TRYING TO BE FRUGAL

My reasons were three fold.
One, I'm addicted to chap stick; one kind of chap stick, that is. I put it on a million times a day. I put it on the same way every time. I have one in every location that I might possibly need one in a hurry, plus all the while having one in either my pants pocket or purse. Like I said, addicted.
Two, ever since putting myself on a strict budget of saving money, I try to save a buck or two wherever I possibly can. Whether it's wearing a blanket around my house like a snuggie in order to not have to turn the heat on (a surprising and unexpected, yet welcomed cut back on my ice cream addiction) or, as in this case, going to Nordstrom Rack instead of Target to get chap stick because I found out they carry my kind for one whole dollar cheaper than other stores. Side note: for those interested, MY kind is Burts Bees. But not the regular Burts Bees that everybody likes that burns the crap out of my lips and nostrils. I might as well be putting Vicks Vapo Rub on my mouth. I prefer the Replenishing Pomegranate variety. Anyway, Nordstrom Rack has a huge bucket of BB chap sticks of all kinds for a good price in the register area when checking out.
And, finally, my third reason, let me be honest, when have I ever passed up a reason to go to Nordstrom Rack?!
So, perhaps any other day of the year would have had a different outcome, but I of course choose to make this, some say ridiculous, trip for chap stick on the weekend of Black Friday. You have to understand though, I was OUT OF CHAP STICK. It happened so suddenly and simultaneously to three different, important chap stick locations. Friday I was replenishing my lips with pomegranate as normal and Saturday, boom, purse, bathroom and car, completely out. So, off to Nordstrom Rack I go.
I should have known, needing to only go to the check out area, of course there was going to be a line that wrapped around the store. That was ok. I'm fine with waiting. It was the fact that out of the entire bucket of probably seven hundred chap sticks, there was only ONE of my kind. That's right, I stood in line for one chap stick because I had gone all the way there to save a dollar. Equally annoyed and excited, I purchased my one chap stick and couldn't get it open fast enough to satisfy my addiction....only to find the tube had been screwed up into the lid and the top half had to be scraped off into the garbage on my way out in order to form a useable shape. Suddenly, I couldn't get to my car fast enough. Next stop, Target.