Bargains

By now, most of you know that I love a bargain. I really love nice things but I always try to get the best value for the money I spend. On this blog, I try to share with you all of the bargains I find and the products I like. I love when my friends give me a tip on a sale. I have one friend who always calls me with deals on things she finds while she is shopping and I do the same. I have a great story for you today.

When I found out I was pregnant, I was so overwhelmed because I had already purged all my baby gear. Also, the economy and the music business has not been a friend to us and things were very very tight. My sweet sister-in-law threw a beautiful shower for me and my friends were so gracious and actually bought many of the items I needed. (THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!) There was one thing on my registry (a mobile) that I really did not NEED, I just wanted it because it matched the entire theme of the room and the bedding. The cost of that item was $49 and I wasn't about to buy it at that price. SO.....I waited and waited for it to go on sale. After the bay was born we went to the store and the entire line of bedding and the mobile were discontinued. I was shocked! It hadn't been out that long. Sadly, I resigned myself that the mobile was gone forever.

Last month, I was walking through Ross Dress For Less shopping. I never go to the very back of the store like I did on this day. On a shelf....all alone...was a generic box with a mobile in it. I couldn't see it well so I took it up front to the cashier and asked if she could open the box and let me see it. When she did, I could not believe it! It was the name brand mobile I wanted for $6.99, not $49. WOW! What a bargain, and now my nursery was complete! I appreciate it so much more now.

The principal of this event is not only the bargain I found and completing a nursery, but for me a much bigger idea. I know a silly little mobile is such a small thing but I am always trying to learn. How many times have I given into my immediate desires and regretted it? How often have I jumped at an opportunity and realized if I had waited I would not have made a big mistake. Better yet, how often haven't I trusted that God really cares about every aspect of my life, and I hold things back from his control. Big ideas, that came from my little bargain. I waited, lost the opportunity(I thought), and then after I let it go, there it was. Do I need to let go of more in my life? The answer is yes. How about you? What do you think?

Elijah Ryken loves his little mobile and as I turn the music on and it turns round-n-round, I remember what a bargain it truly is. A reminder lesson without a huge price tag.