Okay, they're not red...

Over the years we've come to rely on some clear plastic shims called "Wobble Wedges" to keep our numerous bookcases on the straight and narrow. We first found these at the Container Store, and then found a similar product somewhere else, but they were not ridged like the Wobble Wedges and thus did not lock together securely if you used two.

When we rearranged the den, we dutifully removed all the Wobble Wedges from their present locations and redistributed them under the rearranged furniture. However, we ran out when it came to the DVD towers, which originally had stood straight, and the narrow black tower. And don't say, a little bit crooked doesn't matter--these things are not "a little" crooked. The former garage floor under our den carpet is none too even; both the DVD towers are canted off at the top at least an inch compared to the bottom, one tilting left, one tilting right, and the black tower is off at least an inch, too, although it shows up less because it is taller.

We went to the Container Store at Perimeter Mall prepared to buy at least two more packages of six--and were astonished to discover they were all out. I've gone to the CS for years now and have never seen them to be out of Wobble Wedges. The salesgirl even called the Buckhead store to see if they had any; they were all out and the Wedges were on backorder.

The other night I did a search for them on the internet and got the surprise of my life: I'd always thought they were the priciest at the Container store, at $2.49 for a pack of six. Every other place I found them wanted more than that.

Then I stumbled onto a place called "Sporty's Tools." They not only had them, but in a bucket of 75 for only $12.95. But was this Sporty's place dependable?

James squinted at the logo and laughed. Apparently these Sporty people have been in business for years, providing aviation supplies to pilots--and James, being up on the aviation world, would know if they had bad reviews. So I ordered the wedgies.

I did this on Sunday, they shipped yesterday. Cool!

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