Way back in the middle of March, Costco had a sale on cute little garden sheds. I happened to be in need of a cute garden shed, so I bought two. Because reasons. One of the reasons being “little” wasn’t enough space. But I figured “cute” and “sale” made up for it. Oh, sure—the sheds come as a “shed kit,” and not an actual shed, but they provide instructions, and all the reviewers –well, maybe not “all”, but many of the reviewers—said that the instructions were easy to follow, and the sheds are so cute! And on sale!
I knew from previous experience that Costco shed sell out rapidly, so I stayed up until midnight, refreshing my browser until the sale went live. As I said, I bought two. By 8:00 pm on the actual day of the sale I checked back at Costco, and yup, I was right. All the sheds were sold out. I congratulated myself of my foresight and perseverance and marked my calendar for 4 to 6 weeks, in anticipation of my sheds’ arrival.
Now, I don’t know if you remember way back in March, but that was right around the time lumber prices started to go crazy—like sell your kidney to buy a 2x4 crazy. I started getting emails from the shed company telling me that the arrival date of my shed would be more like 6 to 8 weeks...then maybe June...possibly later in June, but definitely by the first week of July.
Just for fun, I checked the current price of sheds, Yup, they had doubled in price. I congratulated myself on my investment. And I had purchased two—so double the investment! So what if it’s taking a little longer than I anticipated?
Then June arrived and the weather went crazy—like record-setting, melt the glacier in three days, 110* degrees, fry all the trees crazy. Suddenly, shed construction in the middle of summer seemed like a terrible idea. And the sheds hadn’t even shipped yet...
Next week the shed saga continues.
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