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Still missing Mom...
07.01.09
Today at lunch I ran some errands. Errand #1 was running by Movie Stop to trade in 4 seasons of MASH that I no longer needed since racking up on a one-day sale at Amazon for the complete series. I lucked out and got double what I thought they would pay, and with that managed to to get 2 movies that I was putting off for the "I'll wait until they're $10" time frame (so I get to watch the latest John Cena movie as soon as I want! Yippee?).
Errand #2 was a trip to Bed Bath & Forever in search of a glass shelf for the master bathroom. I had tried Lowed & Home Depot, but their shelves were 24" and I really needed less than 22" for the wall I had in mind. Searching Amazon I found some that looked nice and were the right size, but they cost anywhere form $55 to $160. I was just looking for a cheap $20 shelf! The Bed Bath Etc website showed some 24" shelves, but I was betting they carried some different sizes in the store.
When I walked in the store I was immediately side-tracked by a clearance shelf (no, not a glass shelf). On it were some Febreze Closet Renewables which Gina had told me about. They were on sale for $2 for a pack of 12 sheets. Booyah! I picked up 2 packs and went about my way in the store.
I got to the bathroom section and perused the glass shelves. They had a variety of sizes: 24", 22", 19.75". That 19-one looked about right. They came in a variety of finishes. One of those finishes happened to be the brushed satin that would match the faucet in the target bathroom. Booyah! And it was only $20.
I was having a lucky day running these errands, so I thought I would chance one more leg. BB&Forever has a comforter/sheet set that I've had my eye on for damn near 2 years, waiting for it to go on sale. As I headed to the back corner of the store I saw a yellow CLEARANCE sign where the comforter set I always looked at lived. I got closer and saw that not only were the sets 35% off, they still had a king size. Booyah! I'm glad I stuffed a couple of 20% off coupons in my pocket before coming in!
 As I grabbed the bag of bed goodies and turned to head toward the registers, it hit me. Out of the blue, all at once. Yeah, this is poor sentence and paragraph structure, but it doesn't matter - Mom should have been there with me. I remember looking at the comforter set with her and asking what she thought about it since it had a pattern, and I'm never too sure about patterns. She told me the design looked like something I would pick, and I told her I was going to wait until it went on sale. Everything in that store eventually goes on sale, you just have to be patient. Plus, you could use those 20% off coupons even on sale items.
Mom would always bring me the Bed Bath & Beyond coupons she got in the mail. I somehow managed to sign up my address under 2 different names and would get double coupons. Once we saved up a handful of coupons me and Mom would head out to the Beyond and pick up something: cleaning stuff, kitchen gadgets, whatever. I was never the best at cleaning so that's when she would help pick out things that make it easier for the I-don't-care cleaner to do a better job.
I stood there surrounded by sheets for a minute as I remembered all of that. I've been in that store 4 times since Mom died, and everytime I get caught off guard and start thinking about her. I don't mind missing her and thinking about her, it's how it keeps catching me off guard that throws me off.
 I composed myself (yes, I was a little teary eyed back there amongst the sheets) and went to check out. By looking at my receipt I managed noticed that I managed to save $130 between clearance prices and coupons. I told Mom that it just took some patience to save some money in there. I just wish she had been there to hand in the coupons.
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