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On Friday our vacuum cleaner died. So we decided to buy another one on Saturday. We also had been needing to replace our gas grill so we made the decision to combine the trip and get both.
I planned it very carefully. First I logged in the Consumer Report web site and checked the ratings and prices for various brands. I selected what we wanted. Checked online prices. Found some alternates. Etc.
Next I found the stores that carried those models and carefully plotted our our trip to save gas. We stopped at the bank to get enough cash to pay for everything. I needed to go to Salem, NH to get some candle refills and books, so we went to the KMart and the Sears there to find the vacuum.
KMart did not have the vacuum, but they did have some other things we needed, which we picked up. We went to the regular book store for a couple of Pratchetts I wanted, then the Christian book store for the candle refills. Darn it. They were out, but would call me when they came in.
Off to Sears to try and buy the vacuum. Mr. Dips and I both liked it (he does at least as much vacuuming as I do, so he needed to try it too
). So we bought it and some extra bags. Declined the protection plan (sorry about that Sears guys, but we use a local repair shop and are more than happy to give them our business if we ever need something fixed).
Great. Next to Nashua to get the grill at Lowes. That took some time. They didn't have the model we wanted, so we had to choose from some alternates, but (BONUS!) they were on sale for 20% off. The one we selected was in stock according to the sales person, but not at the location it was supposed to be at. He was very apologetic that he'd have to hunt it down and bring it out, but we let him know we were OK with waiting. We used the time to pick out a grill cover and a new grill brush.
About 10 minutes later the grill came out. We transferred it to a cart, thanked the associate for his help and went through the check out with our loot.
We felt pretty good as we went out to the parking lot to load it into...
Our Honda Civic four door...
Which already had a vacuum cleaner in it...
Yeah. We should have brough the hatchback. D'oh!
So Mr. Dips and I had a very heated discussion where I tried to convince him to make it fit and he insisted there was No. Farking. Way.
Of course he was right. Which made me irritable. I certainly didn't want to wait around for an hour while he went home and got the other car. The amused expressions of passerby weren't helping either.
Then I remembered something I'd read on here. We could take it out of the box!
So we did. We unpacked the whole thing and crammed bits of it into every spot we could find. It fit.
Of course we took all the packing materials with us instead of leaving them in the parking lot. After all, I might be an idiot, but I'm not an SC.
I planned it very carefully. First I logged in the Consumer Report web site and checked the ratings and prices for various brands. I selected what we wanted. Checked online prices. Found some alternates. Etc.
Next I found the stores that carried those models and carefully plotted our our trip to save gas. We stopped at the bank to get enough cash to pay for everything. I needed to go to Salem, NH to get some candle refills and books, so we went to the KMart and the Sears there to find the vacuum.
KMart did not have the vacuum, but they did have some other things we needed, which we picked up. We went to the regular book store for a couple of Pratchetts I wanted, then the Christian book store for the candle refills. Darn it. They were out, but would call me when they came in.
Off to Sears to try and buy the vacuum. Mr. Dips and I both liked it (he does at least as much vacuuming as I do, so he needed to try it too
). So we bought it and some extra bags. Declined the protection plan (sorry about that Sears guys, but we use a local repair shop and are more than happy to give them our business if we ever need something fixed).Great. Next to Nashua to get the grill at Lowes. That took some time. They didn't have the model we wanted, so we had to choose from some alternates, but (BONUS!) they were on sale for 20% off. The one we selected was in stock according to the sales person, but not at the location it was supposed to be at. He was very apologetic that he'd have to hunt it down and bring it out, but we let him know we were OK with waiting. We used the time to pick out a grill cover and a new grill brush.
About 10 minutes later the grill came out. We transferred it to a cart, thanked the associate for his help and went through the check out with our loot.
We felt pretty good as we went out to the parking lot to load it into...
Our Honda Civic four door...
Which already had a vacuum cleaner in it...
Yeah. We should have brough the hatchback. D'oh!
So Mr. Dips and I had a very heated discussion where I tried to convince him to make it fit and he insisted there was No. Farking. Way.
Of course he was right. Which made me irritable. I certainly didn't want to wait around for an hour while he went home and got the other car. The amused expressions of passerby weren't helping either.
Then I remembered something I'd read on here. We could take it out of the box!
So we did. We unpacked the whole thing and crammed bits of it into every spot we could find. It fit.
Of course we took all the packing materials with us instead of leaving them in the parking lot. After all, I might be an idiot, but I'm not an SC.
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