Did I Say I bought a Rug?

This is a little 6' x 9' silk on cotton rug. That means that silk threads are woven into a cotton woof or warp (whichever goes up.) I live in a little apartment, so this seems like wall-to-wall carpet. The carpet was shipped to my place and Adrian got to unwrap it and roll it to make sure it would lie flat and look pretty for when I got home. Re rolling it was a trip. Not a one person job.

I took the pictures when we re-rolled the carpet. I had to throw it over the couch. Where are those muscular guys from the store. I could barely lift the thing. Adrian had to help me re-roll it.


And speaking of the muscular guys - - When Bill was in India, he went shopping one day. Ramesh took him to Asian Art Emporium where I bought this rug. He told them he was from The Times or did some other secret signal, like "Peggy sent me;" because all the guys in the store said, "Oh, Peggy Norman!" My favorite salesman said that he would give Bill my special discount.


Good heavens, they are such salesmen. I told Bill that means that they raise the price by 300%. But this is the guy who made me the "offer of a lifetime." I was admiring a beautiful ruby necklace. The salesman (not mine) said it was something around $4000. No. Then I kept saying no and he got down to $3000. No. Really, I don't wear jewelry enough to warrent that. So my guy called me and said i could have it for $2000. I wonder what it was really worth. It was pretty, but Ms. Moneybags had left the room long before I got there.

My rug is beautiful. And I got such a deal.