My husband recently got a job working for, as I refer to it in my head, the most wonderful Corporation of Stores on Earth. As listed on the website, there is a generous employee discount and I quite agree. However, the discount may not be enough to prevent me from becoming destitute in a very short time. It's one of those cases where something may cost $400, but when the "generous discount" is ap
plied, suddenly the total seems like change I could find in my couch cushions on any given day. A warning: if I suddenly start showing up in rags and my hair is in dire need of product, I invite you to my house for surely, at that point, it must be mansionesque in decor and boasting of a chef's kitchen. ...that doesn't seem like a bad trade-off.
plied, suddenly the total seems like change I could find in my couch cushions on any given day. A warning: if I suddenly start showing up in rags and my hair is in dire need of product, I invite you to my house for surely, at that point, it must be mansionesque in decor and boasting of a chef's kitchen. ...that doesn't seem like a bad trade-off.
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i'm so jealous!! what have you bought thus far?
We bought that Fleur de Sel that is pictured on the blog (I plan to sprinkle it on roasted asparagus tonight for dinner), a bottle of balsamic vinegar (which we opened and tasted last night and it was heavenly), two blue striped pot holders (my old ones were heinous and hideous), a small metal spider votive holder, a oil air freshener (the kind you open and put the wooden reeds into) and two large metal trays (like for the center of a dining table). I got one of the trays for myself and will most likely give my mom one for Christmas. These trays made me the happiest because they were already marked down from $79 to $19 and with the discount (which is halved when the item is already on sale), they were less than $16 each. My thrifty side rejoices. I have my eye on a quilt for our bed (reversible velvet silk), but have to wait until after payday. Also, there is a sample sale coming up next month in San Francisco that I think Tim will go to. The corporate gods have declared that only employees are allowed at the sample sales, so I have begun to rip items out of catalogs and school Tim to recognize these items so that he may snatch them up at the sale. I will drive there with him and then wait anxiously outside. One of Tim's co-workers said the first thing he bought was a large wooden CD holder which, with his discount was still around $150. Then he went to his first sample sale and saw the same item, brand new for $20. Thus, I have high hopes. Perhaps I should think of renting a truck for our voyage. Or maybe I should just get my greed under control.
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