cass + adam: Craigslist is Pretty Amazing

I am always amazed at some of the things that people choose to throw and give away. I have this habit of checking the "free" section on Craigslist a couple of times a day. Most of the time it's junk, but every once in a while you find something that you just have to think "wow, why would they just GIVE that away?". Most of the time when I see one of these amazing steals, it's for something big- like the one time a big game room downtown was getting new floor models in so they put their big arcade cabinets and jukeboxes out near their docks and said "Hey come and get em". Do you know how BADLY I've always wanted a jukebox?! Working or not (and these were WORKING none-the-less!) I've always wanted one, just because I think they look pretty amazing and have always thought one in a basement would just be amazing. Problem? We don't have a truck, and I doubt a full sized jukebox is going to fit into the back of either of our cars any time soon. We also dont know anyone here, so we can't simply call up a friend and have them come help...so when I see these amazing free deals, I have to either justify renting the truck at Home Depot and shelling out the gas, or let the amazing deal slip away. Most of the time letting it slip away tends to win.

But then every once in a while you find a smaller item for free, only down here, it's a cut throat process...unless you see the free posting IMMEDIATELY after it has been placed, you aren't going to get it. I think some people must just sit on Craigslist hitting refresh constantly throughout the day, since I never seem to get anything even if it was posted a mere hour beforehand.

Today though, I got lucky. Maybe it was just lucky timing, but I was doing my daily checking of the listing, and I happened to click on a post. It was junk, but when I went back to the main page, the listings had updated, and a new post popped up offering designer pillows. I thought "Hey, pillows are expensive, let's see" and came across these gorgeous designer pillows....3 of them matching, and one that was different but still went with the set. I sent the email, expecting to get beat out. About 15 mintues later, I get an email from the lady saying I was the first to inquire and if I could get there by tonight, they were mine! I was ecstatic! I wrote back saying of course, and I got another back asking if I wanted the candles as well, since apparently she'd gotten tons of emails from people wanting both the pillows and the candles. Candles? I hadn't seen any candles? So I hopped back on CL and apparently while I was emailing the posting in such excitement, she had posted another listing for a bunch of free candles. In the picture I thought they looked alright, but Adam and I go through candles like it's nobody's business, so I said "Sure" and later I told a very confused Adam we were going out to get these and we were off!

What we ended up with were 3 super beautiful decorative pillows, and 4 brand new, huge, great smelling decorative candles! So excited. And to top it off, while I was picking them up, the lady asked if I wanted these decorative flower things...said she got them at Crate and Barrel and just didnt need them anymore, but they go with the colors of the pillows so she thought she'd see if I wanted them. Um, yes! They would look great in a tall vase in our main room. So I totally scored tonight, and even after Adam saw them he said "Wait, you got these for FREE?!" and was pleasantly surprised.

Ignore the ridiculously messy table. I hadn't cleaned up from work yet... And the blurry cell phone pic doesn't really do it justice, but you get the idea! There were 3 of these!