The beauty of clearance

I try and find different ways to express myself creatively. You try being a creative individual when you are limited day to day in corporate america. I know I've whored my sole for a somewhat comfortable life, and my "work" has suffered because of it. Where the hell is this going you ask? So we're in PierOne looking for holiday gifts. I glaze over. I find that in 5 minutes, I've walked the store 3 times now, while my wife is stuck in one fucking section. I mean, for god's sake, it's PierOne - hell, it's even a PierOne CLEARANCE store - just pick it up and lets get the hell out of here.

That's not 100% accurate, but you get where I'm at.

So when the wife catches up to me we're in the candle holder section. I look over at these things stacked and say:

"Those are kind of cool..."

Not skipping a beat (since I hate all things candles I'm sure my wife is thinking I'm drunk and she's about to score the score of all ages - more useless candle crap) she says:

"Where we're you thinking (of putting them)..."

To which I respond:

"On the wall. Above the mantle."

Wife:

"Really? How?"

Me:

"Screws. They're just made of wood..."

So my art project comes to life. 2 screws per little "hand-carved" candle holder. Less then a buck a pop (they were listed at $8 originally. Who the fuck spent $8 a pop on one of these? If that's you reading, PLEASE send me a picture of yourself, I'll do a post solely dedicated to you!!). I like it. Wife likes it. It's pretty cool looking. The picture doesn't do it justice.