There is a right time for everything

[wiseheart]

... even for buying enormous chocolate bunnies for a ridiculously high price, it seems.

Today I went to the hairdresser's to get a much-needed haircut (I was looking like a particularly neglected mop), and on my way there I paid the Müller drugstore a brief visit. They usually have glorious things before Christmas or Easter - not only cosmetics but sweets, too. And yes, they did have the one kilo giant Lindt Goldhase. Unfortunately, they sell those things for a much higher price than the Lindt shop itself.

I was tempted. Oh, I was very much tempted indeed. I multiplied the price I bought the 200-gram bunny at Lindt by five in my head, and if the Müller price had been somewhere around those results, I might have given in to the temptation. But it was almost twice as much. And I decided that I'd only go so far in my madness and left the drugstore empty-handed. (I might go back after Easter to see whether they had reduced the price of all the stuff they couldn't sell, but that's another matter entirely.)

Otherwise I didn't do much today. All right, I put up the rest of the felt eggs in my study, so that it's all prettied up now, but aside from that... I could have time for writing, but I felt hopelessly uninspired and read fanfic and played Solitaire on Methuselah-the-laptop instead. Shameful, I know. But now that the two urgent craft projects are out of my hair, I feel a bit like a deflated balloon, unable to bring up the energy for anything, really.

Comments

[meathiel]

I think a lot of people don't calculate at all ...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I've spent my childhood in rather unromantic poverty; we had to turn over every penny twice for a very long time. Things like that teach one to think about the prices and whether the product is worth them.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Fanfic is always worthy to read. *nods*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Too true. I must admit, to my shame, that I've barely read anything but fanfic in the least couple of years. Unless it was for research purposes, that is.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

I have read other things, but most of what I read is fanfic. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You are always welcome to read mine. ;))

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

:) I have. Although right now I'm on a Harry Potter kick.

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

Mmm, chocolate. Mmmm, Lindt! Yum.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Lindt really is something special. :)

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Crafting is a hobby. In my book, hobbies should only be done when you're in the mood, or they lose their fun. Take some time off and let your fingers recover.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That is exactly what I'm planning to do. No more crafting until Easter is over.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

We do not have a Lindt shop here, only Müller. And one kilo Lindt rabbit is 50 Euro straight.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Over here it's the equivalent of a little more than 60 Euro. I've declared defeat.

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

I hope you have good luck with the post season sales. There may be some great bargains in store!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That is by no means certain — I've hoped for it and was wrong before.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I might go back after Easter to see whether they had reduced the price of all the stuff they couldn't sell.

S2C loves the thin chocolate that they make Easter Eggs from and is saddened by the fact that our local shops have got better at getting their stock levels correct in the run up to Easter, so there is much less available at reduced prices post-Easter now compared with 10 years ago :(

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Awww, that is really sad! I feel his pain, I really do!

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

I hope the kilo bunny is still there after Easter and reduced. I would love to see you get your wish, just not at an exhorbitant price!