Digg ThisWe had to cancel a highly-anticipated trip to Niagara Falls this weekend because of the weather.
What ticks me off about it is that the weather wasn’t that bad; the fear-mongerers at the local TV stations that pose as weather authorities kept us in town. And they were able to do it all in the name of ratings and advertising revenues. I should’ve known better. (”Bad weather’s a-comin’! Be afraid! Be very afraid!”)
So today we went to the outlet mall at Grove City, PA for a little Christmas shopping. My other half is Super Shopper, able to find extreme deals at rock-bottom prices in almost any store in the US. But not today. This is not to say that she didn’t find any bargains; just not as many — or as good — as she usually can. (In other words, she got skunked.)
I am not Super Shopper — by any means. But I did end up buying two pairs of Rockport shoes for less than $80, one of which is Gore-Tex lined with a lug sole for winter weather. Not bad at all.
But my real bargain came at the end of the day: I found an Oxo corkscrew, retail price $24.95 (which the outlet store sells for $22), clearance priced at $9.98. When I got to the register, it was half off, bringing the price down to a cool $4.98 plus tax.
Which just goes to show that every once in a while, even a blind squirrel can find a nut.
