I've had my eye on a treasure chest for a long time. There's a particular store nearby where I once spotted an entire shelf full of them, and have periodically gone back just to stare at them since. (There was a suit of armor as well, but that doesn't fit into this story.)
In the past week I finally decided that it was time to purchase my treasure chest. I refrained from doing so in the past due to the cost and the lack of actual necessity. However, I've been adding to my abilities and therefor material "needs" as I grow older, while not significantly increasing the space I have available to me. By which I mean that I'm trying to live entirely out of one single room in a house.
This room started out as a bedroom. Then it was turned into a movie theatre as well. Sometime afterward, I added an office. It now sports a kitchen crammed entirely onto the top and one shelf of a desk, a music room stuffed behind the door, a gift shop hidden mostly in a dresser, an at-home school spread across the floor, and a book store neatly jammed into the closet. My bookshelves for my own non-sale books are quickly overflowing such that piles are stacked around it, I have pictures and papers and uncounted important documents practically floating through the air, and my collection of school supplies grows almost daily (I'm afraid it's breeding).
I decided that an additional means of organizing was now a need rather than a want, unless losing my mind fell under a different list of wants. And a treasure chest might as well be part of that means, a much better option than spending my money on stacks of Rubbermaid containers that I would get rid of again at the first possible chance. The chest would be large enough to stick either books or school supplies in; with one taken care of, I could later deal with the other, and adding a couple smaller containers I'd be all set.
Wouldn't you know it? I've been watching for months, just waiting for my chance. And today, the chests are ALL GONE. Every last one of them. I found a few smaller boxes, and things that vaguely resembled treasure chests but without the proper lid and (lack of) decoration, but not a single large and perfect treasure chest. I'm heartbroken. I got some very neat smaller boxes to get me started, but there's an empty hole on the wall of my room where my pride and joy should be. (The suits of armor are gone as well, though I was not expecting to buy one today.)
So if anyone knows of a location currently selling large containers resembling a pirate's treasure chest, let me know. It seems I'm in the market.
Monday, March 03, 2008
A Desperate Plea For Help
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