Posted by SD/CA on 5/21/07 6:50pm
Msg #191183

Legal Paper

I went to Costco today to buy a case of legal paper and it cost me $194.17, I took my wife.

Reply by CaliNotary on 5/21/07 6:57pm
Msg #191184

$194.17??? n/m

Reply by Stamper_WI on 5/21/07 6:58pm
Msg #191185

Cali must shop alone n/m

Reply by CaliNotary on 5/21/07 6:59pm
Msg #191187

Ahhhh, now I get it

It's the same principle that makes a bag of cat food at Target cost $120.

Reply by Stamper_WI on 5/21/07 7:02pm
Msg #191189

Re: Ahhhh, now I get it

or taking your college age daughter to "pick up a few things"

Reply by SD/CA on 5/21/07 7:03pm
Msg #191190

Next time I go alone. She sees, she buys.

Reply by Gary_CA on 5/21/07 8:53pm
Msg #191208

Next time grab a tent and a sleeping bag...

just in case she catches a glimpse of these posts about her spending habits...

hehehehe... some guys just don't know how to quit while they're ahead.

Reply by claudine osborne on 5/21/07 8:38pm
Msg #191205

Good one, I have to admit, I had to think about it then I had a good laugh!

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 5/21/07 9:04pm
Msg #191212

LOL! This reminds me of the time

Builders Square II in Melbourne was going out of business. I talked my husband into going in just to have a look at what they had on sale!
They had a nice bathroom vanity for $80! So talked my husband into it. But then saw a matching medicine cabinet, so just had to have that.
When we got it home, I told Bruce that the tile in the bathroom just looked too tacky with the brand new vanity. So, we got new tile for the floor and surrounding the bathtub. Then decided that just a shower was better than the bathtub, so ended up going back to get a new shower. And of course we didn't have enough tile for a shower and the tile I liked was at Home Depot - and not on sale! Bruce had to move the toilet to do the shower and floor, and we ended up having to get a new toilet.
Just having a look in Builders Square ended up costing over $1000!

Reply by jba/fl on 5/21/07 9:27pm
Msg #191216

Re: LOL! This reminds me of the time

Oh, yes! Got a gorgeous custom sink at a plumbing supply tent sale for $7.00. Of course, didn't fit the vanity, so needed new top. Then bottom didn't look right, so back to the store. Tile in shower, and the handles, etc, etc. to the tune of over $1000 by the time I was done.
See - your paper was a bargain!

Reply by ReneeK_MI on 5/22/07 4:49am
Msg #191252

The 'Degradation through Osmosis' theory ...

Anything you fix/paint/replace/refresh/remodel/renew will cause everything it touches, is near, surrounded by, or in the same general vacinity to instantly become completely degraded, hideously ugly, completely unsuitable and/or unusable.

All I did was spend $30 to paint the kitchen ... don't even ask what THAT cost, all I can say is - kitchens are attached to hallways, which are attached to bathrooms, which are all linked by a living room, which looks out upon a yard ....

Reply by Sharon Taylor on 5/22/07 7:58am
Msg #191264

Perfect description, Renee - we started with new linoleum

in the kitchen, ended up with new floors all the way through (3/4" plywood with 1/4" plywood over that), tearing some walls down to bare studs, reinsulating and hanging wallboard, new bathroom vanity and cabinet, new tub/shower plumbing (which was a multiple-day adventure all by itself), a wonderful built-in bookcase along one wall, 3 new windows in one room, some electrical upgrades, on and on and on to the tune of over $5,000 - happily all paid for since we put ourselves on a pay-as-you-go plan which took more time but no lingering debt! And we still want/need a new front door, a couple more windows replaced, the final floor coverings over the plywood, etc., etc., etc.
I keep telling Lowe's and Home Depot that they need to offer "Frequent Shopper" cards so we can earn points toward gift certificates and other rewards. LOL

Reply by Gary_CA on 5/22/07 8:40am
Msg #191268

Y'all are just lucky you don't pay prevailing wage

for those 99 page honey-do lists...

Poor old married men, gettin' pulled around by that ring in their nose. Makes a free fella wanna cry.

Reply by BrendaTx on 5/22/07 9:27am
Msg #191282

ot: Gary, a companion piece to go with your comments...

I am convinced that sometimes men like the, ....ahem.... wily semi-helpless woman who needs them to do a few things around the house.

While "Girl Power" is nice and all that, I have realized that there's something a little intimidating to some men about a woman who can hang a ceiling fan and change out light fixtures, put down asphalt, and change their own oil. That's not me, you see...I *could* do it, I just choose not to do it...it's my friend who does that.

I am giving her a few "Helpless Lessons." Most Southern women are born with the understanding of the "Power of Helplessness", however, there are a many women who have gotten so determined to be independent that they forget their roots and that a bit of gentlewoman "helplessness" is indeed a major cornerstone of their independence.

Reply by Gary_CA on 5/21/07 10:13pm
Msg #191224

Now y'all done jinxed me...

Reading about all this shopping and had to print some e-docs for tomorrow... down to my last ream of letter, better check legal too... nah, got plenty of that...

Don't have a wife, and my Costco membership is in limbo at the moment, so it'll be Staples... but there is this scanner I've been thinkin' about and I did get a surprise check today... hmmmm...

Can he resist? Tune in tomorrow for "As the Wallet Turns"

Reply by Susan Fischer on 5/21/07 10:21pm
Msg #191226

5 bucks says he nabs the scanner... n/m

Reply by JanetK_CA on 5/22/07 2:46am
Msg #191247

Used to be....

The nickname for Costco used to be the $100 store, but most people I know now call it the $300 store - 'cause it seems you can't get out the door for less. (But I was in and out of there in 15 minutes today to just pick up a toner cartridge. Managed to somehow escape without buying anything else...)

Reply by Joe Ewing on 5/22/07 9:13am
Msg #191274

A case of Legal Paper

A member since 1979, I still have to catch myself from calling it Price Club. My motto is not to push a basket and only purchase what I can carry.