Pumpkin needed a brown sweatsuit for her part in her school play. It was supposed to be turned in by last Monday, but I had been unsuccessful in the hunt for one. I expected to have a hard time finding a brown one, but I had no idea that a plain old light colored sweatsuit that I could dye brown would be so hard to find in her size at a reasonable price.

I did find one on a specialty website whose name escapes me, but by the time I paid for shipping it would have been about $25, and may or may not have gotten here on time. I wasn’t about to pay that for something that was going to be used once.

Finally, last Tuesday, I found a sweat set on WalMart.com in her size. I had to get a white shirt and heather gray pants, but I figured that would be the best I could possibly do anyway and went ahead and ordered it. I almost paid extra for express shipping, but decided to take a leap of faith and have it shipped normally.

It arrived today, three days before the play. By taking a chance and not getting express shipping, I saved myself $11. I’m glad that worked out well… now I’ve just got to get the thing dyed. I’m not looking forward to that part.