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    Found out yesterday that Home Goods finally has an online shopping website. Problem is that you have to spend $120 to get free shipping. Now don't get me wrong, I could easily spend that much but I don't want to (at least right now). I literally want a $15 item but the shipping is another $15. I suppose I could just drive one county over and see if they have it in the store.

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    Could you phone the out of town store and ask to reserve that item for you? I prepay an order and then do pick-up at the customer service desk.
    As Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by razz View Post
    Could you phone the out of town store and ask to reserve that item for you? I prepay an order and then do pick-up at the customer service desk.
    The store isn't that far from me. Probably less than 30 minutes. I just prefer shopping online as I tend to look around too much in a store and buy more than I planned on.

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    The Home Goods store I occasionally go to, is always jampacked. I mean it doesn’t matter when I go there—am, pm, saturday, tuesday—jammed.

    Ours is not a big box store it’s a store in the mall so it’s not terrifically large.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
    The Home Goods store I occasionally go to, is always jampacked. I mean it doesn’t matter when I go there—am, pm, saturday, tuesday—jammed.

    Ours is not a big box store it’s a store in the mall so it’s not terrifically large.
    I would imagine ours will be too. Another reason why I like shopping online. The county I live in doesn't have a lot of shopping options. We only have Walmart really. The next county over is where the stores are (Target/Kohl's/Home Goods/Marshall's/etc). People from my county flock to the next county plus all the people who live there. I still haven't made up my mind yet if I will venture into the store, get it online and pay the shipping cost, or just not get it. I plan on decorating for Valentine's Day this weekend and I'll see what it looks like before I decide. If I think this item that I want would really look good in my home, I'll get it. If I think the house looks good without it, I'll save my money.

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    I caved and went back to get the item online. Unfortunately, I found more stuff that I liked so instead of spending $30 ($15 for the item and $15 for shipping), I spent close to $90. Curse you cute home decor!!!! My name is Kelly and I am a home decor addict.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klunick View Post
    I caved and went back to get the item online. Unfortunately, I found more stuff that I liked so instead of spending $30 ($15 for the item and $15 for shipping), I spent close to $90. Curse you cute home decor!!!! My name is Kelly and I am a home decor addict.
    You mean you couldn't come up with another $30 worth of stuff to get free shipping?

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    Today is a Rave because I have turned the corner on three months of long days and weeks of work. I have been executing 5 different projects (2 is the threshold of my comfort zone). Over the course of 10 weeks, I had to work through Christmas vacation, couldn't leave the house from Monday through Friday, completed almost 150 hour-long interviews, and wrote 5 PT reports each ranging from 20-40 pages and requiring analysis and graphics).

    Yesterday I sent the last of the major reports out and did the last interview for two of the projects. I'm down to basically one active project now, and I can feel the relief pouring through my bones. I haven't slept much this week--up at 2:30am to write that last report a couple of days in a row.

    Today is my 45th wedding anniversary and DH and I are going to head into Burlington for sushi (weather permitting). If it's too cold to do that, we'll just hunker down and watch movies or something. But I just feel great.

    Next step: figure out how to maintain a sane level of work moving forward.
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    Good for you, catherine!!!! I remember several of your posts referring to the challenges of initially undertaking this workload. Kudos!

    And Happy Anniversary to you and your dh!!! Whatever you end up doing, I hope you both enjoy your day!
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    Great news, Catherine!
    Happy anniversary, and many more to come!

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