Curtain Deals

Can you ask for a discount off curtain fabric?

What has happened to fabrics lately? Know where I can find some pretty and sophisticated shower curtains? I've been shopping for both window treatments and shower curtains lately....what has happened? Even old reliables, like JC Penneys, look like they either belong in a brothel or a bottom of the barrel discount house. I'm not normally that picky of a person, but it's hard to believe I can't find a pretty floral print - but I COULD buy fuzzy, hot pink drapes with beads down the middle. I don't get it.

Where can I get the best deals on window curtains? Looking for cheap discount sheers, blinds, and panels. Anyone know where to get closeouts on these. Prefer not to shop online. Large metropolitan area nearby. Thanks.

I need opinions on where to get blinds/curtains for my new condo.? I don't want to spend a lot on getting custom blinds. I am actually thinking that standard slat ones will be fine. Maybe wooden colored for the bedrooms and white for the kitchen and office. And a standard verticle set for the sliding glass doors. Should I just go to Home Depot? What about the sites on the web that are "discount" suppliers? Also, since I just want it simple, would it be a waste of time getting one of the free consultants to come to the condo to look at it all? I have gotten a mailing from one and I also saw them on the web. Do they actually have good ideas? Anyone have any success stories on this...?

Discount Linens? Does anyone know of any websites that I can get discounted linens such as towels, bedding, and curtains at? Thanks a lot!

Does anyone have any promotional codes for Pottery Barn kids? I am trying to buy curtains and I really need a discount. If anyone has a promotional code or some way I could get shipping for free please let me know. Thanks!

Drapes.. I need drapes... cheap drapes/curtains, whatever...? I have 9 foot high ceilings and finding non-standard sizes is a bi itch. Anyone know of any discount outlets (SF Bay area) or online that i can get some decent curtains/drapes for cheap? would making it myself be an option if i had elementary sewing skills? my gf is crazy and wants to spend up to $500 on a pair!! gagh!!! (It was through yahoo answers that I got my Amana fridge for 1/2 off at Sears outlet -- thanks yhoo answers in advance)

Where can I find discounted home decor? I'm moving and looking for mini blinds, roman shades, bamboo shades, curtains, pictures (art), pillows, etc.... I've been to Target, Kmart, Walmart, Linens and Things, Bed, Bath and Beyond and more....Where can I find things that are clearance priced or discounted. I've spend well over $300 but I need more sales...I know there out there! Please Help!

Where can i get a curtain cloths in chennai in discounted price? on cheap/discouted/sale price. please tell me the address n location... thanks a million i dont want to go to saravana stores coz it doesnt worth for good quality. other than saravana store?

