We looked all around the store until we got to the back corner under a large yellow banner blaring "BACK TO SCHOOL" Duh! And there it was, a perfect little pine desk with knobs to match his nightstand. "Look Andrew, it's on sale, and what sir, you want to give us a coupon for an additional $20 off, and you don't have any chairs to match so I can finish the two unfinished chairs I already have at home?" SOLD!!!
This store is all about customer service and they usually have the items in stock. Unfortunately the desk was the last of it's kind, so we took the floor model (no dents and the drawers slid in and out easily). The guys sanded the top, wrapped it in plastic, and loaded it into the car. They also give you "free" sponge brushes. To celebrate our shopping success, Andrew and I had lunch together at McDonald's.
We unloaded the desk and brought the chairs out to the garage on Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately I didn't get much further as we had to hear all the details of our neighbor across the street who had a golf cart accident on #9 earlier in the day. Seems as though they were tooling through the rough when the underside of the golf cart hit a water meter that was sticking out of the ground and the cart came to an immediate stop. The driver was impaled on the steering wheel and our neighbor was thrown off the passenger side after hitting his nose on the bar holding the windshield. Both gentlemen were thrown from the cart and landed with a great view of the clouds. I don't even think they were drinking.
So I got up on Sunday and started sanding, painting, and staining. By 5:30 pm we were moving the desk and two chairs up to the boy's rooms. Not bad for a day's work and it resulted in one very happy little boy!
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