Well, if I have said it once, I’ll say it again….where does the time go? April 18? I mean really? What have I been doing with myself? I had no idea that children’s tv would be so engrossing that I would forget all about this blog!!! And I had 7 viewers yesterday! Wow! That might be one of my highest days! Okay, so I have been watching reality tv late at night. I confess. We’ll write about that later.
Well, I don’t know what I have been doing the last month, but I can tell you about last week. Last week, Katydids and Urban Abode had their clearance sale. Last year, I was a part of it. This year, I had a bistro table, 4 old dining/occasional chairs, and a few other random things, so I was not a sponsor of it, but I did take a few things out to it. So, I wanted to go out there and at least be a body and help price and move things and what not…Not a great weekend to have a sale with the torrential rain, but we survived. Now, my bistro set sold the first day-so that was great! A few more things sold over the next few days. One sale, however, reassured me that I had made the right decision to close my store and NOT look back with sadness.
I say that because everyone asks if I miss it and….I don’t. Not at all. I almost feel bad because I have no regrets about closing or sadness. I miss some of the great, interesting, funny people that I met, but that is way different from missing the store itself. Anyway, I digress…this sale in particular was for a lime green shirt priced at……ONE Dollar! Now, I know it is a rummage, but even at rummages, clothes are sometimes priced at a few dollars, and even at Goodwill, they’re priced at a few dollars, so my price of ONE dollar seemed like a deal. Anyway, the woman had seen the shirt earlier in the day, and now was back to ask if we still had it. HHmmm. Then she says, “well, have these black pants I could wear it with.”
I said, “yes, that would look great.” It was only a dollar, so I wasn’t really feeling the need to “sell” it.
She says, “I’d better try it on.” I think, okay, it’s just a shirt, but if you want to try it on, go for it. So she trys in on and then starts asking everyone what they think? I’m thinking IT’S A DOLLAR!!! It fits, you have someting to wear it with. What’s not to like? It’s regularly $68!! What’s not to like?!?!
She then asks, “would you take less?”
To which I respond, “it’s a dollar. NO.” I thought, maybe she thought it said $10 dollars. She knew if was one, however. She just thought she’d ask. I was really thinking less than a dollar? No. I then told her how much it had originally cost. She loved that part. So after much to do,….she decided to buy it. So now, I have ONE DOLLAR!!!! I would have donated that shirt to Goodwill before I had accepted less than a dollar. I mean seriously. One Dollar. So no, I don’t miss the strore. And I don’t miss all the people. Just some of the people. But not all the people. Not at all.
I was just glad I hadn’t audibly gasped when she asked if I would take less. Or maybe I should have. A point to ponder.
Good Day.
