Saturday, January 9, 2010

To Wait Or Not To Wait

I've been comparing prices on sinks and water pumps for weeks now. I thought I knew what I was doing. I bought the sink and vanity cabinet from someone on craig's list today for $50. I was happy with that price. Then my Mom asked if I bought it at Home Depot. That reminded me, I had not checked the price at Home Depot. I was debating whether or not to drive across town and buy another sink and vanity for $60 from another craig's list person. But before I did I looked it up on the Home Depot website and wouldn't you know it...they had one for $39! Only the white one was $39 but still, I don't care about the color. So if I factor in the tax I still paid $8 more than I needed to for the dark brown one that I bought. It is pretty though and I am happy with it. My plan is coming together. It will be so exciting when I actually have water to it.

I emailed the other person and told her I would not be coming by. If I really want another one I know where I can get one for $39. I might do something different now anyway. I saw an RV double sink for $19 and it might be small enough to fit on top of the dark cabinet. Then I could move the white sink top to my bathroom. I put some bricks under it to make it kitchen height instead of bathroom height.

I also stopped by Camping World and their water pump was $200. I checked online again and the price had gone up from $120 to $140. Waiting has cost me $20 more. Oh well, I can't sit around and chase deals forever. Eventually I need to pounce on something and be happy with it. $10 or $20 is not going to bankrupt me. What is more important is that it works.

Oh, and my foster dog did get adopted so it is very quiet around here with only 2 dogs. I'll probably get a new foster dog tomorrow.

2 comments:

Over the Cubicle Wall said...

Looks like things are coming together on the mobile home.

Nice that he got adopted so soon. very quiet is 'only' two dogs? :p

Daizy said...

It is hard not to throw money at this project, it needs so much. But I am determined to spend as little as possible and I am thrilled that it is working so far.

2 dogs that like to nap instead of chew my walls. Maybe I'm just feeling less stressed.