This is about as close to a "Carrie Moment" as I've had. (Carrie Bradshaw, not the Stephen King sad Carrie that had the bucket of pig blood dumped on her head and retaliated by psychically burning and exploding her entire town. I've had fantasies like this, too, but that's a story for another day.) If you don't recognize the contraption I'm grasping possessively, it's a "four straight-armed commercial clothes rack". All shiny and perfect and with locking rollers. And although it looks like I'm either making a V for Victory or indicating "Peace, baby" in the photo, I am actually telling you how many of these clothes racks I have! Two!
I'm so happy.
Dan saw a dozen or so of these sitting
on the mall sidewalk outside what had been the Goody's clothing
store. The store was closing forever and the doors were open only to
liquidate it's fixtures. I've wanted some just like these
forever, but I didn't want to stop and inquire about them, sure that they wanted too pretty a penny for them. But Dan wanted to check them out,
just in case. He often has a nose for great bargains. (He of the
vintage tan cashmere overcoat he got for a song, years ago in
Seattle. I don't even own any cashmere!)
"Twenty dollars ... for two,"
said the very nice young lady who was working the liquidation sale.
"Yes, please!" we said, in
unison. "Really ... for two of them? We'll take two! Thank
you!"
We were driving our little car, so we
had to disassemble them to get them home, but we managed. And I now am on my way to having one of our
extra bedrooms converted into a walk-in closet, sort of. Remember
Carrie Bradshaw and the walk-in closet of her dreams? It's not in Big's
Manhattan town house, but I know how she felt. And Dan gave me that
fantasy for a mere $20.00 and a little quality time with a wrench and
a pair of pliers. It's only a step, but it is a step.
What a guy.
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And look ... I gotz boyfriend jeans!
Not the most flattering pants I've ever worn, but I surprised how
much fun they were to wear, rolled up and with ankle booties from Target adorned
with a satisfying number of straps and buckles.
Additionally, the
excellently fitting, perfectly priced black blazer is one less item
I have to check off my Fall Lust List. I'm not the one in our
family that loves a bargain just for it's own sake, but I have to say
I'm a fan of precisely the right thing at a price I can actually
afford.
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Update:
Monday 10/21
Nope, not deja vu. I'm joining Traveling Patti and all the gang at Visible Monday with this little post that many of you have already seen. Apologies go out to you for that, and I'll try to get back on track fast! IRL, I'm off to try to finish repairing the water heater. Now where did I put that pipe wrench ...
