my lucky day

today i was torn between volunteering for an event with WSSLHA (wayne state speech-language-hearing association) and helping to clean the church building that citadel of faith rents. citadel won out for a couple of reasons. first, i've been thinking about serving there and since i can't tithe or offer very much, i can at least give my time. second, i'll be volunteering with WSSLHA later this month anyway at a station along the multiple sclerosis marathon route.

after spot cleaning chairs and sweeping floors all morning, i came back to the apartment and in my mail i found a $10 coupon off any purchase over $50 at office max. this was perfect b/c i've been looking for a digital voice recorder so i can record clinical sessions and take speech/language samples. i was with my friend who gives me a ride to church when i got the coupon and she offered to take me to an office max. she's such a sweetheart.

mapquest led us to a closed down office max and we spent half an hour looking for another one, but we finally got there and i found a digital voice recorder with pc link for 69.99. BUT it was sold out and discontinued. the sales guy asked me if i wanted the display model. i asked him how much of a discount i would get. he said "normally we give 10%...but i'll take it down to $50". SWEET! will he still honour the coupon? YES!!! needless to say, i was very pleased. the sales guy was awesome, photocopying a manual for me, replacing the missing USB cable with a brand new one, putting in AAA batteries, etc. so i got a top of the line recorder for almost half the original price and the cherry on top was the excellent service. check it out:


then we went to meijer to pick up some groceries and we got free detroit tiger bandanas. woohoo! then i came home and watched them win the american league championship =D