I was at a local department store the other day and it was running a big sale on clothes. So I went shopping.
The original price on the first shirt I saw was 90 bucks. You've got to be kidding, I thought. It was a business-casual shirt'the kind you wear with khakis. Long sleeve, size, large; button-down collar. Blue with white stripes; 100 percent cotton; made in India. They didn't say if it was from our local Texas cotton farming industry. The shirt had been marked down half price to $45.
Forty-five dollars for a shirt? You've got to be kidding. I usually buy three shirts for $45. Okay, I didn't notice the '30 percent sale off discounted merchandise' sign. Final price, $31.50.
Thirty-one-fifty for a shirt? You've got to be kidding. I decided I didn't need shirts, especially if Texas cotton farming producers weren't involved