Everything happens for a reason
Posted on March 31, 2005
Filed Under Life
Everything happens for a reason, even if you don’t know what the reason is when it happens.
That’s been a bit of a personal mantra for me. I really believe it. It got me through my father’s death, Laini’s issues and the last year of financial uncertainty. I’ve managed to do some good things in my life that have come out of the worst. I do believe that there’s a little voice inside that guides our lives on the “right” path, we just have to know when and how to listen to it. I know that in 5 years I’m going to look back and realize that Eric losing his job which forced us to move to New Jersey was the best thing that ever happened to us, even if it’s a little hard to see right now.
I was reminded of this yesterday. Eric and I are going to a black tie wedding this weekend. I still needed a dress. My mother works for [Macy's](http://www.macys.com) so yesterday she came over so we could shop together and perhaps I could get her 20% discount. I rarely need a formal dress, so I didn’t want to spend a lot of money. We went to the local Macy’s and I found a dress that I loved. It’s a sleeveless long black dress with a white beaded bodice that comes down at a point that looks great on me. But the dress I tried on was a size 8 which was a bit too big on me. It would have been okay, except the skirt was about 1“ too long and was on the floor. Not a lot of time left for alterations. No size 6 in the store. It was $179, which would have been around $150 after my mother’s discount. A little pricey, but I was willing. We had the cashier check to see if there was another Macy’s within driving distance that had the dress in stock. The closest store that had the dress was in White Plains, NY which is about 35 minutes away.
Mom and I had lunch and debated all of our options. We tried Lord & Taylor which had a terrible selection of evening dresses. We debated buying the 8 and having it altered as a rush and finally decided to go to the White Plains store. With altering, the dress would have cost over $200. Too much.
This is where destiny intervened. Not only did the White Plains store have the dress in my size and it fits nicely, but it was marked ”Clearance: $99“!!! My mother still gets her 20% discount on top of that. The dress rang up at $179. Turns out, a new sales person had mismarked all the dresses in that style as clearance when they weren’t. But because the clearance sticker was on my dress and it was obvious that I didn’t put it there, I got the $99 price. If the Stamford store had my size 6, I would have never saved the $80. Kismet!
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