Saturday, September 13, 2008

Dear lister of sale-838585793

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I want your chair.

Christopher makes fun of my new-found hobby of checking Craigslist daily for deals that, even if they are amazing, I don't have the extra cash or storage space to take advantage of. I love to shop, even if I don't buy anything, so Craigslist is PERFECT for me. And here are the reasons why:

1. There is no impulse buying. Any purchase made on Craigslist must be quite calculated and you have to have the proper equipment to be able to pick up the item(s) you are purchasing, which leads me to point 2...

2. I have a Dodge Intrepid. Most things I want don't fit in my car. And even if they did, I would probably have to drive out to Hollywood or Santa Monica because that's where all the cool stuff is anyway, and honestly...

3. Gas is too expensive to drive to pick up someone else's junk when I haven't seen it in person to know it's really okay and they're not just trying to lure me miles away from my home in order to break down my defenses and sell me something crappy simply because I don't want to have wasted the trip.

So I ask you: What is worse? Spending time looking at things I can't have just because I can and it fills my desire to "shop" (I like to think of it more as hunting) OR going to actual stores and spending money I don't have on stuff I don't really need, or, in some cases, don't even want?

I thought so.

So Christopher, if you're reading this, I hope you can appreciate the fact that I'm on Craigslist instead of NY & Company dot come or victoria' secret dot com or borders dot com or going to the mall every other day spending more money that I shouldn't be spending.

And for the rest of you, it's true. If I had my $60 of blow money (it's the money we budget to spend on anything we want) already saved up, this chair would be mine. I have no idea where I would put it, but it is now my goal to have a *fully functioning* barber chair in my home.

And I did show Christopher, and he thought it would be pretty cool too.

4 comments:

http://alberico.net said...

OK, if you get that chair (which is pretty sweet) you will have to cut my hair. So maybe that chair could be an investment, you charge people to cut their hair, you get chair, I get a haircut. Wait, I'm confused and tired but I agree browsing/hunting is better than buying.

Leanne said...

lol thanks, Angelo.

Anonymous said...

actually christopher might not mind you shopping at victoria's secret!! ;)

Leanne said...

Dear anonymous,

Unfortunately, although yours is a true statement, the area of VS I prefer is the actual clothing (only found online and in catalogs)...and that's what I would be shopping for. :o) Although I do love the semi-annual sales.
:o)