Is it Thursday again already. This week has just flown by. I've barely had time to do a few posts and visit a few blogging friends. Summer seems to be that way! I hope you have time to visit Leigh at Tales from Bloggeritaville to see all the other thrifty finds.
This is not my usually thrifty find. Hubby's birthday was Tues. and I hadn't bought anything yet. We have been trying to get more organized and one thing we can never find are tools. Our garage is detached and a ways from the house so we always end up sticking a screwdriver or hammer in a drawer somewhere to be put away "later". The problem is we never put them in the same drawer and it takes forever to find what we're looking for. The kids wanted to help so we loaded up and headed for Orchard Supply Hardware. I was thrilled to find Craftsman tool chests on sale! (if your interested click on the tool chest for a link to the OSH site to get the details on this sale, it goes through July 18, I think)
50% OFF! That's right a whopping $70 savings for the middle 3 drawer section! But here's the kicker...the sale is only on the BLACK ones not the RED ones. How silly! Other than color they are the exact same! Of course I'm buying the black one....aaauugh! No pull tags for the one I want. I'm thinking...maybe they have some in back anyway...maybe I can get a rain check...Sears is right across the street...do they have the same sale...is $70.00 worth it to load the kids up again in 100+ degrees and make one more stop...for the sake of time and my sanity do I just get the red one?
So I take a deep breath and head for the customer service counter. I grabbed the tag for the red one just in case 'cause I didn't want to walk all the way back with the kids. I showed the lady the tag and told her I wanted the black one that's on sale. She said I would have to go back and show her the exact one...back across the store with kids in tow. She grabbed the sign for what I wanted, then we headed ...back ...to ...the ...front.
I know your wondering why all the walking is such a big deal. Especially since my "kids" are teens. Both of them have special needs. My daughter moves very slowly and gets tired easily. They both talk...a lot...about everything around them. Stores are total sensory overload.
So we finally reach the desk again only to realize she's not there. Evidently she was headed to a different computer or she just gave up on us. We walked back a ways and stood in the intersection of the main rows where I could watch for her. Eventually she came from the front at the other end of the store and hollered, "I think we might have some, I'll be right back". To which I hollered, "I'll take two if you've got 'em!"......
About 15 minutes later, after explaining 100 times why we don't need the giant floating pool raft that could hold a whole basketball team, she comes backs with a big smile.. and says, "The truck is here right now and it's got two, do you want them?" DUH! I did the happy dance all the way through the checkout line! I didn't even flinch when darling daughter started to throw a fit because she wanted the $7.00 tub of ladybugs and sweet son threw one because bugs gross him out. I just grabbed my pick up tag (without any bugs) and headed for the loading dock...did I mention my darling daughter gets hysterical when she sees a forklift...
Thank you OSH lady, you really did go the extra mile for me...and I do mean mile! Happy Birthday Hubby, hope you enjoy your tool box, and the can of pink spray paint...that's for my toolbox!
Dawn
