so i just read over my last post about stealing... and i think that im going to elaborate on that topic in this post. and since that post, i have gotten caught shoplifting. but, nothing really came of it. i was at books a million, and i noticed that they had installed some new security features. but as i walked around the store browsing, i didnt notice anything with any metal tags or stickers. so i returned to the same books a million about a week later and decided to steal the smallest post secret book. i had no problem getting it in my bag, but on the way out the door the alarm went off. i panicked, and walked out into the middle of the road in the pouring rain. and then an employee came running out behind me and asking me to come back inside. i have no idea why i did, but i turned around and went back inside. so another employee was back up at the front by now and she was asking me if i had anything that might have made it go off. and of course i said i didnt. so she suggested that maybe my keys or cell phone set it off. so i waved them in front of the sensor, and ofcourse nothing. so then she suggested that maybe it was something in my purse. and i had to wave it in front of the sensor... well of course it went off. fuck my life. so she starts asking me if there is anything in my purse that might have set it off. i pretend to dig around in my purse, knowing that the only thing in there is the stolen book. then she asks if i have a book that i had previously purchased. well i jumped at this opportuinty and pulled out the stolen book, telling her that i had bought it last week. she takes it and flips through the pages, and then to back cover where she reveals the metal sticker. i feel like a total dumbass. so she says that if i can bring a receipt back then i can take the book with me. i tell her i will, and then she lets me go. that was a close one.
and then there was another occasion at old navy...
so ive stolen from two differnt old navy locations several times. and it seems to me that the store is completely oblivious. ive stolen high dollar merchandise and never been caught. they dont even have cameras. so i always feel pretty confident when shoplifting from there. on this particular day, i had a couple tank tops, a pair of pajama pants, two pairs of pajama shorts, 3 thongs, and maybe a shirt or two. so as i was walking out the door, the alarm went off. once again, i panicked and started walking across the street. well no one came out after me so i went and sat in my car. then i was determined to know what made the alarm go off. so i pulled my car over a few rows away from the store and started emptying the contents of my purse and examining each item. i didnt see anything that wouldve made the alarm go off.... ive stolen all of those things before and nothing happened. so i came to the conclusion that it must have been the lady that was walking in right as i was walking out that set off with her keys or cell phone or something. since then ive stolen a cardigan and a tanktop from there, but i pulled the tags off of them first and nothing beeped. so i guess thats just what i'll have to do from now on...
also, i would like to mention my more successful stealing ventures that have happened recently...
i stole a shower cady. yeah that was pretty impressive. um i got 2 pairs of shoes from rack room. another wine glass and 3 shirts from jc penny. and some jewelry from there too. most all of my make up nowadays is stolen. well, pretty much everything in my bathroom is stolen. from the shampoo to the toothpaste to the tampons. ive also stolen a 6 pack of bud light lime. that was another pretty impressive one. i have a whole laundry basket in my closet and 2 drawers in my dresser that are solely dedicated to stolen things. pretty much all of my expensive finger nail polish is stolen. that stuff costs like $6 a bottle. and most of the clothes that im wearing not are stolen. which brings me to something else...
the things i stole when i had just started... they dont seem so wonderful anymore. its like the rush of wearing something stolen wears off after a couple months. this tank top im wearing right now... i stole it about 6-8 months ago. and now it doesnt feel stolen anymore. it feels like i bought it. crazy, huh. also, the sandals that i stole over a year ago... i feel like i paid for those too. very strange.
but now my cheif concern is... im running out of stuff to steal. i dont have much more room to store stolen clothes. or any clothes at all for that matter. i dont have room for shoes, and my make up bag is practically bursting at the seems. i have enough body wash to last my for the rest of the year, and probably into next year. i have an array of stolen stuff under my sink. i just dont have room for anymore. so now what can i steal? ive resolved to steal a cosmo every month, and i could use some new pens and pencils. and filler paper. and those colgate wisp brushes. and a new loofa, since my stolen cosmo said that those should be replaced every month or so. and a new tooth brush. but thats about it. i have enough candles to make it through a blackout, and enough face wash to last til im 20. so i must think of new things to steal that would be useful to me. yes, that is my new objective.
