We note that our butter appears to be soft fresh out of the refrigerator. And it's always running. Darren checks it out and announces it is DOA. Since it's 15 years old, it's time for a new one. Woo-hoo, appliance shopping.
11/2 Fri.: Darren takes Jamie to the Goodest Buy for some reconnassaince shopping. He falls for a sleek model with two condensers.
11/3: He takes me to Not High's, where the fancy model is more expensive. Then, we return to Goodest Buy. I give my stamp of approval and he says, "We're not going to buy it today are we?"
"Why not?"
"Well, they don't have it in stock. We can buy it on-line. I just didn't think we were going to get it now."
"O.k."
11/4: I go to the outlet store that rhyme's with Fear's (where we normally buy our appliances, battered and bruised), vainly hoping that they have the sleek model damaged. No luck.
11/5: Darren attempts to buy the sleek refrigerator on-line from Goodest Buy. It's no longer on sale.
11/6 Darren leaves for a conference.
11/7 Yogurt needs to be thrown away before it's sell by date.
11/8 The sleek model is on sale (again) at Goodest Buy and Not High's. I e-mail Darren.
11/10 We go to Goodest Buy to buy the refrigerator. The salesman pisses Darren off and we don't buy the refrigerator. Darren does, however, offer to buy me the wider format printer I am admiring. I don't think we can afford $500 for a printer at the moment; I advise patience. He advises patience on the refrigerator. I get testy. He advises lunch.
After lunch, we go to the Fear's Outlet, after having agreed to conditions and a price for a refrigerator to be purchased, even if it is not the sleek model. I find on that matches the ridiculously low price set by my darling husband. It is rejected as being an undesirable color and too banged up.
Luckily, I go to see some friends.
11/11 We go to Not High's to buy the sleek refrigerator. I inform Darren that we will be leaving with a refrigerator. Any refrigerator. The sleek refrigerator, in the same rejected, undesirable color (shiny black, $600 less than stainless steel) will be delivered next Sat.
Update: Jake has just been found. Jamie put him inside the seat of a toy car outside and forgot. I need to apologize to Arrow.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
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8 comments:
Ahh buying drama ... I understand all too well :)
phew glad Jake is alright ... those seats on cars/toys are totally traps!!!
I was laughing pretty hard reading this. I am so glad you will finally be getting the fridge!
Good to know that Jake is safe. Poor Arrow gets blamed for everything (perhaps deserved after the yarn incident). Yeah you have a fridge with a door that stays shut, just in time for Thanksgiving.
LOL!!
Yeah! A new fridge! Yeah! Yall found Jake! Girl, you on a roll!
Take care.
Oh my goodness! I'm so glad that I'm not the only one. Husbands and shopping don't mix.
We have been stuck with the same lousy fridge since we moved in here 8 and a half year ago - the freezer is always frozen shut. It's on the to do list, but now your posting makes me sufficiently jealous to go out and do something about the darned thing!
Cheers
That was a great post. I love the store names, caught on to them well. I am glad you found a fridge. I am so thankful to buy new appliances when it is not such an emergency. Glad Jake was located.
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