Wednesday, June 13, 2012

I Can't Resist a Good Sale

I went to JoAnn to buy this …



and ended up buying this …



At least they're both yellow.

I was first interested in Oliso's Pro Smart Iron because of the feet that raise the soleplate. I love a good gimmick. Then I learned the iron has a "thirty minute extended shut off for sewers and quilters".  The thirty minute shut-off feature was icing on the cake.  I vowed to buy the iron the next time they were on sale at JoAnn.

So …… I found myself at JoAnn during a storewide sale.  I went there for yellow thread and buttons.  Not the most efficient use of non-renewable fossil fuel, I admit, but I gotta sew. The buttons were in the same aisle as irons and the irons were 20% off.  I had to buy it!  I had to.  In addition to the 20% discount, I got an additional 15% off with my teacher's discount card.  Total savings – $63.99!  The iron I'm replacing cost less than the $63.00 I saved.  I don't often indulge myself like this so I easily justified the extravagance.

Oh yeah, the buttons were 50% off, too.

9 comments:

  1. It matches your buttons! Do review the iron when you've used it a bit.

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  2. I loved the Olisio iron I had. It worked for several years and then, one day, I turned it on and it wouldn't heat. I'd like another one, but went back to using the Euro Pro that I had been storing rather than buy another at that time. Still using the Euro Pro.

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  3. Now, that is a cool iron! (no pun intended) Love the color and the little feet. Enjoy your new yellow "toy"!!

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  4. I agree that is one very cool looking iron!
    AND now you have the firefly card for next week for 30% off everything, even sale prices (I just happened to buy a new cutting mat there yesterday and um a few other things...)

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    1. Yes! The firefly card was another bit of icing on the cake!

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  5. I like the bright yellow iron. You will have to tell us how well it works.

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  6. I just looked at the price of this iron online and my jaw dropped. You have to let us know how well it works!! I love the idea of a levitating iron--and its bright yellow happy color!!

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    1. I would never, ever pay full price for this iron. After the 20% off and the 15% teacher's discount, I spent about as much as I spent on a Rowenta iron some years ago. I really love the 30 minute shut off feature and it seems to need fewer passes over the cloth to remove wrinkles. I wish there were more steam vents on the bottom. My cheaper irons have lasted about two years. I'm expecting this iron to last longer than that.

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  7. Ok, major iron envy! Mine shuts off everytime I turn my back on it!?

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