Pricing Disparity.

I am currently dating an African man. I enjoy his company and realize that I really do like him in my life. While dating him, we have had man discussions about clothing because I believe he was under belief that I might be a little too showy in my clothing choices. I really don't think I am, but I like to mess with him about it.

Towards the beginning of our relationship, I discover that his sister was engaged to be married. It is assumed that I will be there for the wedding. So the search for a dress to wear to a wedding began. There were specific parameters that needed to be met for both my boyfriend and I would be satisfied. He wanted the dress to be long because all of the African women would be wearing long dresses. He began to pick out dresses that looked more like what an African woman would wear instead of what I would wear. A friend of mind asked if wanted to wear traditional African wear to the wedding. I explained to her I love the outfits, but I wouldn't fill comfortable because it isn't something that I wear often. I didn't want to be uncomfortable when meeting my boyfriend's mother and the rest of his family for the first time.

Well, we found a dress that made us both happy. We found the dress at Marshalls in Matthews, NC. The dress was beautiful. It was long. It covered me. I felt that it was fashionable and it fit. I wanted the dress. Since, it was Marshall's the dress really didn't cost that much at $39.99. Unfortunately, neither one of had the money on us to cover the whole thing. I told him that I would come back the next day to buy the dress. When I got the rest of the money. Well, I never made it back to the Matthews to buy the dress. Over the North Carolina Sales Tax Holiday just a few days later, we were in the Marshalls the University Area of Charlotte, NC. We were looking for things for him, but I decided to just see if this location had the dress because I figure that the dress is probably already sold at the Matthews store. I am so happy when I found the dress. I was even more excited when I found the dress for $19.99. As happy as I was, I really became concerned about the price difference. The dress at the University location had already had a markdown sticker on it before the one that said $19.99.

How can the same exact dress, same exact size, have two major different prices? The lesson learned is that I might have to check more than one Marshalls to make sure that I am getting the best price.