Clearance Racks
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Clearance Racks? Honestly, I never paid much attention to ‘em. If I wanted something, I’d just go buy it.
T on the other hand, has a built-in radar for them. The bright yellow or red signs blazing like a beacon call to her and draw her in.
Having grown up in a middle class family in Illinois where stretching dollars was a necessity, it was a valuable tool in the tool belt of an incredibly skilled and thrifty shopper, and she was taught by the very best…her mother.
And why not? Who wouldn’t want to have brand new merchandise at a significantly discounted price? Especially in this economy!
So T’s skills were put to the test this past winter when I wanted a new winter coat. I was very specific about what I wanted, and knew she didn’t have a snowball’s chance of finding it…at least not on the clearance racks.
I should probably know better after this many years, but being skeptical and practical, I didn’t “waste time” at the clearance racks. I kept looking at all the full price racks of coats, while she was off in search of the brightly colored signs indicating bountiful treasures to be had.
I could not find a single red mid-length winter coat to save my life. I scoured the racks and racks of coats. Still probing the racks, I heard a squeal. Nope it wasn’t an unlucky innocent non-red, non-mid-length, non-winter coat experiencing the wrath and frustration of Vision Runner. 
Moments later I was being summoned over to the clearance rack of coats. There in hand, she was holding what looked to be the perfect coat!
Heavy enough for winter use? Yep
Red? Yep. (Easier for me to see with my low vision.)
Mid-length to cover my butt when I’m walking in the winter? Yep
Shell made out of some sort of water-resistant fabric? Yep.
Exactly fitting my list of requirements, the only question was, would it fit?
I tried it on, and, yup you guessed it: a perfect fit for about one third of the original cost!
Vision Runner in Red Coat
Now whenever we go in seach of, well…anything, the first place we check is the great and powerful clearance rack. Did you notice the “we”? I’ve been converted!
And don’t worry, the skill is still being handed down through the generations…our teenage nieces Hillary and Megan are also well-trained and highly skilled deal-finders!
How ’bout it?
-Vision Runner
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