Saving $$$

I found out last Friday that my new bed was in. I'm having it delivered this Friday. I've been searching inbetween for new bedding, since we're going from a queen to a king. I never realized how picky I was. I looked at Sears (in both Ft. Collins and Greeley mall), JC Penney's (same malls), Dillards, Foley's, Mervyn's, Bed, Bath & Beyond (again, both towns) and Kohl's. Monday I bought a comforter, sheets, etc. at Dillards. I thought they were on sale. After it was all rung up, for over $500....I was a bit taken aback. After I got it home, I realized I wasn't even sure I liked it, let alone pay that much money for it. I took it back today. I went back to Kohl's (for like the 100th time!) and looked again. I narrowed it down to 2....one that was mostly yellow and one that was more shades of reds. While the yellow one was very springy and pretty, I rationalized that I have a black dog who, although she sleeps on a blanket, does sleep on our bed and another black dog who will sneak up on our bed when no one is looking. I also looked at the price difference. So I went with the red one, which happened to be a "bed in a bag", so the sheets and everything came with it, grabbed a mattress pad and ended up paying less than $100 for it all!!!! Thanks to Kohl's nice sales and the 15% discount I had, I am more than thrilled. Even if it isn't exactly what I wanted (and frankly, I'm not sure I even knew what I wanted), it definately looked better after I saved that much money!