I went to the store the other day to purchase something from a friends Bridal Registry. It was exciting to me as I was thinking about knowing the groom since he was little and playing baseball with my brother, and now he was getting to take this huge step in adulthood. I walk into the popular local establishment and walk to the back room where I know all the Registries are displayed where I encountered an employee. She asks if she can assist me finding the registry and I give her the name.
She then directs my attention to it, looks at me and says in a nasally voice "Well, all the cheap stuff is already gone." and continues to check out my outfit. I do a mental gasp and actually forced myself to take a deep breath. I take the high road saying "Thank you" and then start looking at the beautiful home furnishings that were displayed. The employee then says; "Well, there's nothing under $30." So at this point I am looking myself over asking myself if I look like someone that can't afford paying over thirty dollars. I take the high road again and try not to let her under my skin, "thank you" I say again and ask for the list of gifts as it wasn't on the table.
As she goes to retrieve it I look at the items on the table and have the burning urge to buy every last item just to shove it in this girls face! OH if I had the money I would have. It made me think back to the movie Pretty Women, when Vivian goes to the clothing store and comes back saying that they were mean to her, and she goes back and makes them feel stupid. Anyway, I don't have a billion dollars. I purchase something in the exact price point that I was expecting to spend and bought a beautiful lantern to complete a set that I saw others had bought the two smaller lanterns. I always do that when I go to a registry, it's my plan and rounds out what my fellow buyers have already purchased for the couple/or baby shower if that be the case.
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