little red table

isn't it cute?  this is the little red table i found at the thrift store this weekend.  {my mother-in-law calls it a stool, but she also calls a toilet a stool, so i am calling it a table!}  anyway, i just love this little table!  i guess because it's red.  here's the story:

my mom and i went to this thrift store called the EARC.  i don't remember what it stands for but i know that the proceeds benefit the local mentally disabled people.  {they're the ones who keep the shelves stocked!  my mom likes to go when they are working and talk to them because they are so nice.}  i spotted this table the moment we stepped inside.  it was right there at the front door....in some lady's hands!  ugh!  i confess, i was coveting her little red table.  i watched her browse through the store hoping she would change her mind and set it down.  i even had the fleeting thought of taking it from her!  shame on me!

i told my mom about the little red table i was lusting after, and she didn't seem as impressed as i was.  after 30 minutes or so of wandering around looking at all the happy junk :) i finally resigned myself to the fact that i wasn't leaving with the little red table.  so i went to the counter to pay for my happy face mug, and as the dude {he was definitely a dude...he looked and acted like he'd just stepped off his surfboard a few minutes ago.} was ringing up my 25-cent purchase my mom stepped up to the counter with the little red table in her hand and a huge grin on her face and said, "um.  didn't you want to get this too?"

i just stood there looking dumbfounded!  "where did you get that?"  

"over there."

{GASP}  "did you take it from that woman????"

she just said she'd tell me later.

so i paid my dollar and walked out with my little red table.  it turns out she just started a casual conversation with the lady and asked her where she'd found the table and were there anymore of them.  the lady said she wasn't sure if she was going to get it or not because it was for her daughter, not her, and she didn't know if her daughter would like.  so mom said she wanted it if the lady decided not to buy it.  the lady just handed it to her.  wow!  way to go, mom!