In the late summer or early fall of 2008, I saw these shirts being modeled by the cast members of the ABC Family show Greek. They instantly caught my eye, and upon each of the dozen broadcasts, I commented to myself that I must buy those shirts from my local American Eagle. I'd never been to an American Eagle before, but if there was ever a reason, these shirts were it.
As I tend to do, I procrastinated. Before I knew it, late October had crept upon me and I still hadn't bought the shirts. Fearing the worst, I logged onto American Eagle's website, found the shirts to be half price and was set to buy them when I had my wallet.
A better idea crept into my mind: buy them in person! I made the drive down to the closest American Eagle store on the night before the election and not surprisingly found no sign of the shirts. By the time I went back to the website, they were gone. "Lesson learned" I thought to myself and figured my only chance to get them now was a thrift store.
On a whim, I looked at the clothing section at a local discount store and not only found both shirts, but found them in my size. Better yet, they were cheaper than in the store or on the website more than a year ago. Since there were more than a dozen copies and I didn't see them being hot sellers, I decided to wait a week or two until they went on sale and ended up with both shirts for less than $10. I was thrilled. It's rare that I luck out like this and certainly wouldn't recommend playing your cards this way, but sometimes it falls in your favor at just the right time. My ability to return the third one before they went on sale? Not so lucky.
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