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Sep. 8th, 2010 08:38 amYesterday was pay day. I drove up to my bank after work, then over to Southcenter Mall. I bought a couple of books at Barnes & Noble -- volumes 6 & 7 of Dance In the Vampire Bund, which is one of my favorite mangas at the moment, and a Steampunk book set in Seattle called Boneshaker. Then I walked over to the mall and wandered around.
At Sears I bought some socks. I was about to leave, but became interested in sports shoes that were on sale. Most of their atheletic shoes were on sale in the $29 to $39 range, but back in the corner they had a rack and a corner with stuff that was clearly leftover stuff that they needed to get rid of -- ugly colors, odd sizes like size 14, things that hadn't sold well. There were signs that declared "50% additional off final marked price". That seemed like a good deal so I spent a good 20 minutes digging through the odds and ends until I found not one, but two pairs of atheletic shoes that fit and that I liked okay. They weren't designs that would have been my first choice, but at half off the marked price it seemed like a good idea to pick up both.
Only I'd failed to read the fine print. One sign said "on size 11 and up" and another said "applies to children's and women's shoes only, does not apply to atheletic/hiking/mens/etc." So in the end I'd spent 20 minutes picking out two pairs of shoes that were normally priced -- $25 and $30 -- out of a bunch of mismatched, odd sized, weird colored shoes that I would never buy at normal prices.
On top of that I'd set down the package with the socks I'd bought, and even walked out of the store and across the parking lot before I remembered about it. But it was still there when I returned.
After that I crossed the street to Target and found a nice pair of atheletic shoes that were $19.95 regular price, not on sale. They weren't a name brand, but they also were a much nicer design with no weird colors.
At Sears I bought some socks. I was about to leave, but became interested in sports shoes that were on sale. Most of their atheletic shoes were on sale in the $29 to $39 range, but back in the corner they had a rack and a corner with stuff that was clearly leftover stuff that they needed to get rid of -- ugly colors, odd sizes like size 14, things that hadn't sold well. There were signs that declared "50% additional off final marked price". That seemed like a good deal so I spent a good 20 minutes digging through the odds and ends until I found not one, but two pairs of atheletic shoes that fit and that I liked okay. They weren't designs that would have been my first choice, but at half off the marked price it seemed like a good idea to pick up both.
Only I'd failed to read the fine print. One sign said "on size 11 and up" and another said "applies to children's and women's shoes only, does not apply to atheletic/hiking/mens/etc." So in the end I'd spent 20 minutes picking out two pairs of shoes that were normally priced -- $25 and $30 -- out of a bunch of mismatched, odd sized, weird colored shoes that I would never buy at normal prices.
On top of that I'd set down the package with the socks I'd bought, and even walked out of the store and across the parking lot before I remembered about it. But it was still there when I returned.
After that I crossed the street to Target and found a nice pair of atheletic shoes that were $19.95 regular price, not on sale. They weren't a name brand, but they also were a much nicer design with no weird colors.
