Ouch!

Ouch!

Back to the Doctor today for more shots.

I don't think we'll catch anything for about 10 years.

They don't tell you about this part... no one makes it a point to tell you about all the medical screening, poking, testing you have to do first before you're approved and then again to travel.

Bruce picked up our prescriptions today.. they were over $500. That was our co-pay part.

Sounds like a lot doesn't it.. you'd think we'd have dozens of bottles and hundreds of pills for that. But in reality is was 2 Hep A vaccines, 2 Z packs , 2 Tami flu, and 2 Typhoid pill packs. In total I think he came home with about a dozen pills. Wow.. so glad we have a prescription plan??? The rest our Dr. provided at the office for a fee of course. Not sure which was more painful... the shot in the arm or the shot in the wallet. Somehow... the wallet seems more like an insult to our intelligence? Yeah... like we're not suppose to notice a $500 charge? Ah? Ouch!

Anyway... That was the highlight of my day? Other then shopping with Bruce and a quick dinner at Pizza Hut. Yes... he can be bribed with food.

Poor guy... he's been dragged all over 3 counties as I look for a possible new bedroom set for Tamara. Think we found it last night. But it really burns my buttons when I have to pay full retail on big ticket items. Guess it's all those years as a buyer.. you get used to wholesale figures. And when you know what the mark up is? Grrrr.

aNy WaY... the bedroom I want for her is not discounted anywhere... and I mean anywhere. Yeah... I'll probably get the store to eat the tax and delivery fees but I think they know that no one is discounting the set. Bummer. Well at least it's made in the USA.

And there is a HUGE difference in quality. I mean huge. Not sure what they're using to make furniture in China these days but they really should try ...um... wood?

So here's what I noticed / learned the last few days about the furniture in our stores these days.

Most of it is manufactured in China. Seriously... read the fine print. With the exception of some very expensive brands... the rest of it is pretty pathetic. So this is what happens and using the set I want for Tamara is a perfect example. OK... see if you can follow along here.

Set A is the American set. Made of wood, solid, non toxic.

Set B is the China Set. Made of Mystery material, shaky at best and who knows if it's toxic?

They both start at about the same price. Set A does well. The floor model is solid, it looks better, better styling lines. Set B is shaky, chips in the show room. The fancy molding is not wood but some sort of molded foam? Yeah.. that sounds healthy? Anyway... people aren't stupid.. when they see an inferior sample it doesn't sit well. Think about it.. why would a parent buy a bed, dresser for their young child if the sample couldn't hold up in a store? They wouldn't unless they had no choice. So... Set A retains it's price and value and set B goes on sale 50-60% off if you look closely enough. But we want set A. So I've spent hours online and in every furniture store within a 50 mile radius looking for it.

So what is this to die for must have set like? you ask?

It's a twin canopy that has the capacity to be a Toddler bed with matching rails while she's little.

Once she gets a little taller. Daddy can lift the mattress part up to a regular bed height and then we buy the Trundle Unit so she has room for a little buddy. Should she want a larger bed when she's a teen? No problem.. we swap with the guest room.

the set is rather extensive so we can add to it as she grows.

Kind of cool ...no?

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