3 weeks ago my sister asked me to get a folding screen for her at the Big Lots in Mentor Ohio cause it wouldn't fit in Sis's car. I went there on a Saturday and got the screen, but also bought a generic full spectrum florescent floor lamp for myself. Tuesday I went to the guild meeting, and I took the lamp, because the ones we've been using are the swing-arm type that only hold a 60 watt bulb. (All the ladies in my guild are getting older and can always use brighter light to quilt.) I put the lamp together and we all liked it. The bulb uses 27 watts and puts out the same light as a 150 watt incandescent bulb, also the new lamp is much less likely to tip over with the light extended over the quilt. I decided to leave the lamp at the guild to use there. Well, I still needed a lamp for myself, so I said I would go back. We decided to get 3 more lights for the guild, and the treasurer wrote me a check for 4 lights, the 1 I already bought & 3 more. I went back and got the lamps, plus one extra for my Mom, who is 90 and I thought she would like it. She did, & so did my sister. I told Sis I would get her a lamp.
I took the 3 additional lamps to guild (we have a room at the historical society museum village where we can stay set up). We put the new lamps together & everyone liked them. I said I was going to try to get one more for my sister, and suddenly 5 people asked if I would get them each one. They will pay me. Well, why not. I went back to the store. I bought 7 more lamps. I left 5 at guild, since I had to work and couldn't go to this last meeting. The sixth one went to my sister. The 7th one I will give to my SIL for her birthday in July. The store is running out of lamps. I bought 13 of them. They are nice lamps. I could use a second one. Maybe I'll go back just
1 more time.
Jane in NE Ohio The maple sap run is over & my daffodils are just starting to bloom.