Queens of Bargain Hunting

M. and I love a bargain. This is where the $5 rule on little boy clothes comes from. This why we buy most of our furniture at the scratch and dent. When we needed a new table last Thanksgiving we could not find the table we wanted at the price we wanted until we walked into the scratch and dent and there it was...solid maple, two leaves, seats ten...$500...two small imperfections...orginally $1500. A bargain.

We've been working on getting together stuff for little boy's room and have most of it but needed a bookcase and a lamp.

We were at Land of Nothing-we-can-Afford during my last break salivating over all the cute things when M. spotted this sweet little blue bookcase. We looked at it further. On sale. FLOOR MODEL. We sat and stared at it for a while because it would be the most expensive piece we purchased for LB's room so far. We decided to go for it.

Then we go to Pottery Barn Kids. We find a lamp shade ON SALE but decided we want to go back and look at Land of Nod for a base because I like their stuff a lot better and it might match the bookcase. We couldn't find anything at Land of Nod but are tired and have an appointment so it's time to go home.

The next day....

It's going to be the Pottery Barn Kids lamp base after all so I go back to buy one. At full price. Or so I thought. I walked in the store and there's the exact base we want sitting on the sale table. 20% OFF! Turns out they marked down one of the floor models overnight. Score!

We're the queens of the bargain. It's crazy and fun!