Why is it

that when a woman shops and finds a good deal, it almost feels like you've won the freakin' lottery? I don't know why this is, but I most certainly know it is true. We picked up a king size bed (ALLELUIA) in December. This has been coming down the pike a looooooong time. So I bought 2 sets of new sheets last fall - prior to even shopping for the new matress. Those 2 sets were great deals. 1 was a jersey knit set for $12. Yes, you read that right. I was over the moon at finding a king size set of sheets for $12! The other set was 450 thread count damask for $35. Again, a great deal (both were found the same day in the same store.) Finding 1 of those deals is enough to make my entire week and I had found them on the same day! It was cool. Then we got the bed. And the jersey knit ones didn't go over so well with H. So now I think they'll become fort-making ingredients - & the pillow cases used for gunnysack jumping around the house.

So we were still short a set of sheets. Last Sunday night I was researching sheet prices online, again, refreshing my memory. Reading product reviews is always interesting. The one that I really liked the best was for "wrinkle free sheets". REALLY? People honestly believe there is such a thing? Do they actually LAY on their sheets? All I know is that once you sleep on them they look a wrinkled up anyway, so what is the point of that? And don't you cover them up with a blanket & comforter/quilt anyway? You don't even SEE them. This 1 lady was upset she had to go IRON her sheets. Now anyone who knows me knows that an iron has only resided in my home for less than a year and it was only used 1 time since (for a craft project). It is stored on the highest shelf in my house and I can't see it on a daily basis. I am in complete denial that it is really even here. So ironing a shirt is completely out of the question... let alone SHEETS. Why someone would do this is really and truly beyond me. They obviously have WAY too much time on their hands. If you know someone who does, in fact, do this - please tell me what the 'big idea' is. And if YOU do this? You must gimmie a call because you need some talking to!!!

Anyway, back to my online search for sheets. I was hunting for high thread count. OK, got what a 'deal' would be - done. Went shopping Monday and the deal of the week appeared for me again...at the same store the others were. I love that store and I've loved that store for over 30 years. Granted these babies were on clearance, but holy moly. I got... get this... I got 1,000 thread count sheets (yes, 1,000) for $49. $49!!! You know I still can't believe it. And they're light blue. For $49 they could have been some god-awful color and I probably STILL would have bought the darn things. But light blue is easily handled here. And H. His 1st comment was, God love him, 'But will they match?' Hehehehe. As he frequently likes to point out to me, you are sleeping & its dark in the bedroom - WHO CARES. A set of sheets that we've used for the past 11.5 years never matched for Pete's sake. It's still cute.

So my deal of the week is still great. I will probably love this deal for a loooooong time. I'll be telling my grandkids about this deal.