Adventures of Bad Hamster

Shampoo for white dogs.
You wouldn't believe how much I just spent at Arcata Pets, an online pet supply warehouse. I started out only intending to get a teething bone for Allie, whom I'm considering re-naming White Fang or perhaps Canine the Destroyer. It turned out that neither PetCo nor PetsMart carry any such thing, so I ended up at Arcata Pet via Google and as it turned out, I love their reasonable prices and astounding selection of things none of my dogs nor myself could ever possibly need and yet must have anyway. I don't know how to feel about this latest shopping expedition now that all is said and paid for. Does it count as a "retail therapy" splurge, and should I feel guilty as if I'd ordered up a big haul from Sephora? Or was it a necessary expense for the maintanance of three dogs, something that I should be irritated I had to shell out yet more money for, yet proud of myself for choosing to buy the dogs the things they need instead of the new fall collection from NARS?

I don't know. I did enjoy shopping on the dog website, and a lot of what I bought wasn't strictly necessary. Or rather, the basics were necessary, but I didn't stick with the basics. I never do.

( In which dog shampoo is discussed for many paragraphs. )

All told, over $100 in DOG SUPPLIES. I don't want to think of the lipgloss that could have bought. Who am I kidding -- at Sephora, $100 doesn't go very far!

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