Box Shopping

I made an error. I know what your thinking. "Not him, Tom's too cautious and thinks before he acts." Well...I had to slip sometime.

I was playing with one of our cats, Blackberry. She has a tunnel made from a cardboard box. I cut too many holes in it and now she doesn't want to play in it (That's what my wife told me). Apparently she "feels" unsafe in it now. So, I felt very, very bad about having my cat mad at me for ruining her favorite tunnel. So I kept that in mind the next time I went shopping.

I was feeling like an adventure today, so, I went to Walmart in search of vacuum cleaner filters and belt. I have one of those bagless Hoovers. The belt is starting to slip and the main filter has a hole in it. It says to change the filters every few months. I chose every few years. I checked the inventory at Walmart and found the filters and belt. I checked out the latest in vacuum cleaners as well. Holy crap, I found a standard vacuum for $46. I added up the cost of the main filter, the final HEPA filter, and belt...$42! So, I did the same thing I did when I went to buy ink for my printer...I bought a whole new vacuum instead of parts for the old one.

It wasn't easy however. I had to look at every feature of every vacuum cleaner they had. I wanted an easy to empty bagless"dirt" compartment. The Bissel Powerforce had that. It was $46, the cheapest one that was normal size for an upright. The selling point for me was the washable filters. I had gone all this way to buy filters, so naturally I liked the idea of washing the filters, just like the air filter in my Jeep. It saves you money and trouble in the long run.

Also included with this vacuum was a perfect size box for the cat to play in. She now has a tunnel that she can go in and hide...when the vacuum scares her.