We bought new curtains for our bedroom last weekend. Before, we just had some white valance type swag curtain that came with the house, along with the wooden blinds. Needless to say it didn't keep much light out, and I thought it would help Tyra to take daytime cat-naps during maternity leave if our room was darker. So, we went the "beyond" section of Bed, Bath, and Beyond and bought some nice brown curtains with the black-out liner. MUY BIEN!!! I'm still puzzled as to why it took us so long to make the leap of updating our curtains, because now, it's pitch black in our room, or close-enough anyway.
Speaking of Bed, Bath, and Beyond, does anyone wonder why they (and their fierce rival Linen's and Things) keep printing out all these 20% off coupons and sending them out in newspapers and mass mailings EVERY OTHER DAY? You'd think they'd just save the printing/advertising costs and just let everyone have 20% off one item of their purchase. Everytime we go into one of those stores, we're carrying a portfolio of 35-40 coupons that vary in size between a post-it note and a dinner menu "just in case" we see something we like/want/need/don't need/will never use. Inevitably, 99% of the time, we buy nothing, and the stack of coupons goes back in the coupon drawer when we get home...and that stack doubles in number (at least) by the next time we trek to the store. So, my point is, do we, the consumer, really need to hold on and treasure these 20% off coupons? Can't they just do us all a favor and just give us the dang discount at the register, sans coupon!?
I'm not even going to get into the internal dilemma we go through in the check-out line on whether or not it's more beneficial to use the "20% Off" coupon or the "Take $5 off one purchase" coupon.
And now for your PinPoint Weather Report:
It snowed today in Knoxville...nice, big flakes...and even started sticking to the ground, but it's cleared up now and back to being just bloody COLD!
Oh, and one more thing:
The Pack 'N Play and I made up. No hard feelings. It's now set-up downstairs and ready to be packed and/or played (napped) in. This time, it only took me about 5 minutes to set up.
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The best is that the LNT and BBB are interchangeable. Or at least LNT will take their "competitor's coupons". Everything in those stores must be marked up over 20% to compensate... I dunno, work the system!
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