Service...really?

Here I go again...Friday was to be a stay at home day and work. Goodness knows there are several areas that need my attention. Then I get another morning phone call. This time it's from a sister in the ward that's a widow and doesn't drive and can I please take her grocery shopping and to the cleaners. Of course I can. And Kirby did get in his walk first. Well, the blessings come from giving service no doubt. That's a lesson I'm grateful I've learned. This sweet friend loves, loves to garage sale shop and when we passed one such event on her street (that I had spotted driving to her house and knew there would be nothing there of value) we stopped so she could check it out. Yes, of course, I got out of the car and looked around. I noticed a roaster....I am in the gathering stage for roasters for the ward Christmas dinner and I need more. This one would not due. TOO FILTHY. To call it filthy is a compliment. It was beyond filthy. I had actually priced roasters at Wally's the day before and at $29.00 I didn't buy one. So why did this grungy thing pull me back to it??? I finally asked if it even worked and the seller had a sad story. She was just layed off (or is that laid off) from work and her friends had brought over all their cast offs so she could have this sale. She didn't know if the roaster worked since it wasn't hers and when I asked if we could plug it in somewhere and check if it worked she hesitated. She said if I bought it and then it didn't work I could return it. I asked the price and her response of $2.00 sucked me in.
Well, it works and after soaking for 7 hours and more elbow grease then I've used in years on an appliance look at this pretty roaster I now call mine. Note: Don't email me or call me or comment or text and tell me...again...to stop bringing junk home!!! Really. You know who you are :) And if you live locally and need to borrow a roaster, you know who to contact. You do know it's always much easier to clean your own filth compared to a strangers. Shiver. That's all I have to say.