On Friday morning we are driving to Boise for a family reunion. My daughter works for Old Navy and when I told her we were going she was upset because she was going to miss Dollar Flip Flop Day. What?
I was so confused, then she explained that once a year Old Navy sells pairs of flip flops for a dollar each. Last year they sold THREE MILLION PAIRS OF FLIP FLOPS. Apparently they sold out in just a few hours.
I'll digress here for a moment and ask a question- how can they possibly sell PAIRS of flip flops for a dollar? I doubt they are selling them as a loss leader, so the only logical conclusion is that they are being made somewhere by kids making .10 cents a day.
I was able to get my daughter somewhat OK with leaving for the weekend by promising her we'd scope out an Old Navy as soon as we pulled into Boise. So on Saturday morning we will have driven for 5 hours, spent the night and then we'll wake up early so we can be there Dollar Flip Flop Day.
And you wonder why this blog is necessary?
I participated in said Flip Flop day and have to say it was...eye opening! Loved it!
Posted by: Kelly Morrison | May 26, 2009 at 04:31 AM