It has only taken us two months to get to this point--the point of realizing how nice it is to sit mindlessly intoxicated by something. Something like Everybody Loves Raymond or Bernie Mac. Something that doesn't require standing in line while people take their sweet time choosing from a touch screen. So we decided it was time.
"We're sorry. They're on back order, and we're not sure when there will be more in stock."
Perfect. Great. We'll just head right back to our friend, Red Box, and hope that all of the movies starring Zac Effron are not taken by this time on a Friday night.
I generally like to use the word cheap when I refer to my purchasing endeavors. There are times when I feel that I need to replace it with words that have a bit less of a negative connotation. That's when I go with thrifty or frugal, and I might start using prudent since the dictionary just told me it was a synonym.
What can I say? I find great joy in red stickers on top of price tags or red Sharpie marking out an original price. There is not a store that I go into that I don't head straight for the clearance. And I do mean straight. I check the end-caps of aisles. I dig through boxes. Even at stores that already start out cheap, I mean thrifty, I still head to the back. I can't explain it. I'm the girl that if you compliment something, I'm very likely to tell you where I got it and how much I paid. I know, it's annoying, but it just tickles me pink...or red.
I needed to give you that background so that you would see why I would even feel the need to tell you about this deal. Here's how it's going to work: I'm going to show you the pic of the item purchased. You're going to mentally think of how much it should've cost. I'm going to tell you how much I paid. I'm going to be happy and maybe a bit boastful over the deal. You're going to be annoyed but maybe a bit proud that I found this great deal. Ready? Go!
Bedford 3-drawer Filing Cabinet from Pottery Barn
(two purchased to be covered with a piece of glass or old door for a desk in our future home)
Insert your mental guess of price here _______
If you guessed $500 because you cheated and went to potterybarn.com and searched it, then you're wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong by $470. If you guessed that we paid $30 for both of these purchased items, then you guessed correctly. And you win. You win nothing, but you still win.
I got them at the outlet for $50 each with 20% off, and I had $56 in gift cards from our wedding that I had saved for just this moment. Well, actually there is not much you can buy at Pottery Barn for $56, so I was just saving them until something fell in that price range. Nonetheless, it will go down as one of my proudest, thrifty-girl moments.
Thanks for playing the price is right and making me happy by letting me be boastful. Feel free to share your deals. Or you could tell me that you don't ever shop clearance, and then I would spend some time annoying you by trying to convince you that it's the way to go.
(Kyle, if you're reading this, I'm sorry. But not really and I do hope you shop the back racks now.)
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