Sarah Gim at Slashfood wants to know how much we would pay for water – well that’s easy, whatever it costs! The bigger question is what would you DO for water? That answer is much more complicated.
Click that link to Slashfood for a second. See the picture? Well in that picture are two types of water that TW and I have spent a lot of money on (a lot being a relative term considering we seriously spend a lot on coffee) and searched the world over to find. See the bottle that’s all funky shaped? Jewel shaped is what TW calls it? That’s “her” water – or it was til all sorts of people started drinking it. See the tall, silver topped bottle of Voss water? That’s my water.
Let’s start with that jewel shaped bottle – (I have a confession to make, I don’t actually know what it is called even though I searched and searched and searched for it and did, in fact, buy it. I also can’t find an empty bottle here anywhere to figure out what it might be called.) – TW was at work and we were talking via AIM one day before Christmas. She starts talking about a water bottle that N or E or someone who I’ve obviously forgotten had. How it was a pretty jewel shape and how she really wanted that bottle. Apparently it could be found at Uppercrust. Well geez, that’s easy, Uppercrust is a block away. We can get that. Of course we didn’t get it. We promptly forgot all about it or went into sloth mode or tucked ourselves away in the bedroom to avoid the stress of Christmas shoppers and Upper Crust and Dorns type people so no jewel bottle shaped thing appeared in TW’s hand.
Then Mommy and Me Day arrived. Michelle took the day off from school and I took the day off from work and we spent the day together. Shopping – I hate shopping, she loves shopping. We compromised and shopped in places I like (except Walmart, which I hate but had to go there anyway). We hit Wild Iris and small shops downtown. And we went to Uppercrust and we began our search for TW’s jeweled water bottle. The problem is – I thought she meant water bottle, not bottle of water. So I thought I was looking for a sports bottle, refillable travel mug sort of thing. We searched and searched. We asked for help. Nothing. Never heard of it. As we were about to leave, I glanced into the cold cases and there it was. A jeweled looking BOTTLE OF WATER at which point I began to laugh and couldn’t stop laughing. One bottle of water purchased. Santa brought it in her stocking for Christmas. A whopping $2 or something like that – so Slashfood, that’s how much I’d pay. But the trouble I’d go to, that’s something else entirely.
Now let’s talk VOSS Water aka SEX water aka FRIENDS water. Depending upon who we are talking to. Though we may now have to refer to it as HURRICANE water because E is sure mommy is expecting a hurricane anytime now ’cause of all of the bottled water.
When I lived in SC our favorite restaurant was a little place called Friends in beatiful downtown Anderson, SC. Great restaurant, fun waitresses (remind me to tell you about Kate) and dyke owners (which is incredibly rare in Anderson, SC let me tell you). Lots of vegetarian choices and Voss Water. So, we’d go out for dinner, we’d buy a bottle of water (or three) and we’d go home to the attic and I’ll leave you with a copy of the Whole Lesbian Sex book to imagine what came next.
Well folks, Voss water is not easy to find outside of Anderson, SC and Dean & DeLuca – the only two places I think we’ve ever seen it “in the wild” – though TW will probably read this and correct me – regardless, it’s hard to find. And we’ve tried. **edited to add TW says that RJ told her “They sell that water at Dragonfly!” right after it arrived. Dragonfly is not a restaurant we visit. For multiple reasons. Figures, eh?**
TW surprised me a few months ago with two cases of Voss Water! TWO CASES! One case of each – 800ml and 350ml – sparkling only, please. So Slashfood – I’m guessing $75 for two cases, including shipping is how much we’d pay for Voss Water. It’s well worth it.
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I’m not sure how much I’ve paid for water. I know some restaurants I’ve been too charge a heck of a lot for sparkling water (which I prefer). Err…not that I actually necessarily paid for them myself (date paid). But I wouldn’t be surprised it if cost as much at $5/bottle.
What do I pay at home? Nothing. I don’t even use a Brita-type filter. I drink tap water.
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Ha, modern girl like you letting your date pay for that expensive water! tsk tsk! 😉
I offered to pay half. My offer was rejected. I have to admit it was a nice change from someone that I used to date who would insist on going out to eat and then practically haul out a calculator to split the bill. Or another guy who used to whine about having no money and attempt to pout until I paid for dinner (I got wise in the end…I just filled up before dates, ha!).
A guy wants to treat me to a nice dinner? I say hellz ya! 😉