Today's OneWord: Bargain

"Quite the bargain you got, Billy," Linda said with a whistle, as Billy dropped bag upon bag of shopping onto the couch.

"Yep," he said with a bucktoothed grin. "And I only had to punch one kid and ram my cart into one old lady to get our new TV!"

"Oh, good!" cried Linda. "That's an improvement. Last time, it was three old ladies. I was not thrilled when the police came to our door last Black Friday."

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