Admit it - you read that heading and thought "well duh. That's what consignment is - paying you for stuff you sell." Yes, but that isn't where this post is going. No, this post is about the sweet deal I scored this weekend by shopping at a consignment store. Have you ever had a piece of furniture that you lusted over? The kind that makes you go to a website more often than you should hoping to catch it on sale? For me it was the Printer's Writing Desk from Pottery Barn.