Thinking I would be smart

So this is the sand and water table my Mom brought the girls for Charlotte's Birthday. It is really nice and I think the girls are going to really enjoy it. However, there is a story behind this post regarding the table.

The table my mom brought had a crack in it so it had to be returned. After waiting for the receipt from my Mom (which wasn't long), the girls and I decided to return it. Thinking I would be smart, since it was just me, Drea, and Charlotte, I decided to call first to make sure they had one in stock. No luck. Thinking I would be smart, I checked online and it showed that they did have the table. So I decided I would drive up to Bridgeport to Toys r Us and see for myself. For some reason, I thought it would be smarter to go in and see if they had the table, before I lugged it in the store. Don't ask me why because either way I still had to take it in. Anyway, so we went in and they did in fact have the table. Thank God because I think Drea would have been devastated. You should have seen the tears when she found out it was cracked. So the girls and I when back out to the car to bring the table in.

We then made the exchange and also received $18 in change because it happened to be on sale this week. Nice, huh? Then we got back into the car and drove around back to pick it up. Once around back Drea wanted to get out, so we all got out and walked up to the desk and got the table. Thinking I would be smart I opened the box to make sure it was not cracked. This time it was fine. We got back into the car and while doing so I noticed 50 lb bags of play sand on a pallet. After some debate I thought it would be smart to drive around front and go back into the store instead of driving over to Lowes. We drove around front, got out of the car again and when into the store. Again, thinking I would be smart I checked in the store at the display to see how much sand I needed. I did not see anything specific, but I notice it said the table could hold 32 lbs. which equals less then one bag. When I went to check out the lady said, I needed more then one bag, in fact I needed 5! My $18 profit went to a $13 loss.

Thinking I would be smart, I listened to the lady and bought 5 bags. So we got back in the car and drove around back to get the sand. The more I thought about it, the more I knew that couldn't be right. So when we got to the back I checked on the water/sand table box for specifics. Clearly on the box it said, no more then 10 lbs of sand. I asked the gentleman working the back if he could take my receipt and get my money back and he replied, "No". Again, we drove around front, got out of the car, and when into the store for our refund. We received our refund, got back into the car, and drove around back for the sand.

All and all, it was pretty funny, but after 3 trips to the customer service desk, and 5 total trips in and out of Toys r Us, we definitely needed a trip to Dairy Cream Corner for ice cream. Which we paid for with our extra money. So thanks again, Mom.