Aaaarrgghh to Aaaahhhh

Each month for the next couple of months I have a "big" purchase to make. This month it is a new vacuum. My current one is the cheapest Walmart sells and literally has camo duct tape holding parts of it together. It also has to be propped against a wall as the handle thingymabob is broken. I can handle these minor defects but since it has ceased to do its job and instead pushes the dirt around & we now crunch when we walk on the carpet, I decided that a new one was in my future. Last night, money in hand, I headed to Walmart to find a vacuum worthy of the name. I gazed longingly at the Dyson but since we would have to starve for 6 months to afford it, I continued down the aisle to the more reasonable priced models, picked one out & headed home with my purchase with visions of walking bare foot on soft, clean carpet before the evening was out. Ryan put it together (he informed me that it wasn't that I couldn't put it together, but there were tools involved and it was a great "guy project".) When I went to wrap the cord up, we discovered that part of it was completely broken. Aaaarrrgghh.

So, I packed up the box & miles of misc. packing material & the now assembled vacuum (I was not about to tear it apart & puzzle-piece it back in the box) & I headed to WallyWorld to exchange it. They choose to refund my money so I wouldn't have to stand in line again and I went to find my vacuum. They are sold out. Of course they are. There were 3 last night. Aaaarrrgghh.

Not pleased with my options, I headed to Sam's Club to check out what they have to offer. They too try to tempt me with an even better Dyson. I evaluate my 3 remaining options. All look good. I see a chair at the end of the aisle and decide to sit for a moment and consider the vacuums before me. I haven't sat down in over 12 hours. As I sit down I realize it is a massage chair demo. How can I resist? I hit the demo button. Oh. my. heavens. Aaaahhhhh. I haven't had real massages that good. I sat there for over 20 mins. hitting the demo button over and over. Finally, I got up & checked out the price. It was the same as the vacuum. Oh, the dilema. I sat back down in the chair to think. Aaaaagggghhh.

The voices of reason finally won and I left Sam's Club without a massage chair or the vacuum. I must tell you that had the massage gone all the way up my neck I would not be writing this but instead sitting very relaxed not caring if I very walked on carpet again. Instead, I was 15 mins. late picking up Ryan from scouts. It was worth it.