Sunday afternoon, Erin, William and I went to Fabricland to buy fabric for drapes for the livingroom. I wound up going home to measure the windows (since we forgot to do it before we left home) and picked up my Mom for advice. We hemmed and hawed for so long that they started putting up signs for the sale that started Monday. Basically the fabric that we wanted was all available at “Buy one meter, get 2 free” or “Buy 1 get 3 free” rates.

When the lady was cutting the fabric, we bought in simple multiples, so that it would make the math easier - 15 meters, 16 meters, whatever. Anyway, when we bought 16 meters of a “buy 1 get 3 free” fabric, she wrote down four meters, to indicate that we would be paying for four meters, and getting 12 free. Then when we went to pay, the cashier applied the discount again. We didn’t realize it until we were out of the store, but we wound up getting an 89% discount on the one fabric, and 94% on the other. Erin went back in yesterday to straighten it all out, and they were surprised to see her. I guess they gave her some sewing trinkets (needles, measuring tape etc.) to thank her.

It was a heck of a deal for a while though ;-)

Since Dave pointed out his problem with the playoffs link at the side - I should point out that he must have a cached copy of the old pool page. Everything works fine from here. I should also point out the snazzy new calendar on the sidebar, since I’ve been meaning to get rid of those ugly archive links for a long time now.

Oh, and if you’ve got some time on your hands, and have always wondered if the 1922-23 Habs were a better team than the 1986-87 Oilers, visit What If Sports, and do a simulation or three to see. It’s quite a neat site.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “After evaluating millions of pieces of data in the blink of an eye, the Gamble-Tron 2000 says the winner is… Cincinnati by 200 points!? Why, you worthless hunk of junk.” - Professor Frink