Has anybody priced cat toys and accessories recently? I'm giving a home to a lovely cat very soon, and went shopping for some basics, and was stunned at how expensive the wee little yarn toys are these days! So I came home, got out a sack of miscellaneous balls of leftover yarns, and made several. I needed to get a "pet taxi" and found them ranging from $15 to almost $80! I got an inexpensive plastic one, but almost choked over the price of pads for the bottom, and skipped buying those. Again, I rummaged through what I already own, and made two. One is made of leftover plain white flannel, with 7 layers of leftover quilt batting, and tied with yarn. That made a nice soft pad just over an inch thick. The other is a quilt made with leftover fabric and one layer of leftover batting, and I did that on the sewing machine. (I recently got a Singer Featherweight and am still in the "practice" mode, so this was a practice piece.) I'm not a total cheapskate with pets and always make sure they have proper vet care and premium food, but I try not to be a complete fool buying other things. Comparing the prices of the things I didn't buy and the "prices" of what I made, I saved over $100. Sheesh!
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15 years ago