Rug

So I was at Kohl's a couple weeks ago for who knows what, and I decided to take a look at the rug section. We have wood floors downstairs and a rug is nice to have in the winter months. Our old one bit the dust, or rather turned into dust, a while back. So I go to look at the rugs and I find this one I really rather like. It's the right size, 5' x 8', and is made of wool, instead of that viscose or olefin. What is that stuff, anyway? Petroleum product? Recycled margarine? I prefer a fiber who's origin I can relate to in a direct way. I know what a sheep looks like.
So, here is this beautiful area rug and it is priced at $249.99. Now, that's not so bad for a 5' x 8' rug, but it's not on sale, and everyone knows that you never, EVER pay full price for anything at Kohl's because it will most likely be on sale within the next few days, if not hours, and might even possibly end up as a clearance item the next time you're in the store. I leave the rug and pretty much don't think about it again.
Yesterday I am in Kohl's again, looking for jeans and shoes for my older son. I decide to stop by the rugs as they are having one of their infamous "lowest price of the season" sales. I think their definition of "season" must have something to do with smaller units than three months, like maybe one week. I seem to see those lowest price of the season signs more than once every three months. Anyway . . .
I stop in the rug section and sure enough, there is a sale on rugs. There is my rug, only one left in the biggest size. There is a sign above the rug that says it is on sale for $18.99. Whoa. I do a double-take, then a double-check and yes, it says the little rug is $8.99; the medium-size rug is $18.99, and the large 5' x 8' one is also $18.99. I can hardly believe my good fortune! I grab the rub and haul it up to the check-out with no cart. I am out of breath by the time I get there. The checker scans the price tag for the rug and it comes up as $69.99. No, no, no - it was very clearly priced at $18.99. She looks incredulous (I don't blame her) and makes a phone call to someone out there on the floor to check the price. A minute later her phone rings next to her register and I hear her say, "Oh? Well, okay." Then she tells me I am right and rings the rug up at $18.99. I skip out to my car as well as I can while carrying this huge wool rug, and I stop at my parents' house to show it off and exclaim over my good luck.
Today, I return to Kohl's to take back the shoes and jeans that didn't fit my oldest son. Just for fun, I decide to take a look at the rugs again and see if they don't have a smaller, matching rug I could put in the front hallway. Well, they are out of the size and color I want, but they have it in other colors. I check out the sign again and it is now changed. Small size is $8.99; medium size is $18.99 and the large size is $69.99. So it was a mistake. Wow. I was in the right place at the right time. Love that.