Weird looks at Walgreens

Now that the driveway’s clear, I’ve moved on to tackling our ice dams. Obviously, the roof rake was a first step toward keeping our ceilings from caving in, but these 12-below morning aren’t helping our cause.

So, I turned to the internet.

Dear Google, I like our drywall. Help me save it. Love, Ben.

Aside from “Tips for packing up and moving to a warmer climate,” I didn’t get much help until I made it to the “This Old House” website.

Their experts told me to go buy some panty hose.

And, since my brain was frozen from being outside, I didn’t think twice about it until I got to Walgreens and found out they were out of the driveway-ice-melt-salt
stuff that Bob Vila told me to put INSIDE the panty hose to melt the ice dams.

So, I’m standing at the counter with two packs of jet black No Nonsense Ultimate Shapers, getting strange looks from the cashier and the women behind me.

“So, is that it?” the cashier asks, curling her lip.

“Yeah, since you guys are all out of tools, aftershave and Jack Daniels,” I should have said loudly.

I felt much more comfortable in the Lowe’s checkout line buying the ice melt. Now I just have to figure out what I’m going to tell the neighbors that saw me outside trying to figure out which side of the panty hose was the open end.