Pearls and Lace Thursday #138 Serving Up Pearls!

So what do YOU do when you come across a sale?  You know the kind, a sale where something you LOVE is on sale, and not just for a few cents off, but on sale for a LOT off?

Well, you BUY A LOT of them right????

So I'm justified in my thinking that purchasing TONS of pearls is alright.  Especially if I decide to have a quick giveaway, right??

I found glass pearls on sale this last week and even my husband understood!!

Here's what I found: (and please forgive the disgusting quality of my lighting in the following photos.  I cannot for the life of me figure out how to take pictures that look good in my dining area).

Now, I hate to do this for a giveaway, but because of the weight of glass pearls, I am only opening this giveaway up to people who live in the continental United States.  I'm sorry...
I will contact the winner and then after finding out a bit of information I will put together a small box of lovelies, including some of these wonderful glass pearls!!  Be sure and let me know if you are interested in your comment, and I will pick the winner and post it next week for P&L Thursday.

Actually, it was quite humorous.  My husband has this love for ink pens.  He uses them in all colors to mark the books he reads.  So, I was armed with a 50% off coupon for Michales, and we wandered around for quite some time.  Then I saw them.  The pearls that is.  On one endcap were these gorgeous lengths of deep colored pearls.  And I couldn't believe my eyes.  Did that "29" on the tag really mean they were only 29 cents each?  Oh dear, I'd have to get a price check on those....but what if someone saw them and grabbed them while I was at the register trying to get the price checked?  So I grabbed up a huge handful of them and headed to the front.

Yes, they were 29 cents each strand.  GREAT!!  Back to the endcap and as I hauled more of them into my basket, I was feeling great!  Then I headed to the front via another isle, and another display drew my attention.  It was full of all the pearl strands and they TOO were on sale, but for 40 cents a strand!!

OH WOW!  That's a good price too right?  So out came the basket to the floor now, and I'm quickly hauling in multiple lengths of gorgeous glass pearls.  I didn't drool on their floor either.  I was nice and left quite a few behind, and I even kept the different priced pearls separate from each other.

Now the hard part.  Showing the almost full (seemed like it to me) basket to my husband as we approached the front.  He had found a package of pens (50% off with my coupon!), and so he was happy.  And when he saw my haul, he did what only a husband who knows his wife well could do.  He smiled and said, 'Well you found the motherlode today!!"  And I told him the prices and he too was amazed.

So, person after person with only one or two items in their hands came up behind us (looking at me like I was a crazy woman), and I waved them ahead knowing that our check out would take a lot of time.  After all, counting all those lengths of pearls takes time!!  Finally, it's our turn, and we finish the checkout.  That bag of pearls had to be DOUBLE BAGGED because it was so heavy!!! I laughed all the way home!  And I thought of what I could do with them, and all sorts of ideas came to mind. 

I'm in Pearl Heaven this week.

SO, it's time for Pearls and Lace Thursday!!  Add the url code for your post to the link below and join us as we share our pretties.  It doesn't have to be a post about pearls or lace, anything lovely is welcome.  I feel so much less hectic now when I see my calendar!!  Last month was a doozy!  This month looks much better!!

Thanks to each of you who joined us last week!  I have enjoyed seeing your pretties.  And welcome to my newest followers and guests!  It's so nice to meet you!!

I hope you all have a lovely week,

Blessings,

Doni