As the old year turned over into the new, I had already spent a lot of my vacation tossing out useless items from my compact storage spaces around the house.  The longer I worked, the more I insisted I would not purchase one more thing that needed storing.  So it was so unfair of Publix to taunt me with some bottle cap art, which I’d eyed once during the holiday season.  But I was not going to pay full price for them, so that was that.

Seeing them on the 50 percent off shelf was extremely tempting.  You can’t miss this shelf.  It’s right in the way of entering the store.  And there is just one entrance.

The first time I saw them, I examined them and wanted them so much.  The whole time I shopped the store, I thought of reasons to buy them.  But I resisted.  Yet the temptation followed me home.  I thought about them till I revisited my reason for not buying more stuff.  I then felt relieved that I did not have to find any storage space for them.  Ahhhh.

So when I went back to Publix several days later, as in last night, I had to check if they were still there.  They were.  <sigh>  I picked them up, studied them, put them in my cart and went tooling around the store thinking about having to find a place to store them when I got home.  I laid enough guilt on myself that before I checked out, I returned them to the shelves in the front of the store.  Phew!

Today was the third time I went to Publix since seeing them.  The thing is, these Christmas items are still 50% off.  I am thinking by now they should be at least 75% off.  I was hoping to find that tonight, which would give me a good reason to buy them, yet they were still 50% off.  Yes, the bottle caps were still there, and they ended up in my cart again, and this time with a pair of really cute reindeer earrings.  They also made it through check-out.  There is a 3rd bottle cap left, and I hope someone buys it soon.  They are $3.50 half priced and the earrings were 49 cents.  Yesterday, I had some lovely red bows in my cart, which were gone today.  Shoot.  I mean, good!

I don’t know why it’s so hard to resist these things.  But when it’s something I really like, and I did resist two times, I can’t help it.  There is only so much temptation a person can resist!  And those bottle caps are unique and nostalgic.  I would love to hang them up now!  But I won’t.  They are atop the chest freezer packed in plastic bags with the earrings, waiting for me to find a place in storage for them.  I am still listening to Christmas music in my truck, though.  Love this time of the year!