The coating on my pizza pan has started peeling off so I decided to replace it.

I found one with holes which I did not want.

I finally found one at a reasonable price but it was 12 AND A HALF inches instead of 12.

Why would anyone decide to make a pizza pan 12 AND A HALF inches instead of 12.  I could see doing a 13 inch pan but 12 AND A HALF ?!!

It will just have to do.

But so often I find, in this world almost overwhelmed with retail choice,  that I can't get what I actually want and have to compromise in order to have something that "will do".