Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Terry Cloth
Last night, Johnna and I went along with John. Awhile back, he had signed up for a cake decorating class, but missed a lesson. So his instructor let him join her new class for the lesson he had missed.Johnna and I never went along, but, lately, her bed time has been on hour or so later than it had back then, due to the later daylight hours, I am assuming.
I had it in my plans to run over to a thrift store - of which John was almost sure was open til 7 or 8 - to pick up some old green terry cloth material ($4) I had seen there a week or so ago, but did not buy.
When Johnna and I pulled up outside of door, amongst its vacant lot, I noticed that every weekday EXCEPT Mondays, they are open til 8. I WAS SO MAD! I was really looking forward to sewing another diaper out of that material. I wondered why it was meant for me to not have it.
We made the best out of our shopping time and visited some other stores (which really creeped me out...more on that some other time). As a last resort, I drove by another thift store, this one booming with cars and movement. They were open!
We bombarded inside to the fabric section, and I found THREE HUGE rolls of terry cloth material - green, navy blue, and a smaller portion of white. And guess what? The green and blue sold for $1.75, and the white for $1.00. SO, I pretty much got 2.5 times the amount - for the same price - as I would have at the other store.
The lesson learned: Sometimes, when things don't work out the way we want them, we shouldn't always take it for a loss, dwell on how, if all had "gone as planned" at that time, things would be different. Because the chances are, something better is around the corner. It might take an hour, or a week, or a year, but it is there, waiting for us, working out as it was meant to work out.
I think this can apply to many of the things in life.
Labels: life's lessosn
Melissa at 11:15 PM