funny story about bathing cats ~ pet owners will giggle lol? Some people say cats never have to be bathed. They say cats lick themselves clean. They say cats have a special enzyme of some sort in their saliva that works like new, improved Wisk - dislodging the dirt where it hides and whisking it away. I've spent most of my life believing this folklore. Like most blind believers, I've been able to discount all the facts to the contrary - the kitty odors that lurk in the corners of the garage and dirt smudges that cling to the throw rug by the fireplace. The time comes, however, when a man must face reality; when he must look squarely in the face of massive public sentiment to the contrary and announce: "This cat smells like a port-a-potty on a hot day in Juarez." When that day arrives at your house, as it has in mine, I have some advice you might consider as you place your feline friend under you arm and head for the bathtub: * Know that although the cat has the advantage of quickness and lack of concern for human life, you have the advantage of strength. Capitalize on that advantage by selecting the battlefield. Don't try to bathe him in an open area where he can force you to chase him. Pick a very small bathroom. If your bathroom is more than four feet square, I recommend that you get in the tub with the cat and close the sliding-glass doors as if you were about to take a shower. (A simple shower curtain will not do. A berserk cat can shred a three-ply rubber shower curtain quicker than a politician can shift positions.) * Know that a cat has claws and will not hesitate to remove all the skin from your body. Your advantage here is that you are smart and know how to dress to protect yourself. I recommend canvas overalls tucked into high-top construction boots, a pair of steel-mesh gloves, an army helmet, a hockey face mask and a long-sleeve flak jacket. * Prepare everything in advance. There is no time to go out for a towel when you have a cat digging a hole in your flak jacket. Draw the water. Make sure the bottle of kitty shampoo is inside the glass enclosure. Make sure the towel can be reached, even if you are lying on your back in the water. * Use the element of surprise. Pick up your cat nonchalantly, as if to simply carry him to his supper dish. (Cats will not usually notice your strange attire. They have little or no interest in fashion as a rule. If he does notice your garb, calmly explain that you are taking part in a product- testing experiment for J.C. Penney.) * Once you are inside the bathroom, speed is essential to survival. In a single liquid motion, shut the bathroom door, step into the tub enclosure, slide the glass door shut, dip the cat in the water and squirt him with shampoo. You have begun one of the wildest 45 seconds of your life. Cats have no handles. Add the fact that he now has soapy fur, and the problem is radically compounded. Do not expect to hold on to him for more that two or three seconds at a time. When you have him, however, you must remember to give him another squirt of shampoo and rub like crazy. He'll then spring free and fall back into the water, thereby rinsing himself off. (The national record is - for cats - three latherings, so don't expect too much.) * Next, the cat must be dried. Novice cat bathers always assume this part will be the most difficult, for humans generally are worn out at this point and the cat is just getting really determined. In fact, the drying is simple compared to what you have just been through. That's because by now the cat is semipermanently affixed to your right leg. You simply pop the drain plug with your foot, reach for your towel and wait. (Occasionally, however, the cat will end up clinging to the top of your army helmet. If this happens, the best thing you can do is to shake him loose and to encourage him toward your leg.) After all the water is drained from the tub, it is a simple matter to just reach down and dry the cat. In a few days the cat will relax enough to be removed from your leg. He will usually have nothing to say for about three weeks and will spend a lot of time sitting with his back to you. He might even become psychoceramic and develop the fixed stare of a plaster figurine. You will be tempted to assume he is angry. This isn't usually the case. As a rule he is simply plotting ways to get through your defenses and injure you for life the next time you decide to give him a bath. But, at least now he smells a lot better.

Work question? So, I work retail in a clothing store, been there five months now. Last night, we were pretty busy. I was on the phone for a customer I was helping b/c their credit card was declined. And I had a line, and only one working in that dept. This black lady employee comes over, and she starts rummaging through the stuff behind me. So mumbles something about a "shower curtain", if I've seen it. Doesn't look at me, she asks this while she's behind me. On the phone etc, I turn my head and say, "What? What did you say?" And then she walked away. So, with the customer, they got 4 discount cards w/ their purchase and I only had 2, so I went back to the office and their was the black lady. I ask, "Hey do you have any discount cards?" She is not busy, and doesn't say anything for ten seconds, and says, "Should I now ignore you like you did me back there?" She hands me the cards, but then later I'm on the phone again helping customers, and the other phone rings. I let it ring, as everyone else does if their on the phone too. Few minutes later I go back to her area to get soem wrapping paper and she's like, "That lady was really mad on the phone you didn't pick up." I told her I was busy on the phone and helping a customer, but you obviously picked it up, rght, so what's the problem? She;s like "Next time pick up the phone and say 'hold on please' and put it down. Does that sound like something you can do?" She says it like I'm a little kid stupid and don't know how to answer phones, when she clearly saw me busy, and if she was right there then why didn't she pick it up and say someone will be with you, and then tell me there's a phone call waiting? My other associate's have done this! So regarding that phone comment and the "should I ignore you too?", I say, "Who are you to talk to me like this?" And I walk away, as she is saying, "I'm the GSL." I guess some new manager, who "makes sure all customer are happy." So the manager calls me in the office later... He says the lady told him I was just STANDING around not on the phone, HEARD it ring, and didn't pick up! She clearly saw me on the phone and with customers. She also said I was rude to her and said "Who are you to do that?" when she was made that ignored question and the other thing...yet forgot to mention she was the one who started it b/c I ignored her apparently and she told me 'should i ignore you like you did me?' IF I did, it wasn't intentionally, and she clearly saw I was very busy. Yet her ignoring me for ten seconds and that comment WAS intentional. Plus I acknowedge her and asked her what did she say, and she WALKED away. Is that BS or what??