A Good Omen

We have been using the same garden trowel ever since we moved into our house in 2003.  Somewhere around 2007, the handle broke.  It’s a metal handle with a soft plastic grip around it, and the metal inside snapped in half.  All that was holding the handle to the trowel was the plastic sheathing on the handle.  And yet we continued to use it.  I don’t know why we didn’t just get another trowel.  I guess we always forgot when we’re out and about.

Last night, we were at Marshalls, and my husband found a garden trowel and fork set – with a ten year warranty! – for $12.  Sold.  They’re stainless steel with handles made of oak, and they seem much more solid than our old one (I suppose that doesn’t take much, considering the state of the old one).  We had actually gone to Marshalls to look for a new cutting board to replace one that was so old that it had finally cracked in half.  I found a beautiful bamboo cutting board for seven bucks.  I also needed a cloth shower curtain liner, since our new house has tubs instead of shower stalls.  I don’t like vinyl shower curtain liners, and the cloth ones I had seen in regular retail stores were $25.  I found one at Marshalls for six dollars.  I love finding exactly what I need and feeling like I got a bargain at the same time.  But I wasn’t expecting was to find a perfect replacement for our garden trowel at Marshalls.  Since the vast majority of our free time is going to be spent gardening after we move, I think finding a beautiful trowel set  is a good omen…