Oh, I just wanted to add something kind of funny. My mom was the ulitmate shopper. She would never pay full price for anything and she did know what was good quality and she knew when things would go on sale. It really became an art for her and one of the best memories I have was the side walk sale at the mall, the old fashioned mall. We would shop for our fall clothing and we were with the best bargain hunter teacher. We would plan on where to to go first and it was really fun.
Oh back then you could buy a really nice shirt for 99 cents. Oh those were the days.

And my mom would start Christmas shopping right after Christmas and she would stash all the bargains and it was so much fun Christmas morning to see what she had collected for gifts throughout the year.

But the funny thing about my mom was that she would never take the price tags off.
She would hold onto things and really think about wether she really wanted it or not.
But the other thing is that if she saw something nicer go on sale, she would return the other item or even exchange it. And she did keep those receipts, I bet I could find receipts dating quite a way back. And I know there are clothes in her closets that still have price tags on them.

She would show the tag and the original price and then that proud markdown price that was only a fraction of the original cost. My father sometimes got cruel as he would say, you would have saved more had you not bought it to begin with.

So all he did was give her doubt. But do you see how sometimes we can have regrets or even doubts instilled in us without really realizing it?

And as far as that old plunger is concerned? Well I have to say they don't make anything like they used to. I often prefer to shop for used furniture rather than new because there is no comparison in the quality. And I don't really like that big cheap papa bear furniture they have now anyway.

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