Waste of Time!

Well our trip to Blinds To Go was a bust! We got there and talked to the salesman about the cordless cellular shades. We were thinking of going with the blackout ones for the nursery, but I do not want the baby to only be able to sleep if it is super dark, so we instead opted for the double cellular shades. The man took our measurements we brought and came back with a price...it was HIGH! It actually didn't sound right to me, because I had priced Levolor blinds at Lowe's and it seemed to be about the same. Luckily, there was a Lowe's 2 miles down the road, so we took a ride over there to get an exact price. Wouldn't you know it brand name Levolor is actually going to be cheaper than no-name Blinds To Go?! The blinds are actually within a couple dollars of each other at the 2 places, but Lowe's is having a sale this month for 15% off all custom order blinds. I'm sorry, but how can a place advertise that they are the cheapest because they manufacture them and don't put a brand on them, then end up being more expensive?? Also, we decided to save Art the aggravation of installation. Lowe's will come out and measure every window in our house for $35, then they will install all the blinds we buy for another $83. The real reason we will have them do this is because they guarantee their measurements, and if we are laying out that much for the blinds I want to be sure they fit. (We measured a window to replace a vinyl blind, and when we got home it did not fit. I swear the lady cut it wrong because both Art and I measured. Luckily it was only a $15 shade, so we did not lose that much money over it, but with that experience fresh in our minds, let them take responsibility!)

So anyway, we will be heading to Lowe's to schedule the guys to measure and order our shades. We decided to go ahead and do 4 more windows, so we will have 7 done in all this time around.