For my own personal reference ...

[apocalypsos]

Stuff for the spare room:

Futon -- On sale at Wal-Mart for $100.
Papasan chair (That's what those damn things are called -- *headsmack*) -- Frame and cushion on sale at Pier One for $130 combined.
Rug -- On sale at Wal-Mart for $80. (With my luck, that probably won't even be there by the time I have the cash for it. *sigh*)
Paper lantern lamp -- On sale at Target for $20, will probably go back to $30 by the time I have the cash for it. *sigh again*

So if I'm lucky that's $330 just for the basics.

No, seriously, anyone want a kidney? I hear they taste really good with beans and fancy wine. Oh, wait, that's livers, isn't it? Um ... well, how about an outline for a really tiny pool?

Comments

[mayatawi.livejournal.com]

Fun fact: the mini-papasan chairs at P1 are called "mamasans."

I find that bizarrely and unbearably cute.

[aint2nuts.livejournal.com]

Steak and Kidney pie!

:-)

[juice817.livejournal.com]

Not a kidney, no, but I wouldn't be adverse to compensating you in exchange for more of the pet store owner!Jensen story you were writing. :D

Cash needing

[talksintheaters.livejournal.com]

If you're really interested in egg donation its not as hard as you might think. Then they hand you a check for $8000. If you really want to know the deal-I'll tell you. Write me at s0074324@yahoo. I promise I'm not a recruiter or anything sketchy like that. I'm just a chick who read Buffybot as a freshman in college.

[angry-geologist.livejournal.com]

They're ripping you off, you know- you can get started a lot easier by shopping at Goodwill or a thrift store, or checking the furniture section of the classifieds, or going to auctions, especially around a college town. Slightly used futons are a dime a dozen- try to buy off a grad student, they don't have lives. People chuck lamps, rugs and random chairs like there's no tomorrow.

And as long as you know what you're looking at, it's PERFECTLY OK. Most of the stuff out there is in great condition, and will likely last you longer than some crap you pick up at Wally World.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Yes, and all of that would be why I'm pricing them at regular stores first. Why get screwed out of money I can't afford to waste if I don't shop around first? :)

(On the other hand, for once, I'd rather have new furniture. The only new furniture I've had in the last two years has been my computer chair. Everything else is hand-me-downs from my parents or other relatives.)

[angry-geologist.livejournal.com]

Well, you could always say to yourself: "I'm doing this for the good of the people in Ohio whose towns are being taken over by 'waste management' cartels with mafiaoso methods planet- by keeping old, perfectly good furniture out of landfills, I'm taking the high road."

Oh, sorry, did my politics show?

[gamiila.livejournal.com]

Papasan chair (That's what those damn things are called -- *headsmack*) -- Frame and cushion on sale at Pier One for $130 combined

They're still on sale? Wow! My friend and I bought two when I visited her in New York last March. Seems to me as if you don't need to worry the offer will expire soon...

[masae.livejournal.com]

I work at a Pier 1, and I recommend opening a Pier 1 account if you can when you get the papasan. Not trying to sales push, but its just that a) you can save 10%, which is only $13, I know, but still. And b) the associates get kudos for opening an account, they don't care if you then turn around and pay off said account and never use it again. Which you can do about 5 seconds after purchasing, and leave with your extra $13.

Anyway, sorry for the advertising, but it's a little bit better if you can do it.