Mood: Sleepy (according to my msn nickname, I'm supposed to be sleeping.. hehe)
Song of the moment: Ok Go - Here It Goes Again
This past weekend was the anticipated Umbra Sale. It has got to be one of the biggest sales of the year, where people start lining up at 5am on the first day to be the first through the doors at 9am. And for every new homeowner, this sale is an absolute Godsend. You'll see why in a bit.
Kathy really wanted to go early to line up Saturday morning. Sucked for me because I was out celebrating Jen's birthday the night before, so it was pretty hard for me to get up at 7am. We got there around 8am and the line-up had already wrapped around the building. I was smart enough to bring toe-warmers with me, but stupid enough to put them in wrong, so they were completely useless (my toes froze. But, as I found out later from my mom, those toe-warmers expired back in 2002... so I don't feel that stupid!). We lined up for about an hour and a half before we were allowed through the doors. Once inside, it was madness. We quickly grabbed our carts and within the first 30s, I had lost Kathy in the sea of bargin hunters. On my first day, I managed to snag 4 curtain rods (I had the windows of the new house measured. I came prepared!), 2 really nice picture frames, 2 bathroom towel racks, a towel ring. It cost me $95.
The second day was even better...
Sunday I went again w/ Jimmy, Katie and Ray. Now on Sundays the prices are slightly cheaper, and after 4pm, everything becomes 2 for 1. We arrived there around noon time and it was pretty crazy already. We ran around and grabbed the stuff we needed - by 2pm we all were pretty much done, so we camped out around the off-loading dock. Katie and Ray were still on the search for some floating shelves they saw people toting around in their boxes. So I stood around the off-loading dock, to see if I could score those shelves for them. I was standing around, all of a sudden, I see this lady carrying off a shelf. I guess I wasn't the only one, because all of a sudden it was a mad dash to grab one. That's when I got pushed into a box. I literally fell in. Lucky for me, the box was still full of picture frames, and the lady that pushed me in stopped to help me up. LoL! Anyway, I got to the front of the line, told the shipping guy to give me a box (each box had 4 individually wrapped shelves). Jimmy came along and thought it would be good to get those shelves for us. So we had 2 boxes.. 8 shelves in total. 4pm rolls around and they announce that everything is 2 for 1. As Jimmy and I went to pay, the cashier asked us what was in the boxes. We told her they were shelves. I begin to reach into the box to pull one out, when the cashier lady says "ok so you have 2 shelves?" and punches in the price of one shelf. $5. We paid $5 for 8 shelves! What a steal!!
The damage for Sunday - 10 curtain rods, 4 picture frames, 6 double rod brackets, 4 curtain hooks, 2 garbage cans, 2 bathroom hooks, 8 floating shelves...$65!!! Holy El-Cheapo!
**house update**
We have a roof!!
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