If Elephants Could Fly
What a deal! So I go into a #goodwillstore in Kansas City with my most bestest friend Thelma……..my evil twin, the OLDER one…..partner in crime AND ruthless shopper, and we are having a good time until I spot this huge, HUGE! picture. This is at the end of the day after probably 6 hours mega shopping thrift store after thrift…. The car is already loaded to the roof. The heart starts pumping. I am out of control. In the flash of a second, I CANNOT live w/o this another minute. ALL life is stopped, I must negotiate! I am NEVER bothered by or consider the fact that I am in a store with price tags. Rules are made to be broken and price tags are made to be ignored. Long lines are gathered at all the checkouts…remember I said we were in #kansascity, the metropolis with mega people, and I insist on asking a busy cashier, I need the manager….and meet me, please, along the wall of pics. This hummer was $60, new originally probably at $500. It was exquisite, HUGE and I had a wall in my house in mind for it. “Please sir, would you consider an offer of $40 for this picture? I am from out of town visiting my friend, we have been shopping all day…we are at the end of the day and at the end of the money. Can you work with me?” He was very abrupt…to the point. “No ma’am. I cannot do this, this is a store, we do not change prices for customers. However that color tag is 50% off today and you can have it for $30!”
I have my problems. I had to unload my whole car in the parking lot while Thelma stood her ground keeping cars from running over all our stuff, saying unkind things to me while I jostled this monstrosity into the back end re-arranging everything to keep the glass from breaking. I fixed her though. she had to ride with a lap full of packages and couldn’t move her feet cuz I filled every space. I showed her by golly!
The next challenge was the husband, the 6 year old who shaves. When I come off these buying trips for the purpose of filling my booths at the #antiquemalls and my #eBay business, he is always so good to come out immediately and help unload. It’s almost impossible to pull off the “stash this somewhere quick strategy” when he’s sooooo fast. And then the deadly question…..”Where do I set this? Surely you are selling this ugly picture?”
Isn’t it beautiful? I wake up to it every morning.
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