Borders

I went to Lowe's the other day and looked at borders.  There was one I really liked but at $1.98 a piece and I knew it would take over 20, I just wasn't too sure.  My frugal nature kicked in.  I want it to look nice, but not cost a fortune.  There were also some timber borders that Mom had used before.  And I knew they would work.  But that measuring thing always gets me.
So I finally measured my border.  I had 20 feet of straight and ten of somewhat curved.  So I had it in my head that I would use the timbers for the straight and some concrete ones where it curves.  The concrete ones can kind of curve and kind of have interlocking spaces.
The timbers at Lowe's are eight feet long.  And I was absolutely sure there was no way they would fit in my car.  So I went on a safari for shorter ones.  I went to Home Depot and found none.  They may have had them, but I neve found them.  And they didn't have anything like the blocks I liked.
I went to Walmart, even though I knew that was hopeless.  They had edging, but that was not what I wanted.  They were out of my pretty solar lights so I got some of the old type that I liked.
Then it was back to Lowe's.  My plan was to have them cut the timbers for me to be shorter.  And so I wheeled them all over looking for the cutting part.  Never found it.  It was probably at the back where I couldn't get because they were getting pallets down.  I  must have passed 15 employees who seemed to be going out of their way to not interact with any customer,  I'm looking at the timbers and trying to visualize if they would fit in the car.  Probably not, but maybe.  So I wheeled my cart up front and paid, where the cashier offered to have someone come help me load.  At that point I don't need help.
Took my purchase out to my car and pleasantly enough they did fit crosswise.  Took them home and realized that there will be enough of one to do the last little section that still had an old piece also.  Happy happy. I'm making good progress on it considering I am doing it all myself.  I'm not used to that.  Back in the day I bought and kind of planned and then Dave took over and did it.