Ridiculous Favor

I was out shopping with a friend on Friday and we went to the mall. She was looking for new pillows for her bed. She found ones she liked at JcPenney. She bought two king-sized down pillows for $40. Yes, $40. Normally, one pillow is $40. The store was having a buy one get one free sale. SCORE!!

I went to Radio Shack to get a plug for NyCee's computer game. (That thing uses batteries like toilet paper! geez!) While there, Dionne and I started looking at the phones.

Backstory: I have a house phone. But it is old and upstairs. Generally, the ringer is off as I get tired of the telemarketer calls and I am usually down stairs. A few months ago, my cell phone died due to a server issue at At&T. Unbeknownst to me, the system played a message, "this subscriber is not accepting calls." I didn't think anything of not getting any calls that evening. My kids and I were safe and sound in the house.

Dionne, who lives about 1 minute away from me, told me the next day she had called countless times but I didn't answer the house phone. I asked why didn't she come by the house? She prayed and did not feel we were in any danger. Which, we were not. But from there, we have had numerous conversations about the house phone upstairs thing.

Since that time, we have had multiple conversations about me getting the cordless phone set with three handsets. So on Friday, while in Radio Shack. I looked at phones. The AT&T phone was marked $39.99 for three handsets. SCORE!!! The sales clerk confirmed that was the price. I walked up to the register and prepared to pay. The young lady made the sale and said, "Your total is $99." I said, "I thought the phone was $39.99?" She walked over to the shelf where the phone as housed and realized the phone was marked incorrectly. Due to the store's error, I received a $99 for $40! WAHOOOO!!!

And the best part of all. I wanted the iPhone 4. However, in practicing good stewardship over what God gives me, I decided that I was NOT paying $200 for a phone. That is ridiculous. So, I prayed and asked God for the phone but I committed to not spending more than $100. (The phone is also a treat to myself. I deserve something after working three jobs and putting myself thru school for nearly one (1) year.)

After I finished shopping for the kids on Friday, I returned home and logged onto the AT&T website to see if the phone was available. I had purposed that I would not be disappointed if it were still out of stock. But of course, the phone was in stock and I was able to purchase a 16G iPhone4 for $100. WAHOOOOOO!!!!

I have RIDICULOUS FAVOR on my life. It is only March and all these wonderful things have happened. God has some great stuff in store for me and the kids this year! And I am open and ready to receive it all!!