...copy cat..copy cat......CO.P.CAT

Hi, Friends...

I don't know if there is a soul on the planet that gets such a kick out of

COPY CATTING

as I do.

Nothing pleases me more than to find a certain something for a MUCH lower price, that LOOKS like what I
fell in love with....because the things I tend to fall in love with are ALWAYS so dang expensive....
CHAMPAGNE taste on a BEER budget..... 

MACKENZIE*CHILDS 

tablecloth

and 

topper...

TO. DIE. FOR.

if, like me, you LUV black checks with a touch of red.
TABLECLOTH..90'' diam.
$395.00
THE Topper, 54" sq. is $295.00

FOLKS...do the math.

$690.00 plus shipping and handling....
HOLY COW  !!
THAT'S CRAZY. 

WELL, LOOKEE HERE....

in my COPY CAT WAY, I found THIS....

at GRANDIN ROAD

THIS photo is from their catalog....
isn't this just beautiful !!

In fact, I am liking it MORE than the MC version.
I really, really DO.

Tablecloth, 90" dia.
$103.00
Table Topper, 54" sq.
$31.20
FREE SHIPPING AND HANDLING.
for a grand total of
$134.20
 Exact same size.....
AWESOME, I tell ya....

I ordered it right away and it should be here SOON...

 

O, there's no doubt that the MACKENZIE*CHILDS
set is much nicer fabric...and more elaborate, with the extra band of checks...

but FOR THE MONEY,
I am thrilled......

AND I can't wait to 
COPY CAT this adorable 
Mackenzie*Childs 
CHRISTMAS TABLE

 ...and I fell MORE in love with this cutie that resembles
the MUCH more expensive original....

O YES...I AM SOOO EXCITED ♥

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 UH OOOOOOOO
...FROM HERE ON, it's all a different story.
Yes, my beauty arrived,
I tore the box open so fast, my hands were a BLUR...I nearly slung my rings off....
I was coughing and choking and am pretty sure I passed a little gas...
sooo excited....
Out came the RED topper, trimmed in BLACK and it 
was beautiful.....
THEN, to the TABLECLOTH...
OOO NOOOO
NOT black and WHITE, like the catalog described 
and on their 
web page...
but black and GRAY !
GRAY....???
WHAT THE HECK.....
it looked SNOW WHITE on their web page.
and the description of it.....black and WHITE.

Of course, I HAD to play around with it anyway...
GRAY....???? DANG IT

I don't have a small Santa...so I used my little
COOKING ANGEL with her adorable striped dress and 
take a look at those shoes.:_
AND, I'm not even gonna TELL you how much that MC Santa costs.
OK OK....I'll tell ya that it's 18" high and costs $195.00
WHEW....
now, even if I won that MEGA POWERBALL lotto,
no way would I spend money like that. 
Well, it IS so stinkin' cute, I MIGHT buy him....:) 

 I actually ordered this set for my tiny 4' CHRISTMAS TREE
to set on...

I also don't have the right size table for this 90" cloth so I am using my tall bistro table for these photos...

BEFORE I SEND THE WHOLE SET BACK....

The cloth is made very well...
weighted somewhat on the bottom so that it hangs so pretty.

but.....GRAY....??

 Thanks for coming by to look at my silly copy-cat ways.
It all COULD have worked out better...
and now, of course, I am BESIDE myself to find a
black and WHITE cloth...
bet it "ain't gonna happen" tho..

O WELL...at least I had fun doing a COPY CAT with it all.
It is now on it's way back to GRANDIN ROAD...which, by the way,
were VERY nice about it all. They, too, were shocked that the WHITE
wasn't white at all....

♥ ♥ ♥

DEBBIE DOOS CHRISTMAS KNOCKOFF PARTY 
(this is # 1....would u believe, i have two (2). Number 2, in the morning

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