I'm blaming it on my brother
Jun. 4th, 2011 10:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisThe 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.
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.
