Shopping
posted December 6th, 2005 by Shannon
This morning, the kids and I headed out to do some shopping. Within walking distance from the first store was a Goodwill. Inside Goodwill, in the toy aisle, was an EleFun game. Emily played this game at a friend’s house MONTHS ago and has been asking for one ever since. They usually cost somewhere between $13 and $17. The EleFun game on the Goodwill shelf looked like it had only been played a few times. It included all the original pieces, plus 4 working C batteries (usually not included), for $1.99. How can you turn that down? The 4 batteries alone would have cost more than that! We bought it and had a good discussion about the price difference and what a good deal we got because it was used, blah, blah, blah.
And then what did I do next? It was lunch time so we stopped to eat. I spent almost $12 and got up from the lunch table with 2 kid’s meal toys and temporarily satisfied tummies. Why did I make such a big deal to Emily about how we just “saved” $11 and thenI go and spend $12, without even thinking twice, on something that’s so temporary? Arghh.
(By the way, the EleFun game WAS a big hit at our house tonight. We have been trying to play more games with Emily in the evenings and this is one of the first times we have played a game that Nathan can actually participate in as well. We have definitely gotten $1.99 out of it so far.)
A 4-ft. blue elephant trunk with butterflies blowing out!?! I can’t wait to play EleFUN with the kids next time I am there!
errr, i think we have EleFun at our house as well… yes, i’m sure of it, now that I read Gran’s description. Ah, the fun… The EleFunâ„¢.
Fun? Yes!
As easy as it looks? Not really!
Annoying? Getting there!
Gran will be there soon to give you some relief from the fun, annoying game! Have you and George started your list of things to do while gran is there. (after we get invitations & wedding things taken care of that is!)