I said BUY a doormat, not BE a doormat!
By badbadivyI learned the hard way that a good doormat is essential if you want your carpets to look somewhat decent. I bought the best doormat I've ever owned at Target on Black Friday for 6 bucks. Normally, these sorts of doormats are around $20, and I am so cheap I can make a penny scream, so I snatched up the doormat immediately. The problem? It's a Christmas doormat.
Now, I am normally fanatical about taking down and putting every Christmas decoration away by January 1, but I couldn't bear to put this doormat away. It takes mud and funk off shoes like nobody's business, and I'm too cheap to pay $20 for a new, ugly doormat.
But I knew I had to buy a new doormat when my husband and I had this conversation:
Mr. Ivy: Hon, Christmas was over a couple of months ago...
Me: (distracted) Yep.
Mr. Ivy: (ripping his hair out) Our doormat's got SANTA on it!
Me: Okay, I've got a gift card to BB&B, I'll get us a new doormat.
So, off to Bed, Bath and Beyond we went, armed with my $25 gift card, where the doormat of our dreams awaited. It totally appeals to my inner curmudgeon. And at $14.99, it was a bargain!
Yet another example of Ivy's southern hospitality.
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ROTFLOL! Love it!
I'm in a household with a husband and three large dogs all of whom get muddy or dusty (or both, which I didn't know was possible until recently), so my door mats are 3X5 1" thick rubber mats with giant lugs on it to knock the dirt off the messiest feet and catches all of the sharp little scraps that try to migrate in fro the shop! I got 'em at Tractor Supply!
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