I LOVE "FREE" STUFF! - I LOVE **COOL** FREE-STUFF EVEN MORE!!
"Normally" on
Saturdays, when the
Weather is
"good", We do the
YARD-SALE-Circuit...
However, considering how
**HOT** the
Temps have been, I figured that
MOST-PEOPLE would likely
Skip "this" Weekend and just head to
"The COTTAGE" or
Hang-Around-the-POOL,
instead of
dealing with
STRANGERS on
Their BARBECUE-DRIVEWAYS..?
Besides,
MICHAEL'S had one of
those "TIME-LIMITED-15%-OFF"-SALES! --
Oh, and the
"FISHERMEN'S WOOL" was
HALF-PRICE,
too!! -- I don't
recall seeing
*THAT* happen before...
So, after the
briefest of
Non-Purchasing-"Stops" at the
One YARD SALE on Our
Street -
[the Same One where I picked up that SEWING BOX of "GOODIES" Last Saturday] - along the way, We headed out to the
TRAINYARDS...
hmm... for a
Saturday,
IT seems to be
rather "Quiet"..??
As
MOTHER piddled about with the
Outside-Bins, I pointed
Myself toward the
YARN-Section
- with a
toss of another
RIBBON into My
Cart...
ah! I was
hoping to
find some of that
PATON "Classic Wool" in an
IVORY-shade! -
[I have
"Plans"..] - Meanwhile, there
wasn't any
"Sale"-Signs around the
"FISHERMEN'S WOOL", so I had to
"ASK" about
IT. --
[I'm going to have to start bringing "The FLYER" with Me, as there are *never* ANY in The Store!]
Awaiting My
"Answer" at the
Front of the Store, I just
*happened* to
NOTICE the
"MISSING-DAMAGED-CLEARANCE-ITEMS"-Rack...
IT's *right* inside the
Door,
I'm
surprised that I had
MISSED IT!!
Oooo... Some
*Interesting* STUFF!
Originally-Retailing at
$54.99, the
MARTHA STEWART Crafts "Knit & Weave Loom Kit"
was going for
$13.74... With the
"DISCOUNT", I got
that down to
$11.68!
- The
2-*missing*-Pieces can be
*easily* substituted with the
OTHER-Enclosed-Ones...
Jammed into the
Lower-Shelf of
The RACK, was
This "BEAD-LANDING" STORAGE KIT!!
--
LOTS and
*LOTS* of
SEED-BEADS!!
"INSIDE", there was a
Pair of Wire-Cutters,
Wire, a
Bead-Scoop... The
"Damage" was only to
ONE of the
5-Containers, which I'm
CERTAIN that I can
"REMEDY"!!
Previously
$36.99, I
eventually got
IT for
$7.85!! -- I
Love little
BEADS!! And,
soooo MANY Colours...
hmm...that
LOOM might come in
Handy after all.
--
[GATE-GIRL..? STOP Drooling!!]
BTW,
halfway through My
"Digging",
MOTHER *finally* came
INTO the
Store! --
She found a
Couple of Small-Items-of-Interest for
Herself...
ONCE We were
*OUT*, sitting in
The CAR for a few moments,
MOTHER "spotted" a
Particular-Store across the
Roadway that
She had
never "noticed" before -
[despite, IT having been "there" for a WHILE!] -- I'm just
not a big
*Fan* of the
Place, so I
haven't been
over to
that Section...
However,
NEXT DOOR to
IT IS an
ESTABLISHMENT that I
*have* been
meaning to
"Check OUT"!! --
So, We
drove on over...
MOTHER went into
"Her" Store, and I went
into STRUCTUBE!!
THIS STORE, is
now on My
"LOTTERY-*SHOPPING*-LIST"!! And,
quite surprisingly, the
"PRICES" were
considerably *Lower* than I had
Expected! ..ahh, IF ONLY, I had "the ROOM"... Not to
mention,
WALL-*SPACE*! -- There was this
One ART-PIECE that
"Caught-My-Eye"...
Anyhoo... The
*BEST* Part of My
Pre-Potential-Purchasing-PERUSAL was the
equally Surprising **FREE** 5Meter-RETRACTABLE-METAL-TAPE-MEASURES that the
VERY-**NICE**-FRIENDLY-STAFF were
GIVING-OUT!! --
MOTHER received
One as well, when
She came in.
I will
*definitely* be
GOING BACK!
--
THEY did have an
intriguing "Decorative" SILVER BALL that I have a
hankering to
Acquire..?
WALMART was
Next...
Just picked up some of My
Fav JUICE --
which,
appears to be on the way of
being "replaced" by
SMALLER BOTTLES..??!!
-- pooh!! NOT. HAPPY...
From
There, a
few more
GROCERY-GETTING Stops, then
LOBLAW... I think I
might have
"JINXED" THEIR "Financial-Systems"..??
I have
THEIR Charge-Card... And, when I had
used IT earlier at
WALMART, I
*mistakenly* used a
Different PIN...
Hence,
"Freezing-up" the
Card,
ecetera. A
"Problem" that I could
not RECTIFY until I got
HOME and made a
"CALL"...
Meanwhile, I had
accepted the
Fact that I would
"Lose-out" on
acquiring any "Store-POINTS" for My
Purchases,
WHEN SUDDENLY... Over the
PA-System, it was
"Announced" that there was
*some* "TECHNICAL-DIFFICULTY" with
THEIR "Banking-Connection" and that
THEY could
**ONLY** accept
"CASH"-PAYMENTS!!
oh-kaay... NOW, I don't
Feel *so bad* about
Those "Points"!
-- oh, Look! All of the LONG-CHECKOUT-LINES have moved over to the BANK-MACHINES!!
A
"GOOD" THING that I
actually *have* CASH "on Me",
huh?!
ahh... KARMIC-ECONOMICS,
gotta Love IT!!
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