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By Christina VanGinkel

After dropping our youngest son at the airport yesterday, for a flight to visit relatives over the Easter holiday, my husband, and I headed to a sports show in Green Bay Wisconsin that was being hosted by the Fleet Farm stores at the large indoor atrium of the Green Bay Packer's stadium. I am not sure what we expected, but we were pleasantly surprised by what we found.

The atrium was set up with displays from front to back with hunting and fishing products, which included quite a large selection of clothing. Outside the atrium, Carhart Brand clothes also had a trailer set up with a large display of their specialty line of clothing. There were bargains to be found all around. We ended up making several clothing related purchases and my best buy of the day were actually pairs of socks, and I am greatly regretting not buying more of them. They had a table set up with piles of socks in small, medium, and large, and those three sizes corresponded to specific shoe size ranges. The socks were of a wide variety, but mainly the type that one would wear in a sport shoe or boot for added comfort. They had ones with blister support, with toe and heel support, socks to keep feet fry, and socks to keep feet just feeling more comfortable for longer lengths of time. I watched people walking away from the table with bags filled with socks. People were buying ten, twenty, thirty pair at a time. These were pairs of socks that easily retailed for seven to ten dollars a pair and they were selling them as s show special for one dollar a pair. I bought my husband three pair. I know, what was I thinking, but by the time I thought of buying a few more pair, I had been standing in the checkout line for fifteen minutes, and was not about to get out to go get a few more pair. Now, the day after, I wish I had, as I realize how huge a bargain they really were, and I cannot believe that I only picked up three pair. I will put the blame on my mind being on my youngest son who had just boarded a plane for Dallas, by his self, for his first flight ever, and I obviously was not thinking things through!

My husband also purchased a baseball style cap in a camouflage pattern, and in the worn look that is becoming so popular. AT a price of only $12.99, that was also a good bargain, as they usually retail for about double that. We also picked up our grandson a long sleeved t-shirt, marked down to five dollars from ten dollars. We chose the smallest size they had available, and it is a bit big on him, but he will quickly grow into it by this fall when he will wear it. My husband also picked up a camouflage patterned, fleece lined jacket. I had purchased him a similar jacket just a few weeks ago, but it had a hood. This one has a collar, and a canvas exterior. It is a good all-around spring or fall style jacket, and he will get a lot of wear out of it. He had a jacket almost identical several years ago, and he literally wore it out. This one was marked down to fifteen dollars, and considering I spent nearly three times that on the jacket he had a few years back, again, it was a hard deal to pass up.

While shows such as this are often good places to find deals, deals such as these are rare. When you do come across them, be ready to buy them, or else you will be regretting a purchase not made, similar to how I am feeling for not buying more pairs of the socks. Unlike a store where you can always run back the next day, in the hopes that they might have a sale or clearance item still available, at a show such as this, once the doors close for the day, the deals are done. The crowds were also a deterrent for going back, and a lesson has been learned. If you see a good deal, and you know it is a good deal, try not to pass it up, or else you might be suffering buyer's remorse much the same as I am!