We have some neighbors who are expert Di shoppers (Deseret Industries... Goodwill to those not located in Utah), they have a little 3 year old girl who the boys play with almost every day. She spends her days at home with her dad, and she loves to tell all the neighborhood kids about the things she found with her dad at DI. On the other hand, I never go to DI. When I have things to donate, I pull up at the drive-up, dispose of my wares and move on quickly. Perhaps it comes from my mom trying to make me shop for clothes as a hard to fit kid, hoping to find a fab deal... I just generally don't take the time to get my kids out and go in to DI, not knowing what I will find and certainly not planning to find the things that I need. But, since our neighbors find great things there, Gavin has recently been asking to go and look around. So, I got some great tactical advice from my neighbor about which stores he recommends and what the major DI shopping strategy should be, and I took the boys to make a loop on the look out for a steal-of-a-deal. And what do you know?!? After less than 2 minutes, making our circuit of the store, we can across none other than.... a silver knight helmet... for only $.50!!
Now some of you might be doubting the excitement of such a find, but if you are, it is because you haven't spent much time lately with a knight-in-shining-armor-obsessed-4-year-old boy. I know most of you are thinking that I should have just gone to wal-mart or target or toysrus or many other places that sell toys and gotten him a knight outfit. Trust me when I tell you that in this summer season with no thoughts of Halloween on the horizon, there are no knight outfits to be found "in all of Salt Lake City." We know, we have tried. But as at least one boy has been wearing this helmet most of the time for a solid week, we are pretty grateful for our awesome DI find.
And now of course, we will be trying our luck again soon. (And yes, I did come home and wash the helmet with soap and hot water before allowing anyone to wear it. ;-)
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Which DI's are the best ones? I personally like the 2nd south one, and not so much the 21st south.
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