for all of my life, i have searched for only Christmas gifts not on sale. it seemed rude to me to buy somebody something cheap. i avoided sale items like the plague.
i still do, but it's becoming very hard to do in this everything-is-on-sale-all-the-time world that we live in. which translates to nothing-is-on-sale-ever. (you do understand that, don't you?)
i walked into a store yesterday and asked the clerk if there was anything not on sale.
"excuse me?" she said.
"not on sale. got anything?" i asked.
"well..........."
"full price. no markdowns. got anything?"
"um..........."
"ok, how about this: how about you take the price of something i like and mark it up?"
she flatlined.
the woman who cuts my hair says she always leaves the price tags on the stuff she gives people cuz she wants them to know how damned much money she spends! she was remarking the other day about how tough it is to find price tags that appear expensive enough.
"i know what you mean, sista!" i exclaimed.
"good," she said. "then you won't mind when i tell you that the price of my haircuts has gone up."
