ our friends.  We ended up w/ a Western theme- him w/ a cowboy hat and all- me w/ an indescript collaboration of browns as a shirt under a jean jacket (from an earlier thrift store).  Unfortunately, I am not satisfied w/ any pics- fortunately, here are some great pics more recent:
These first two, I'll call "Love." I love dogs, and I guess we've had 3 strays come by over the last month.  This is the first I've seen.  She found me when I got the mail, and just wandered around the house- checking it out.  She had a collar, but no tags.  She tried following me inside.  More people came home, and we fed it bread and water, and called Animal Control.  The time - that hour- w/ that dog was one of my happiest this week.  Sadly, the 2 to 4 hours A.C. was going to taken was closer to 5 minutes.  She was muddy and skinny, but behaved and was furry and loveable.  She's 'Molly' to me, because that was Aaron's dog of long ago, and that's a girl-dog name, but I'm told they look nothing alike.  I was reading Spanish to 'Molly 'in the 2nd photo.


This next photo is of a palm tree- it looked so round from below, when most palm trees aren't that symmetrical.  And lastly, Aaron.  He really liked that bush/fence.  And we met our mailman today while climbing a tree a few blocks away, and then again on my front porch!

 


posted by: hopie26 (reply)
post date: 03.10.05 (7:46 pm)

Yes, animals have a way of making you feel loved when sometimes, nothing else can. I loooooove dogs. Especially my dog. I am glad God sent you a friend(s) to make you feel special Erin! You look really pretty and happy in that picture!



posted by: trickangle (reply)
post date: 03.11.05 (6:34 am)

Erin, I'm not sure "scourge" is the word you were looking for. From m-w.com:

1 : FLOG, WHIP
2 a : to punish severely b : AFFLICT c : to drive as if by blows of a whip d : CHASTISE

So what did that thrift shop ever do to YOU?



posted by: Aaron (reply)
post date: 03.11.05 (7:20 am)

perhaps the proper word is Scoured? As in a scouring pad?



posted by: Aaron's mom (reply)
post date: 03.11.05 (8:27 am)

I think it's scrounged!



posted by: trickangle (reply)
post date: 03.11.05 (10:07 am)

M-w.com's definition of "scrounge":

1 : STEAL, SWIPE
2 a : to get as needed by or as if by foraging, scavenging, or borrowing b : FINAGLE, WHEEDLE -- often used with up
intransitive senses : to search about and turn up something needed from whatever source is available; also : to actively seek money, work, or sustenance from any available source

Although, strictly speaking, definition 2a could work in the sense used here, I think the primary usage of the term scrounge is in the sense of "scrounge up" and thus carries an intransitive connotation to the modern ear.

Also, strictly speaking, to say you scrounged a thrift store would mean you acquired the store, not the things inside of it.

Aaron, I also was thinking that perhaps Erin meant "scour" when I first read this post. I agree with you that it seems to be the best term to use in this case.

In support of my case, consider m-w.com's third definition for the term:

Main Entry: scour (3)
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English scuren, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish skura to rush
intransitive senses : to move about quickly especially in search
transitive senses : to go through or range over in or as if in a search



posted by: SparklingSnow (reply)
post date: 03.13.05 (9:01 pm)

you're right, Hope- and I think I was trying to mix scrounge and scour. I knew it didn't sound right, but it seemed to fit nonetheless at the time. I ment to look/forage/search through the madness.

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