One day my friend asked me why I don’t own the Harry Potter movies if I love them so much. I told her it was because I was waiting for the ultimate special editions to come out, in a box set, with director’s commentary and more special features and all that jazz.
My friend Kristi overheard this, and last week she emailed me this…
…and said…
It’s here. The definitive collector’s edition of Harry Potter. And it’s only $150!!
Apparently it’s really important to me that you see this. .. As I’m sending it in multiple forms. And possibly multiple times. 😉
So I responded with…
I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW I CAN’T EVEN HANDLE IT!!!!!!!!!!
Wait, wait…..$150 from WHERE!? Amazon says it’s $277.60!
I WILL BUY IT.
FORGET ROMANIA. FORGET IRELAND. I WILL BUY IT.
And she said…
Is at Costco my love. Enjoy!
I was in bed that night, and these were my thoughts…
I want it so badly….it’s only $150….that’s so cheap for what it includes! I have the money, I can totally do it…but no! Stop! Chloe! You’re saving money to go to Romania and Ireland! Stop! You can’t! But this is everything I wanted and more…I’m doing it. I might feel guilty, but I am doing it.
And then I saw my wall…
My five dollar savings plan!!! <–click to read more…you will love it, I promise. And the next day….
I was in heaven. I cried tears of joy at Costco. It’s true, just ask my cousin. She was there. 
I went home and reveled in the goodness. Happiness overcame my whole self. And anyone around me, because all I could do was smile.
I only had like 15 minutes to look at it when I got home…you think it’d be enough, but it wasn’t. I had to go to work…but after work, I took a long time to go through every bit of it. It was glorious.
I went to my mom’s house for Thanksgiving and I showed my family. Their favorite part was watching how excited I was. My brother’s girlfriend even got pictures….
First you open the top for movies…
Then the sides open…
And there’s drawers with more movies on either side…
And then there’s little drawers…this one has a scroll with the information about the digital copy of all the movies…
The other drawer houses the horcrux, which was already around my neck, of course…
Can you tell how happy I am?
There’s also a Label Collection book…
And a certificate of authenticity…I have number 22,924 f 63,000!
And there’s also a collection of scenes…one from each film…on very nice paper that I will be framing when I have my own place one day!
And there’s another book! A Catalog of Artifacts!
…and a blueprint poster of Hogwarts castle…
And there’s more that I don’t have pictures of…like all 31 discs…the cloth map of Hogwarts (which will be on my wall in my next abode…
I AM SO HAPPY.
Click below to see other things I have bought with my $5 savings plan:
Kitchen Aid
A sitting apparatus…well, 2
Kitchen Aid
A sitting apparatus…well, 2
Musings of a Marvelous Me 
150? Wow, I would buy it too if not for the conversion rate 😦
Yes, I was so amazed at the price! That’s why I jumped on it!
I have been so wanting one of these, but hesitated because I couldn’t tell how sturdy it was. What is it made of? Wood? Cardboard? Thanks.
It is VERY sturdy. I’m not sure what it is made of, but it is very sturdy. I honestly have no worries about it breaking at any point! I hope you decide to invest in it – it is so worth it!
Wow! That set is now $1,000 on Amazon! You got it at quite an amazing price.
Oh, my! I didn’t realize it had gone up so much. Crazy!