This weekend in the lovely state of Massachusetts, we had sales tax free shopping extravaganza and people went crazy! The sales tax here in MA is only 5%, so this isn't that huge a deal unless you're buying big ticket items, and even then it only affected sales up to $2,500. But the attitude seemed to be: tax free, must buy! Doesn't matter what it is. As someone who has bought 2 major applicances and thousands of dollars worth of flooring this year, the sales tax holiday didn't come at the right time for me, but that doesn't mean I can't be swept up in the madness with the best of them.
Is this necessary? You could say no... I taped all these games on VHS at the time (go ahead and mock me. Somewhere in my mothers basement are my VHS tapes of the entire 1986 Celtics playoff run and you can't tell me that's not pure gold) and as Tivo arrived just in time for NESN's rebroadcast of the games, now I have them on DVD as well. Yes, I know I'm insane.
But once I read this description, I knew I had to have the set..
"What?" Trot says, leaning in to hear among the roaring chaos.
"GOING TO THE CLUBHOUSE?" the cameraman hollers.
"No. No, man," Trot says, picking up speed as he walks away, "I'm going to be with my fans."
And then he runs, fist in the air, gesturing "number one!" to a patch of ecstatic Sox fans still hanging out in the bleachers near the black seats in Yankee Stadium. That shot...Trot, the glowing grass, running, hand up in a victory gesture...
Ah.. I love Trot.
What else?
Bow down before it's domestic godliness.. In my never ending quest to become the person I never thought I'd be (completely boring domestic person).. I have coveted this item since I first discovered it's existed. And when you're forced to replace 80% of the flooring in your home through very tramatic circumstances, you really deserve something like this to take care of them. At least that is what I tell myself.
Note: there is a more expensive model with special grout cleaning attachments. But even I have limits.
Then it was off to Pier 1 (always a danger spot) where a rug was purchased to go under the dining table (AND it was on sale!) and finally to BJ's where every possible home cleaning and beauty product was purchased. Does deordorant go bad because I think I have at least a years supply.
Grand total of tax savings: $23.90. For $23.90, I felt like a person on the lunatic fringe, but only until I saw a family wheeling a 50 inch plasma tv, home theatre system and entire shopping cart of dvd's.-----
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