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JodieLyn
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Got the ceiling lights up in my kitchen  They've been being moved from place to place in my room.. so glad to be done with that.
But I got the first one down and realized I needed electrical tape and couldn't find it ANYWHERE.. so I ran up to the store to get my $1 roll of electrical tape.. but I walked past the Goo Gone (oh yeah we need that) and then the brooms (I should get that we've been talking about needing one for a couple weeks and the broom was defiantely getting bad).. and then I'm looking at the tape and no electrical tape.. but I saw the fiber tape and I wanted some to fix the shower curtain with last night.. but then why spend money on tape.. just get a shower curtain it's only an aisle over from where I was.. then I'm getting the electrical tape and I think.. wait just a moment.. better look and see what else they have for fixing electrical things in case I need to know about them.. and saw some liquid electrical tape. hmmm so I got that too just in case, cause I wasn't sure how easy it would be to wrap these wires.
My sister came over and lent a hand, we decided the tape would be fine.. so I will be taking back the $9 liquid tape.. but I was  at myself going past all these things I really actually needed (as in replacing something that needed replacing or getting something I normally have on hand and was out of).. it's not like I took a list or anything and it's a big store.. not quite like going to Walmart or such.. but if I'd known electrical tape wasn't with the other tape I'm not sure I would have remembered any of those other things, so it was pretty funny to me.
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I've got to say, Jodie, that the hardware is my favorite-est place! Just to explore and see all the things that are available, as you said, just in case you eventually need them. I have always said that the hardware store represents HOPE - there is a solution or a fix for just about anything!
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Oh yes.. when I needed a way to hold a decorative platter on the shelf above my computer.. I explored and was able to find a small piece of molding and doublestick mounting tape that worked like a charm 
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hylabrook1 wrote:
I've got to say, Jodie, that the hardware is my favorite-est place! Just to explore and see all the things that are available, as you said, just in case you eventually need them. I have always said that the hardware store represents HOPE - there is a solution or a fix for just about anything!
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Kind of eerie here, Nancy, as I ***always, always, always*** was fascinated with the hardware store as a young child even!! Ok...the eerie part...we have our new baby girl coming in about 3 weeks and we're still not sure which but we've known for months that either her first or middle name will definitely be HOPE!!!!!! That carries so much for us personally and then to hear you ascribe it to a hardware store (one of my faves) just seems "meant to be".
And good for you, Jodie. You showed much more restraint than I would have!
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