Okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration. God has blessed me immeasurably, but I'm not sure he has a vested interest in me saving 70% on a dining room suit. Ask and ye shall receive, right?
A little bit of background on the subject of my dining room. You can read more about my chronic lack of dining room furniture here. We have a beautiful formal dining room that up until yesterday, held an old couch.
Jason and I had decided to spend some of our income tax refund money on a table at least. For the past 3 months we have been "looking" at furniture. Jason's looking includes just that, looking. No action. We picked out something we liked at a local furniture market and considering the price, figured we could have it made into coffins when we die because it would be the LAST table we ever bought. We didn't even entertain the idea of buying the gorgeous china cabinet because we hope to send our children to college one day.
Fast forward to yesterday. No table...still waiting. Here's where the story gets tricky. Completely unrelated to everything you just read: Jason's office chair has scratched the hardwoods under his desk until he is one tiny scratch away from working in a bean bag. He finally got sick of me curling up into a ball and crying in the corner about it and suggested that I go to Staples and get him a floor mat.
For some crazy reason, (I didn't even fuss) I said okay and planned on going all the way across town to Staples to purchase said floor mat and then continue my day with grocery shopping. As I was leaving Staples, I decided to go in Big Lots because my Mom saw in their sale paper that they had Crocs for $10. (I hate crocs, they were for Joe)
Please note that in the 2.5 years I have lived here, I had been in Big Lots only once.
So I walked over there.
And the most amazing thing happened.
The dining room suit I fell in love with but had resigned myself to the fact that we would never get....
WAS SITTING IN THE BACK CORNER OF BIG LOTS FOR 70% OFF OF RETAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BROYHILL people!!!
I may or may not have shed a tear or eleven.
We were able to get the table, 8 chairs, and the amazingly gorgeous china cabinet for less than I would have expected to pay for the table and chairs. AND we may still be able to afford coffins one day!
It weighs about a million pounds and is completely disassembled, but maybe by Thanksgiving we can have it put together!!
I capped off the day by spending $71 and saving $85 at Publix. I'd call yesterday a success!
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Congratulations! I love biglots! We always look there first for furniture. And to save that much money at Publix is awesome. Your hubby must be proud!
ReplyDeleteWOW!! How awesome is that!!! Isn't it just amazing when things work out that way? I am totally impressed, and moments like that just make me thrilled beyond compare.
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