Saturday, May 26, 2012

in search for the perfect birthday gift for colin

i am home now --after a full day of shopping for that perfect gift for my son colin---i am not sure if i found it, but if i did not, it was not for lack of trying---

we went to an old salvage place, we love---it has the coolest stuff in it and my son loves the place--only one problem---it is way over-priced----

the shop is in an old warehouse, it's just before you cross the river in our town to enter the downtown area--

there is a couple of art galleries, nearby and such----

today, we looked in one gallery---leading into the gallery, there were these chairs, they kinda looked to me like something out of the sixties---sorta like macrame---neat chairs but--i didn't love them---frank wanted to get them for colin---and they were only $12 a piece-----

we go in the gallery and i notice that nothing has a price on it but i can tell, it is way out of our affordability ---i tell frank, that if he is really wanting to purchase those, chairs, then he better get his butt out there before someone scooped that only deal up-

frank starts to go over to ask a question of the art gallery person----robyn and i decide to run out and stand around those chairs, before anyone else finds out that they are the only thing one could call a bargain for sure in that place---

once again, robyn to the rescue----"mom, these aren't $12  they are $1200"---i take my sunglasses off and put my reading glasses on---sure enough, they were indeed not $12---

i head back in the store to try and save frank the total embarrassment--only to hear, i have arrived too late, as the man is informing my husband----" they are $1200 but that is for the pair"--

isn't it funny---now i think how much i really love those chairs---they seemed way cooler at the unobtainable $1200--in comparison to the once $12 ones that i was not even sure were worth that-
we passed---
 
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here's a link to "queenie's bequest" as some of you have requested i do-- this is only the first one-- there is 15 more entries that continue into march 2011-- just copy and paste the link below into your search bar--

http://lynnproctor.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html

34 comments:

  1. Isn't it strange how perceptions can change when something is more valuable than it seems. I don't think I have too keen of an eye for that sort of thing. I'd make a lousy art collector.


    Lee
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    1. i seriously doubt they will get the price they were asking----but it is a strange thing how attractive they did become!!

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  2. Can you imagine taking the chairs up to the cash register to pay for them and then getting sticker shock when you saw they were many times more than you thought? They do seem like interesting looking ones though!

    betty

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    1. oh i know----wow--and they really were kinda neat--but so not worth that kind of money!

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  3. I was thinking exactly what Betty wrote. What a shock it would be to bring those chairs to the register!

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  4. Too funny! We had a similar experience once - we were hemming and hawing about a bed/dresser set for $200 - we told them we'd think about it and only realized as we were leaving it was really $2000 :)

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    1. haha it's a good thing you told them you would think about it--thanks jemi!

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  5. 'i tell frank, that if he is really wanting to purchase those, chairs, then he better get his butt out there before someone scooped that only deal up-'

    Okay, here's what I imagine when I hear you saying these words: Your voice is subdued and your eyes are doing all the walking.

    Am I right? :)

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    1. haha yeah something like that--years of practice! thanks suze ;)

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  6. I've done that before. In fact, I've even passed things up at the mistaken cheaper price because it didn't seem worth it.

    http://joycelansky.blogspot.com

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    1. yeah that is exactly what i thought--until i knew they were $1200 and then i was really wanting them for $12-haha :)

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  7. I think we all have a story like that though my mistake wasn't for so much. It should make a very amusing birthday story.

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    1. yeah, since i don't think my son reads my blog---i can tell him tomorrow--unless his wife kelli has read it and shared it with him!

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  8. oh my gosh..that is funny!! proves you must have great taste!

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  9. 1200? Wow...were those original Andy Warhol designs? Crazy...

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    1. haha i know--no just a local artist's--but the gallery was lovely---but not in my price life!

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  10. Hi, I am a new follower. I loved your story. At least you know that you have good taste in furniture. Isn't it amazing how much more we think we like or actually do like something when we learn it is more valuable (or pricey)? On a positive note, $1200 was for a pair. What a bargain, huh? I hate when I fall in love with furniture or clothing only to learn that it is so far out of my price reach that I will never own it.

    Nice to meet you.

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    1. hi melissa--so happy you are now a follower! i know, i hate that too- isn't it a pity, money or the lack there of it, can get in the way of so many things, haha!

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  11. Yeah, I still remember fondly the $10k couch I fell in love with.. sigh. And because of the price I probably would have kept a couch cover on it anyway and not let the kids sit on it.

    Great story, can very much relate :)

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    1. haha yeah i know---if it cost too much--sometimes it is hard to really use and enjoy it!

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  12. I'm glad your daughter discovered the true price before you brought them to the register to pay. Good luck finding the perfect present!

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    1. i hope i did---i can't say what it is now--on the very slim chance my son would see it--thanks sherry!

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  13. No such thing as aliens indeed! Tsk, tsk.

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  14. Good thing your daughter saw the real price! I'd be afraid to sit on chairs that expensive because I'm a flopper.

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    1. funny thing is, when we thought they were only $12, robyn did "flop" down in one!

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  15. Haha aww such a price difference! I make that mistake all the time! Have you found anything for him yet? I hate stores that don't price things, you just know that if there's no price on there it means you won't be able to afford it!

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    1. i did--his main gift was an old cash register--and a very old oil can--he seemed to really like them!

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  16. It's funny how things become more desirable when they seem out of reach.

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  17. Ah, yes. The unattainable. That always makes me work so much harder than if what I want is easily within my grasp.

    Good luck with your search.

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    1. so funny how we can be that way isn't it--i would have had to work way to hard for those over priced chairs!;)

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