Suzanne O’Connor’s Bargains LA

The Good and the Bad

Bargain shopping when it’s raining is a fun thing to do. Driving and walking in the rain not so much.

So, Saturday morning early, during some very light rain, I headed to the Bauer Factory Sale to get a pal a set of their famous mixing bowls at a rock bottom bargain price…$66 instead of $140.

They had such a great set up. Several guys in the parking lot with umbrellas showing you where to park and then escorting you in under the protection of their umbrella into the warehouse. Everything was beautifully displayed and well organized making it easy to shop with lots of informed sales help and a super fast checkout. I was done with my shopping fun in under 15 minutes.

So now it was off to the Warehouse Sale at the Cooper Bldg I went. But with extra time to kill I stopped in at Marshall’s. Even at that early hour it was packed.

I snooped around for half an hour, put a few deals in my cart. Headed to check out with a very long 30 person deep line. With only a few checkers, I knew this was gonna take forever. Nothing I had was spectacular, so I bailed and left the store… only to be confronted with a downpour outside. Drat, I had left both my rain coat and umbrella in the car.

I made a dash of it across the parking lot and then cut thru their medium landscaping where I slipped on the wet muddy surface and fell face first into a puddle of muck.

Yes, this is where you laugh. I would have made Laurel and Hardy proud.

Covered in mud, soaking wet with my pants ripped and a bloody knee I spring up cause I felt so embarrassed an stupid. I stumble into my car to assess the damage. It was enough to send me home to change and clean up.

I didn’t make the Cooper Bldg Sale or any other sale that day.