Why I came home without a freezer

My day started out on a good note.  My car was ready to be picked up at the shop.  On the way home I could stop at Walmart to pick up my wireless printer. Then I could swing by Shaw’s to get my freezer. That was the plan.

I hopped into my car and found that I was still driving 35mph, not because I had to, but because I was soooo used to driving that speed for months and months due to a bad transmission.  I decided to speed up. I was so overjoyed with my new found speed that I didn’t notice that the car in front of me was stopping… so I hit the brakes. The sound I heard was horrid.  It was not the sound of a crash, but the sound of really bad brakes. And since my brakes are fairly new, I should not be hearing that kind of sound.  I turned around and headed back to the shop.

The mechanic was on lunch break. So I waited and waited and waited.  And waited.  A lunch break sure is long when you’re not the one eating.  They finally got my car on the lift and discovered my problem was a huge chunk of ice.  Ice.  Not bad brakes.  Good.  No additional expense.  It almost made it worth the wait.  I was on my way to Walmart.

I picked up my printer then decided to use my coupon for free milk when I buy three breakfast items.  The cashier had never seen that coupon before so she called the front guy over. He had never seen it either but needed to check it out because he had a problem with the coupon. The problem was not the free milk and not the fact that I bought 3 bananas as my breakfast items (total 44¢, got the 3 smallest ones they had). No, the problem was that my printed coupon was black and white and it looked like a photo copy.

Every now and then, Walmart (and that guy in particular) has a problem with my high quality laser printed coupons.  I invited him to check the coupon online using the veri-fy number on the coupon. Off he went. After making me wait 20 minutes, I was told I could use the coupon “this time” but that next time my coupon can’t look like a copy.  Oh, boy.  It was time for a little pow wow with the store manager, not my first at Walmart, and I’m sure it won’t be my last.  It all ended good, but I was in that store f o r e v e r.

Now it was too late for me to hit Shaw’s because it took three hours to get my car and my printer (and that lovely free milk and itty bitty breakfast bananas… tee hee) and I had to get home because someone from visiting nurses was coming over. I waited and waited and waited. She was one hour and fifteen minutes late.  No call.  Just late.  Then she stayed until dark.  Phew!  Time to get the freezer.

There was one freezer left.  And of course, it was in a box. I don’t know why I assumed I’d be able to look at one out of the box. I wanted to see it, feel it, smell it.  I was not in the mood to get that big box to my home only to find that I didn’t quite like the freezer.  Then I started to feel like I was buying that freezer just to get the coupons for free stuff… and I don’t need free stuff cause I have tons of free stuff (did I just say I don’t need free stuff???).  If the coupons would have been for meat, dairy, and produce, I would have been more in love with the freezer.

So, I left with no freezer.  I left with nothing but this sinking feeling that I should have bought the freezer. I know I’ll regret not getting it. But, I also know I could have regretting getting it.  I’m a regretting kind of girl.

I still say that freezer is an awesome deal for anyone who needs a freezer. It just wasn’t in the cards for me. At least not today.  But hey, I can finally drive 65 and I don’t have to say a little prayer each time I put my Jeep in reverse. And that feels good.

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