Friday 55 and a story....

It is in good condition.
Does it work?
I have no clue.
Strike the keys and play a tune.
The price is a bit steep.
I will sell it to you for cheap.
How am I going to move it?
Just put it in your truck.
Thanks for selling it.
No problem and good luck!

(It is decorated for Halloween)

I play the piano. I will not say I am a great player nor a horrible player but I enjoy playing. So recently I decided I wanted to buy a piano. There is a perfect wall in the house that just screamed that it needed a piano to hold it up. Also for years The Mom has displayed her nativity scene at Christmas on the top of the piano and since I now have the exact nativity scene I had to have a piano on which to place it! Of course!


I will one day inherit The Mom’s piano but The Mom and The Dad would have to perish for me to claim it so I will wait for that one.


I started browsing craigslist to see if I could find one for a much better price than an actual piano store would offer. I found a piano for $175 that was across town but looked very much like The Mom’s piano which is what I was looking for and I was excited! $175 is a great price. I contacted the owner via email and set up a time to come and look at it. I had directions in hand and fought traffic to get there on time. Upon arrival a man answered the door looking at me in fear like I was a girl scout peddling my thin mints. I said I had come to see the piano to which he responded “Oh my wife didn’t tell you there were people coming before you? We already sold it.”


Oh! Weep! I was vastly disappointed and tried not to cry on my way home. I would just have to look longer and hope another good price like that one resurfaced. A week or two passed and nothing of good offer showed so I decided to tell Sexy Husband I wanted one for my birthday/Christmas. (These two events are four days apart so easily combined) I also recruited The Father-in-law who is a genius at finding good deals.


One weekend Sexy Husband is out of town for work and The Father-in-law called me. He was at a garage sale and they had a piano for sale. They had it priced at $100 but he thought we could get them down abit. The Mom was luckily in town so I grabbed her and we headed over to the garage sale. The piano was in very good condition especially given it was quite old. I am horrible at haggling so I called The Father-in-Law and he came back because he gets a thrill from haggling and making a deal. When all was said and done we got the piano and a twin size bed (wooden) for $65!


We called The Dad, who was also in town, and we all loaded the piano into The Father-in-law’ truck and took it to my house. The neighbor across the street helped us move it inside and placed it right on the wall that needed it. I then took The Parents and The In-laws out to lunch to celebrate. All of this was done without Sexy Husband even knowing. I waited and surprised him when he got home. He laughed but looked abit sad when I told him he now had to figure out something else to get me for my birthday and Christmas!! Ha!