I'm blaming it on my brother

[susandennis]

The folks in my brother's shop and I swap the occasional message via webcams and white boards.  A week or so ago, his shop lost the black marker and started using a really light blue one and I couldn't read the messages.  They rectified the situation immediately.  But, when my good black marker started to fade, I knew I had to take fast action.

Office Max.  New black marker.  But, Office Max is just next door to Sears and I have been considering an upgrade to my Keurig.  I want the kind that holds water and takes bigger cups.  BUT, I have only one spot where I want it to go and that spot has a rather low clearance and I wanted to physically touch one and see if I could get water into it and still have it in my spot of choice.

Oh yes I can.  Sears had a couple of models to choice from that did what I wanted and I was able to tell immediately that either would work in my spot.  And discovered that I will no longer have to pour the water in anyway, the water holder comes off so I can run it under the tap.  

So, I was standing there conjuring on which model when I thought hmmm that sale price looks pretty good.  Whipped out my phone and logged onto Amazon and, sure enough, exactly the same price.  I can have it delivered for free on Tuesday... Or... I can walk out the door with it now.  Sears for the win!

And they had the coffee cup I like that I had never been able to find another of (except for the one my brother got for Christmas that was going to talk him out of - he's so safe now) and the cups were on sale, too!!  

So, making a sign readable for my brother's shop = $150.  

Oh and the sample pack had a tea k-kup so I was able to test out the ability to make iced tea which I drink a ton of.  PERFECTION!

This means I can clear three things off my kitchen counter - the electric pitcher, the water pitcher and the original coffee maker! I love freed up counter space.

Oh, but wait, now I need more tea k-kups so shopping again...

I feel very retail therapied.  

Comments

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

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[susandennis]

You are so clever, it's like we are related! hehehehe

[fj.livejournal.com]

Have you considered email?

[susandennis]

hmmm yes, probably a cheaper route...

[manifestress.livejournal.com]

What an entertaining post!

And YES to retail therapy.

[pisceandreamer.livejournal.com]

I love your communication system!! :)

OK, what kind of Keurig did you get? I have a Mr. Coffee, which is fine, but I rarely need an entire pot of coffee. I think if I could do a cup at a time or something like that, I might make more real coffee instead of instant.

[legalmoose]

If you go to Green Mountain Coffee's web site (Green Mountain owns Keurig), you can sign up for their "coffee club" and have the stuff shipped in. They offer the k-cups at a discount, in slightly larger boxes than you can find in the stores, and if you order 4 or more boxes at a time, they comp the shipping. And as you order more they eventually put you in their "platinum" level, offering a bigger discount on the boxes. You can set up recurring orders, and they email you a week or two in advance of your order so you can switch stuff around as you wish.

[susandennis]

oh! very good to know. i actually registered my machine's serial number with them but 1) did not realize that GM and K were the same and 2) am such an Amazoner, that I might have never gone back. thank you very much!