Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Inspirartion!!

I have stumbled upon some inspiration. When I say stumble, what I mean is I saw my friend do something and now I am jealous and want to do the same thing. My friend Mandee took a shapeless piece of clothing and made it super cute. She got her idea from this fabulous lady (who I now follow religiously).

“Hey!” I thought. “I like to sew. I like to rip things apart. Why not me?” After all, we all remember the 80s monster bridal gown that had to be torn apart and re-vamped.

With plans to meet my gal-pal Heidi at the neighborhood DI (Desert Industries for
all of you non-Utahans – A “goodwill” of sorts) at 7 pm. I put $10 in my pocket and set off to find my soon-to-be masterpiece! I began thinking of all the possibilities depending on the article of clothing I chose to demolish.

I arrived at the DI before Heidi and, mind still full of dizzying possibilities, walked through the front doors. My dreams came to a screeching halt when all of the employees turned and stared at me as I entered. I stopped thinking I must have done something wrong but could not for the life of me figure out what I did.

One of the employees grabbed the store microphone without looking away from me and made the following announcement:

“DI customers- it is now 7 o’clock. This store is now closed”

He continued to stare at me with a smirk as he put the microphone back.

At this announcement, the lights in the store dimmed and my excitement and inspiration were crushed by the rude employee. I dejectedly turned around and walked out the doors.

Heidi found me outside of the store with my hopes for the night broken on the concrete.

“Screw it.” I said. “Let’s go get some ice cream.”


Next time I’ll choose to support Savers, Salvation Army, Thrift Town, or any other thrift store that doesn’t have cranky, tactless nincompoops as employees.

4 comments:

Mandee Shaffer said...

GOOD! I love Salvation Army, Savers and can't wait for the Goodwill to open in Sugar house. D.I. employees are the biggest jerks. no matter where you go. And they're WEIRD! And I'm completely HONORED you have been inspired by me. I have no doubt yours will completely blow mine out of the water! We should do this together some day.

Mandee Shaffer said...

GOOD! I love Salvation Army, Savers and can't wait for the Goodwill to open in Sugar house. D.I. employees are the biggest jerks. no matter where you go. And they're WEIRD! And I'm completely HONORED you have been inspired by me. I have no doubt yours will completely blow mine out of the water! We should do this together some day.

Melissa said...

He was just ticked off that he works at the D.I. When Adam and I first got married we were poor souls looking for a bed and we tried the D.I. for a cheap mattress. No one would help us so we went next door to Ashley's furniture, bought a great bed, and have purchased most of our furniture from Ashley's ever since.

April said...

Can't wait to see what you're going to make me :)