this wasn't in the plan |but life is still pretty good

At the mall today, I saw a toy store advertising a 'Toy Stock Up" sale. Wow, I mean, this week I've been thinking a lot about being prepared in case of an emergency of some sort, but it never occured to me that I should be stocking up on toys!

I really don't see the purpose of stocking up on toys, unless maybe you find a good price on something that would make a good birthday gift should your child be invited to a last minute birthday party, but even then, there really are more important things I feel I should stock up on.

This sale really wasn't all that great either. It looked good, you buy any four toys and one of them is free, but when you think about it, not really spectaular. The lowest priced toy is your freebie, so the best discount you can get is 25% off your entire purchase (and feel free to correct my math if I'm thinking about this wrong) assuming each toy you buy is the same price. Which is good, I do like discounts, but this store really doesn't have the greatest prices. If you bought the same toys elsewhere, you'd probaby spend less without any sort of discount.

Now all that said, I did buy a toy there. I got a Christmas gift for Bug, a Percy to go with his Duplo train set. I had a gift card that we got with our Discover Card cashback bonus so it cost me $0.14 . Now that's a deal.

So look before you leap, is that great sale you see advertised really all it's cracked up to be?