Sometimes you come across a bargain, a great find and something worth shouting about and...really, no joke...I landed ontop of a whale of a bargain this time!!! In fact it is so fantastic, fabulous and spectacular that I'm devoting my whole blog space to this one stroke of luck.
My Hubby and I came across a World Market store when we were out of town a few weekends ago. This is a nice store along the lines of Pier 1, not quite as big and a little different merchandise but you get the picture. And as I always do I bolted right for the clearance rack and I find a great wind chime (it's a small orange Adirondack chair with small chimes hanging from it...so cute for my deck and the sale price is $5.98...cool, into my cart it goes!!!
As I'm browsing through the oils, fragrances and lotions, I spot this sweet little bottle which turns out to be a mini reed diffuser (it's a safe, flame -free, home fragrance solution with vibrant scents). This little bottle is 0.95 fl. oz and has a luscious sandalwood aroma and the price is marked $4.99. Just pointing out that this item was not on sale which goes against my grain but I felt I could splurge on the $5 bucks and be real happy with my "little treat" to myself.
On the way to the cash register I'm figuring very loosely in my mind this bill will be approximately $11-$12, no problem for 2 things that I didn't even need!!! After she rings it up she says, "Your total is $6.39"...???
Okay, now I know that is not right but...should I say something to her like, "that's wrong", or "are you sure?", or, "does that seem right to you?" But what I did was keep quiet, left the store and told hubby something was not right. After checking the receipt, the mini, mini, mini diffuser rang up at .01!!! Yes I'm not kidding and I have not a clue how it happened. What I should have done was gone back in the store and bought every last one of them (for a penny each I would splurge and get all twenty) but I didn't go back in...darn it!!! My devil's advocate told me that the cashier would then figure this whole thing out...(the .01 thing).
Two questions popped into my mind...how did the salesgirl not catch this "oopps" and how does the register/computer ring anything up in that store for just a penny? Who was not paying attention cause I sure was watching it all going my way!!!
So I would like to thank World Market...the karma rocked for me that day, the positive vibes were all heading in my direction and I walked out a VERY happy, satisfied and joyous customer.
I learned to expect the unexpected, rejoice in the little things, never sweat the small or big stuff and do take time to smell the sandalwood fragrance...just think, a penny taught me all this!!!
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